Hello, posting to see if anybody can shed a bit of light on what happened with my car today.
Brought a seat Leon mk2 2.0tdi yesterday, it’s an 07 and done 125k. Drove it home and it was absolutely sweet, drove smooth no issues, no lights on the dash nothing.
Today I’ve drove it approx 50 miles also drove fine until a sudden popping sound at about 60mph down a dual carriageway, luckily it happened as I approached an exit so I took the exit. Turned the car off, popped the bonnet open to see if I could see anything obvious and I couldn’t. Turned the car back on and it was blowing puffs of white/blue smoke and would only rev to 2 and a half rpm. I was about 5 miles from home so I thought I’d be able to get it back home and have a better look at it. Literally drove 2 seconds and the car was revving on its own with clouds upon clouds of the same white/blue smoke. I turned the ignition off hoping it would cut the car out which it didn’t, I had some tools in the boot so very quickly disconnected the battery which also didn’t cut the car out, it was still running and still revving. This continued for approx 5 minutes in which time I took the water cap off to relieve some pressure and it popped off, the car eventually cut out.
I’ve brought it home on a truck, had a look underneath and under the engine cover and can’t see anything split or any hoses that have blown off. I’m thinking it’s going to be a blown turbo? Anybody had any similar issues?
Thanks in advance, any advice would be appreciated.
Brought a seat Leon mk2 2.0tdi yesterday, it’s an 07 and done 125k. Drove it home and it was absolutely sweet, drove smooth no issues, no lights on the dash nothing.
Today I’ve drove it approx 50 miles also drove fine until a sudden popping sound at about 60mph down a dual carriageway, luckily it happened as I approached an exit so I took the exit. Turned the car off, popped the bonnet open to see if I could see anything obvious and I couldn’t. Turned the car back on and it was blowing puffs of white/blue smoke and would only rev to 2 and a half rpm. I was about 5 miles from home so I thought I’d be able to get it back home and have a better look at it. Literally drove 2 seconds and the car was revving on its own with clouds upon clouds of the same white/blue smoke. I turned the ignition off hoping it would cut the car out which it didn’t, I had some tools in the boot so very quickly disconnected the battery which also didn’t cut the car out, it was still running and still revving. This continued for approx 5 minutes in which time I took the water cap off to relieve some pressure and it popped off, the car eventually cut out.
I’ve brought it home on a truck, had a look underneath and under the engine cover and can’t see anything split or any hoses that have blown off. I’m thinking it’s going to be a blown turbo? Anybody had any similar issues?
Thanks in advance, any advice would be appreciated.