Arrived home on a recovery truck tonight :-(

monopoly said:

Car had been parked up all day, then about half a mile into my drive home this evening I became aware of a ticking noise, rising and falling with engine revs. Assumed it was something minor that I would get booked in for next week.

Next thing I know, smoke from the engine bay (oil burning), oil pressure light on, dash lights everywhere and oil all over the road and engine bay. Pretty sure there's none left in there.

Luckily was close to a petrol station so pulled in and called recovery.

1.2TSI with only 21k miles on it. Any ideas before I get it towed again to a garage?

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Could be a variety of things, so no idea. Best of luck getting it back on the road.

Think i have just decided to withdraw my purchase! I may lose 250 quid but its better than 8k!! Im meant to be paying for it on monday. Think il be phoning and looking for a 1.6 tdi instead!

monopoly said:

Car had been parked up all day, then about half a mile into my drive home this evening I became aware of a ticking noise, rising and falling with engine revs. Assumed it was something minor that I would get booked in for next week.

Next thing I know, smoke from the engine bay (oil burning), oil pressure light on, dash lights everywhere and oil all over the road and engine bay. Pretty sure there's none left in there.

Luckily was close to a petrol station so pulled in and called recovery.

1.2TSI with only 21k miles on it. Any ideas before I get it towed again to a garage?

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Obviously it could be many things based on the description. Worst case it could of ran low on oil the ticking noise would of been the bearings going and then eventually it has seized and thrown a rod maybe, if oil is outside of the engine and all on the road it clearly has to come out somewhere and i'm guessing your sump plug was tightened correctly and hasn't fell out?

When was the last time you checked the oil level?

I feel for you monopoly i really do. Don't get me wrong i love the drive of it but i feel like it may be a money pit! Be interested to find out what it is. As for me, I'm upsetting the west london seat garage on monday. Turbos, ticking, cam chains, your one crapping itself everywhere. Think il go with the tdi. A DPF i can live with, all that i can't

Hope for the best, maybe it's just an oil pipe union come loose.

Is your car still under warranty? If it is don't sweat. If not, and serviced on schedule, then SEAT should do the honouable thing and sort it. If it's serious then speak to Seat customer services. Unfortunately these things happen. I know it doesn't help when it causes such inconvenience but don't let SEAT wriggle out of sorting it out. All the best

Very sorry to hear that especially as I too have a1.2.

Catastrophic failure is always terrifying when it happens.

As above, is it under warranty and had it just been in for a service ?

I've heard of shoddy workmanship not tightening the sump plug but I don't know of any other service routine that requires any oil line being touched.

Would contact SEAT cs without delay and get them on the case especially if you get into a dispute with the garage.. Failing that are you a member of a motoring organisation with relevant legal cover? They can provide an independent engineers report.

Finally press for a courtesy car from your dealer. . You might also mention consequential loss if there had been negligence

My previous car had the 1.2 TSI engine (Polo) and I loved it, I actually miss it now despite having a Cupra. I had mine remapped and it was a very nippy little car on the turbo. Best of luck getting it back soon mate, hopefully it won't be anything too bad.

Good luck monopoly. Did you buy the car from the same dealer you dropped it off?


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I'm ment to be buying a 1.2 tsi Leon and transferring money next week. It's got 19k on it. I'm picking it up from west London seat but I live in Kent. Hoping the closest seat will still do warranty work as its a different franchise


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That's crap to hear, hopefully it's a easy fix of some sort, keep us updated on what the cause was.

I've got a 1.2 had since new in May 2013 been faultless really so far has a warranty fix for oil usage last March but otherwise fantastic. Really happy with economy and performance for a 1.2 in car of this size. I've now done 19k and by time car is 3 years old will expect to be about 21/22k. Not that high mileage I know. Hope your car is an easy fix but I'd happily buy another 1.2 and I don't think it's an unreliable engine.

Nokiauk how much oil was your car using, my 1.2 has drank 8 litres in 18k miles.

A litre every 2250 miles don't sound good


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