Hi,
I was wondering if anyone might have any insight into an issue I'm having with a recently purchased 2014 Seat Leon FR (SC).
When I leave the car overnight and come to start it the following morning, I usually find that it will crank over multiple times before the engine strikes up (sometimes for 4-5 seconds) - and then when it does start I get some noticeable smoke out of the back. The car will then strike up absolutely fine on all other occasions throughout the day, until I leave it overnight again. I don't notice anything untoward either when driving the car and there are no warning lights.
I let all the lights go out on the dash before starting and have tried double heating the glowplugs, but it makes no difference. I've also had the battery checked as well as the glowplugs and both are fine.
The garage I had look at it could not find the specific issue, but indicated that it looked to be down to an issue with the fuel pressure when starting up. They suggested taking it to VW to plug it into their computers, as they couldn't do anything more with it...
Has anyone had anything similar / come across this and could offer any insight? I've only had the car a month and am now concerned this might be something expensive to diagnose / resolve and that I might have been sold a lemon by the dealer...
Thanks,
Ed
I was wondering if anyone might have any insight into an issue I'm having with a recently purchased 2014 Seat Leon FR (SC).
When I leave the car overnight and come to start it the following morning, I usually find that it will crank over multiple times before the engine strikes up (sometimes for 4-5 seconds) - and then when it does start I get some noticeable smoke out of the back. The car will then strike up absolutely fine on all other occasions throughout the day, until I leave it overnight again. I don't notice anything untoward either when driving the car and there are no warning lights.
I let all the lights go out on the dash before starting and have tried double heating the glowplugs, but it makes no difference. I've also had the battery checked as well as the glowplugs and both are fine.
The garage I had look at it could not find the specific issue, but indicated that it looked to be down to an issue with the fuel pressure when starting up. They suggested taking it to VW to plug it into their computers, as they couldn't do anything more with it...
Has anyone had anything similar / come across this and could offer any insight? I've only had the car a month and am now concerned this might be something expensive to diagnose / resolve and that I might have been sold a lemon by the dealer...
Thanks,
Ed