My 2001 Seat Alhambra has been cutting out when slowing down at traffic lghts and struggling to start when cold. We changed the glow plugs and fuel filter and it was fine for two weeks. It is now still starting fine but has started cutting out again.
It's strange as it always cuts out approx 1 mile from my house as I slow down at the same set of traffic lights (if the lights are green and I don't need to slow down it won't cut out). I then have to pump the accelerator to get it to start then it will be fine for the rest of the journey and any more journeys I do that day.
We've been told it could be muck in the diesel tank or air in the fuel system but would plugging it into a diagnostic machine tell us what the problem is? I have been driving it a lot less recently and only do about 50 miles a week and can sit on the drive for 4 days without being used as I work locally and cycle so it rarely gets a good run. We took it on a 500 mile drive in the summer on holiday and it was running great for a few weeks!
Any ideas anyone?
It's strange as it always cuts out approx 1 mile from my house as I slow down at the same set of traffic lights (if the lights are green and I don't need to slow down it won't cut out). I then have to pump the accelerator to get it to start then it will be fine for the rest of the journey and any more journeys I do that day.
We've been told it could be muck in the diesel tank or air in the fuel system but would plugging it into a diagnostic machine tell us what the problem is? I have been driving it a lot less recently and only do about 50 miles a week and can sit on the drive for 4 days without being used as I work locally and cycle so it rarely gets a good run. We took it on a 500 mile drive in the summer on holiday and it was running great for a few weeks!
Any ideas anyone?
