Wanted to make a separate thread but since problem is exactly the same i'll unload here.
2.2S of 2001....is embarrassed to hell by my 306 1.9 straight diesel. I kind of expected to have a bit more power out of Tino. There is nothing below 1900rpm's, while i can dig holes in the unpaved road with 306 at ~900rpm's.
Confession time: i'm a learner driver. But my wife is not anymore (for more than 10 years now), but her complaints about lack of power in tino is the same as mine. She's been driving that 306 straight d for three years and now she wants it back and out of tino (after only 3 weeks of driving it)... My instructor is scolding me all the time because i over-rev his 1.5 megane, because thats how i have to drive tino (there is no power in low revs, remember?). Hilly roads are a bloody nightmare, i have to drive in three, like an old lady...
Road to our house is a steep one (like proper steeep), 306 gets it on three, tino barely makes up that hill on two.
No obvious signs of any faults. Black smoke while starting, fuel, oil and air filters changed right after purchase of the car, oil changed. Old air filter didnt have oil on it (someone told me that nissans that have that are ahlf dead, whatever that means...).
I dont know what to think about this car. I like its interior, my wife (me too) likes high sitting position, some small things to fix (used car afterall)... But if we cannot rectify the power absence we'll have to sell it and move on....
Ideas ?
Tomorrow going to (other) mechanics to check it again (previous check at different mechanic didnt reveal anything)...
Bah...meh...