Sorry, of course there are only 5 (manual) gears and thus I meant that for some reason there is not enough torque to drive at the topmost gear in town. My previous car was Citroen C5 1.6 diesel and compared to that this Rover feels quite anemic overall.
I have renewed the upper hydro mount and tried a new original lower mount, but the latter made things even worse being too stiff and thus conducting the engine vibrations straight to the body.
This morning I noticed a couple of new symptoms. The engine is jerking slightly at steady 70 km/h before it gets warm and when getting hot in town traffic it starts to misfire like one of the cylinders were temporarily out of the play.
The thermostat and intercooler hoses/seals might be the next things to do. Running at the right temp might improve things and the intercooler hose before the EGR seem to be oily on the outside and quite soft.
Thanks for help. Hope this car will soon be as good as it should be.
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