Hi Guy's,
New to the Forum and Leon Cupra TDI owner ship. 4 weeks ago I moved over from a Mk 3 Golf VR6 to a LC_TDI for various reasons that I won't bore you with but effectively wanted similar performance to the VR6 but with better fuel economy ( does this sound familiar ).
Anyway I have purchased a 04 plate Leon Cupra TDI with 57K which on the whole I'm happy with.
I bought it from a main stealer so have full Waranty etc. for a year. I have a few niggles that they have already had it in for but have failed to fix, and have seriously failed to impress me as to their lack of competence ( to be fair I did most of my own work on the VR6 for similar reasons in the past).
The main problem that I have that they so far can't fix is this:
Intermittantly ( but a lot of the time, certainly at least once every journey usually many times per trip) when stopping ( i.e at traffic lights ) when I release the accellerator pedal, the revs fall, but only down to 1200 rpm ( not down to a more normal 850 - 900 rpm) a couple of times it has been as high as 1500 rpm and once at 2k rpm but 99% of the time it is 1200 rpm when its n problem mode. The revs will stay there continually ( I hve left it for more than 15mins still doing it) until I either pull away or quickly dab the accellerator pedal ( if i dab it quickly 7 times out of 10 it will drop to the normal 850-900 rpm and be happy). Its as if something is sticking in that position ( throttle position sensor, valve etc?). It also does it on start up quite a lot ( especially when warm) I know there s an automatic choke type function and its normal for it to start up to 1200 rpm but its supposed to drop back down to normal after a few seconds ( not stay there for minutes).
Some of you may think this is a good fault to have as it will avoid the EGR clogging but it is most annoying. The stealers are researching the problem and are going to consult their MASTER TECHNICIAN doh and even SEAT direct but I don't hold up much hope due to their recent abilities, so i thought I would throw it open to the forum, to see if you guys can suggest anything.
I have done a search and haven't seen anything specifically like this although I think I am going to try the dielectric grease trick in case its a MAF problem ( seems worth doing even if it doesn't help).
If you can elp I would be most grateful.
Kind regards.
MOZ
New to the Forum and Leon Cupra TDI owner ship. 4 weeks ago I moved over from a Mk 3 Golf VR6 to a LC_TDI for various reasons that I won't bore you with but effectively wanted similar performance to the VR6 but with better fuel economy ( does this sound familiar ).
Anyway I have purchased a 04 plate Leon Cupra TDI with 57K which on the whole I'm happy with.
I bought it from a main stealer so have full Waranty etc. for a year. I have a few niggles that they have already had it in for but have failed to fix, and have seriously failed to impress me as to their lack of competence ( to be fair I did most of my own work on the VR6 for similar reasons in the past).
The main problem that I have that they so far can't fix is this:
Intermittantly ( but a lot of the time, certainly at least once every journey usually many times per trip) when stopping ( i.e at traffic lights ) when I release the accellerator pedal, the revs fall, but only down to 1200 rpm ( not down to a more normal 850 - 900 rpm) a couple of times it has been as high as 1500 rpm and once at 2k rpm but 99% of the time it is 1200 rpm when its n problem mode. The revs will stay there continually ( I hve left it for more than 15mins still doing it) until I either pull away or quickly dab the accellerator pedal ( if i dab it quickly 7 times out of 10 it will drop to the normal 850-900 rpm and be happy). Its as if something is sticking in that position ( throttle position sensor, valve etc?). It also does it on start up quite a lot ( especially when warm) I know there s an automatic choke type function and its normal for it to start up to 1200 rpm but its supposed to drop back down to normal after a few seconds ( not stay there for minutes).
Some of you may think this is a good fault to have as it will avoid the EGR clogging but it is most annoying. The stealers are researching the problem and are going to consult their MASTER TECHNICIAN doh and even SEAT direct but I don't hold up much hope due to their recent abilities, so i thought I would throw it open to the forum, to see if you guys can suggest anything.
I have done a search and haven't seen anything specifically like this although I think I am going to try the dielectric grease trick in case its a MAF problem ( seems worth doing even if it doesn't help).
If you can elp I would be most grateful.
Kind regards.
MOZ