dying

My car seems a bit down on power, with the TC light being on more often than not (90% of the time) plus its getting laggier and jerkier (more pronounced when cold) A search of the forum brought up this thread : http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=162277&highlight=MAF+GSF...

HI guy, i recently bourght a 2003 seat leon 1.9tdi, from a local seller. However i gave it to a garage to sort out a turbo problem i had about loosing power.. Now i carnt take my car over 2000 revs, (well i could just too scared to) when i rev into medium 2000s and let go i get a horrible...

hi my battery keeps dying after the car has been stand still for more than 4 days. i have changed the battery for a blue top optima from my previous car, this battery has never died on me before, but today is totally flat, when i sy totally, not even the interior lights come on just to...

I've browsed the forum's 10 times over and havn't found a solution yet, and I'm getting desperate. A few months back, my Mk1 1.6 petrol leon developed a whistling at 3000 revs, after reading previous threads and conferring with a number of mechanics I put this down to the EGR being full of...

Im in need of some help, my 1.4 has developed a type of whine mainly in 3rd and 4th but also in 5th. when its sitting in neutral and is revved there is no noise, but im not sure if this is due to the engine not being under load or because the gearbox is in neutral. Its mainly at mid revs on...

Hi there alittle concerned. was driving to drop someone off last night and it was tipping down with rain and i had the heater on to clear the windscreen. i put me foot down a little on a dual carriageway, and i noticed the temp starting to go up from its normal 90 to nearly 120 !. so i backed...

Drove to work fine this morning, tried to drive to Tesco's for lunch, and zero power... Its fine untill you get to 2,000 rpm, and just goes flat! no power, foot to the floor... no power.... What could it be???? Its a 1.9TDi SE 110 51' plate. :cry:

Right, Was driving down a private test track yesterday for a bit, pulling full boost and by the time i had slowed enough to hear my turbo it was making a "different sound". Symptoms. 1.Still pulling full boost 2.No increase in noticable smoke 3.New siren type noise coming from turbo when...

Hi every1, i think my car is going to die very soon so just a quick thread 2 c if any1 has had the same prob and hopefully there is a way of fixing the problem without robbing the bank lol. Rite, the problem i got is wen i plant my foot down ocasionally nothing happens and a few miles later...

Own a cupra tdi 2004. Seem to have a problem i carn't figure out, wonder if you have any ideas? Im losing my dash whilst driving, i mean that the speedo just cuts out altogether. Aswell as the speedo, the fuel idicator keeps dying aswell. Going from where it should be, to empty, and then...

Hi I have a SEAT LEON 1.4 52 reg, and unfortuantly i'm having a problem with it cutting out. It only seams to happen on short town trips it began intermittently but is now quite regular in its occurance mostly daily. Its happening when i'm driving in town, in traffic at junctions and once around...

this has only happened a few times recently but the engine has been cutting out sometimes when im turning a corner and take my foot of the aceleration the engine cuts out and then the power steering goes which is pretty dangerous. this morning however the car was pretty cold and it just would...

I've got the standard 8-speaker / Alana setup in my 1.2 '03. Thing is the speakers are "dying" one by one. First the front driver woofer, then the passenger side one and now the rear passenger one has gone along with the rear passenger tweeter as well, all over the course of a year...

Probably my battery dying but thought I'd check... Started the car this morning and it tried to turn over and just died....left it a few seconds tried again and it turned over a few times before starting and then sounded a little grubby (well it sounds like the exhaust is blowing when its...

Hey folks, about 5 weeks ago my left main beam bulb went......today sometime down the M6 I noticed that I only had 1 light on so checked and the right bulb has now gone!! any ideas why they keep failing? Cheers

Hi guys/girls Does anyone know the life of the turbo's fitted to the (auq) engine, My engine has done 107,500 miles and only 4 years old full service history, what kind of miles do i have left on the turbo and how do i tell if the turbo is dying, does it whistle more or less or a funny smell...

I have some questions about the MAF. -What is the LCR MAF part number (and does it sit in a 3" housing, and connects to a regular Leon)? -Are there other MAFs (RS4/S4/Tdi) that I could use in a 3" housing that can cope with over 270hp? That also fits the wire/connector physically and...