Vauxhall Astra juddering and power loss

Car: Vauxhall Astra
Variant: 1.9 cdti sri
Model Year: 2000
Categories: Running Rough, Starting & Power Loss
whilst driving uphill the car judders and loses power and the 'spanner' light turns on. when i drop a gear a lot of black smoke is given out and the light turns off!

any suggestions on how to get it right?
Posted: Sep 15, 2009 (15 years ago)
sorry its a 54 plate
Posted Sep 15, 2009 (15 years ago)

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