Looking for a bit of help with an ongoing issue i have with my Mk1 Leon FR+ PD150....
I'm going to go into a bit of detail about the problem as it's getting to the point where I'm loosing faith in the car so sorry if this turns into a bit of a long winded story.
I bought the car in January this year on 127k miles. Having had PD150's in the past, i knew all of the common problems and doing 30k per year, it's ideal to munch up the motorway miles. Last year it had a lot of work and i have have receipts for the dreaded cam issue, cambelt, water pump, glow plugs, head gasket, and plenty more, so having all of this replaced, i thought i was onto a winner.
Two weeks after buying the car, it started getting a bit sluggish on start up on a morning so new battery, starter motor and all earths were cleaned up which helped the issue but didn't fix it. The intercooler pipes were in a poor state and the inlet side was actually screwed into the intercooler so i got a new OEM intercooler, Darkside hard pipe kit and Darkside EGR delete. Had the car remapped with the EGR wiped off and had the car fully checked on VAG COM/Bosch with no faults what so ever. The mapper wasn't 100% on the starting issue so i just ran the car as it was. The starting was poor but the car ran absolutely spot on when going.
I've been getting increasingly annoyed and disheartened with the car so i decided to try and get to the bottom of it last month. Took it to my local VAG specialist who really knows his stuff and he wasn't 100%. Changed the crankshaft sensor and stripped the tandem pump, rebuilt with new seals and still no better. I've just bought my first house so i took the car back from the garage, not wanting the costs to spiral out of control, so I'm pretty much stuck.
It sounds fuel related to me. On a morning, it will fire up for a split second then cut out straight away then take a good 10-15 seconds turning over to get going though sometimes it will fire straight up. Plenty of smoke on start up. It's very irregular so i can't say exactly when or if its not going to fire up.
After doing some digging online, people have said Injector seals but if the seals were goosed, surely i would have had other problems in the 10 months it's had the problem. Turbo etc. The oil level doesn't rise either.
I'm pretty handy on the tools and trust myself to do most jobs so looking for some advise on what to try next.
Anyone within 50 miles of County Durham willing to take a look and give an opinion?
I'm going to go into a bit of detail about the problem as it's getting to the point where I'm loosing faith in the car so sorry if this turns into a bit of a long winded story.
I bought the car in January this year on 127k miles. Having had PD150's in the past, i knew all of the common problems and doing 30k per year, it's ideal to munch up the motorway miles. Last year it had a lot of work and i have have receipts for the dreaded cam issue, cambelt, water pump, glow plugs, head gasket, and plenty more, so having all of this replaced, i thought i was onto a winner.
Two weeks after buying the car, it started getting a bit sluggish on start up on a morning so new battery, starter motor and all earths were cleaned up which helped the issue but didn't fix it. The intercooler pipes were in a poor state and the inlet side was actually screwed into the intercooler so i got a new OEM intercooler, Darkside hard pipe kit and Darkside EGR delete. Had the car remapped with the EGR wiped off and had the car fully checked on VAG COM/Bosch with no faults what so ever. The mapper wasn't 100% on the starting issue so i just ran the car as it was. The starting was poor but the car ran absolutely spot on when going.
I've been getting increasingly annoyed and disheartened with the car so i decided to try and get to the bottom of it last month. Took it to my local VAG specialist who really knows his stuff and he wasn't 100%. Changed the crankshaft sensor and stripped the tandem pump, rebuilt with new seals and still no better. I've just bought my first house so i took the car back from the garage, not wanting the costs to spiral out of control, so I'm pretty much stuck.
It sounds fuel related to me. On a morning, it will fire up for a split second then cut out straight away then take a good 10-15 seconds turning over to get going though sometimes it will fire straight up. Plenty of smoke on start up. It's very irregular so i can't say exactly when or if its not going to fire up.
After doing some digging online, people have said Injector seals but if the seals were goosed, surely i would have had other problems in the 10 months it's had the problem. Turbo etc. The oil level doesn't rise either.
I'm pretty handy on the tools and trust myself to do most jobs so looking for some advise on what to try next.
Anyone within 50 miles of County Durham willing to take a look and give an opinion?
