2tall2slow2
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Hello everyone.
Ive read through the forums in relation to this error and im still confused how this relates to the problem im having. This will be a long one so please bear with me as i want to list everything as it may be relevant.
My car is an 04 Leon Cupra Tdi. I use it for work clocking approx 500 miles a week so its maintained well, serviced regularily etc. It has 68k under its belt.
About 2 months ago i started getting that beep and light from the cooling/temp gauge when the car was 1st started for the day. Thought nothing of it as it disappeared after a restart.
6 weeks ago the car had a full service but still had the temp warning first thing in the morning.
About 2 weeks later the Pollution/Diagnosis light came on and stayed on. Due to the mileage i booked it in for a cambelt change and water pump replacement at a non dealer garage hoping the coolant and pollution warnings were pump related. They have done all the work on the car post warranty and ive used them for all my cars for years and been very happy. The car was booked in on a wednesday because the guy who was doing the cambelt change was going on holiday on thursday. Mid afternoon wednesday i get a phone call saying they have had a problem getting hold of the pump and it wouldnt be finished till thursday afternoon. I picked the car up on thursday. Brilliant. No coolant/pollution warning. Ran superbly. I did a 20 mile trip, parked up for a couple of hours then did the return trip and no problems whatsoever.
Yesterday morning i went out and tried to start the car. It turned over but wouldnt catch. Nothing helped. Occasionally i would get an oil warning and the diagnosis light came back on. Called the AA. The guy who came out was excellent and really seemed to know what he was doing. He had all the diagnostic equipment and spent 2 hours trying to get the car to start. I told him the history above and he checked everything including timing etc. He cleared the codes and kept getting the same error. Cambelt Sensor Error. As the sensor had been changed as part of the cambelt kit i suppose the natural thing to think is that the garage have misaligned the belt but apparently that was fine.
Eventually the AA guy gave up so i rang the garage and they said bring it back to them. 20 minutes later i get a phone call from the garage and they say the car is starting ok. They had done nothing to the car apart from the AA guy explaining to them what he'd tested etc. All they did was push the car into the garage in preperation for having a look at it today and one of them decided to give it a go.
I went and picked the car up because the garage said there was nothing else they could think of and that it must be some sort of wiring/ecu fault. When driving back everything looked ok and again it drove beautifully but now the airbag warning light has come on and stayed solid.
Of course, when i tried it today, it wouldn't start and the diagnosis/pollution light is back on as well.
As far as i understand it, the car wont start because of the Cambelt Sensor Error which is logged hence the diagnosis light . If the sensor is new and the cambelt and timing is ok is it a wiring/ecu fault?
All im looking for is some sort of direction on where to take the car next or even better that its a known fault. I dont have a local SEAT dealership so i'll have to go to a VAG specialist as its going to be an AA tow job.
Many thanks for reading.
All the best
Rob
Ive read through the forums in relation to this error and im still confused how this relates to the problem im having. This will be a long one so please bear with me as i want to list everything as it may be relevant.
My car is an 04 Leon Cupra Tdi. I use it for work clocking approx 500 miles a week so its maintained well, serviced regularily etc. It has 68k under its belt.
About 2 months ago i started getting that beep and light from the cooling/temp gauge when the car was 1st started for the day. Thought nothing of it as it disappeared after a restart.
6 weeks ago the car had a full service but still had the temp warning first thing in the morning.
About 2 weeks later the Pollution/Diagnosis light came on and stayed on. Due to the mileage i booked it in for a cambelt change and water pump replacement at a non dealer garage hoping the coolant and pollution warnings were pump related. They have done all the work on the car post warranty and ive used them for all my cars for years and been very happy. The car was booked in on a wednesday because the guy who was doing the cambelt change was going on holiday on thursday. Mid afternoon wednesday i get a phone call saying they have had a problem getting hold of the pump and it wouldnt be finished till thursday afternoon. I picked the car up on thursday. Brilliant. No coolant/pollution warning. Ran superbly. I did a 20 mile trip, parked up for a couple of hours then did the return trip and no problems whatsoever.
Yesterday morning i went out and tried to start the car. It turned over but wouldnt catch. Nothing helped. Occasionally i would get an oil warning and the diagnosis light came back on. Called the AA. The guy who came out was excellent and really seemed to know what he was doing. He had all the diagnostic equipment and spent 2 hours trying to get the car to start. I told him the history above and he checked everything including timing etc. He cleared the codes and kept getting the same error. Cambelt Sensor Error. As the sensor had been changed as part of the cambelt kit i suppose the natural thing to think is that the garage have misaligned the belt but apparently that was fine.
Eventually the AA guy gave up so i rang the garage and they said bring it back to them. 20 minutes later i get a phone call from the garage and they say the car is starting ok. They had done nothing to the car apart from the AA guy explaining to them what he'd tested etc. All they did was push the car into the garage in preperation for having a look at it today and one of them decided to give it a go.
I went and picked the car up because the garage said there was nothing else they could think of and that it must be some sort of wiring/ecu fault. When driving back everything looked ok and again it drove beautifully but now the airbag warning light has come on and stayed solid.
Of course, when i tried it today, it wouldn't start and the diagnosis/pollution light is back on as well.
As far as i understand it, the car wont start because of the Cambelt Sensor Error which is logged hence the diagnosis light . If the sensor is new and the cambelt and timing is ok is it a wiring/ecu fault?
All im looking for is some sort of direction on where to take the car next or even better that its a known fault. I dont have a local SEAT dealership so i'll have to go to a VAG specialist as its going to be an AA tow job.
Many thanks for reading.
All the best
Rob
and I also had a cracked intercooler pipe. 
