Car won’t go above 3000 revs after refuelling – Page 2 – Chat Forum

bubs · 2023-03-26T18:06:22Z

We filled up with Diesel from an Esso yesterday and immediately noticed a loss of power (the long journey home was slow) but as my wife was driving I couldn't really tell what the issue was and no warning lights were on. I had a look today and it appears that the engine won't go above 3000 revs. We have a mini European road trip lined up with the kids at Easter and so we are hoping it's nothing too serious. Its a Seat Altea XL 1.6 TDI CR Ecomotive. Any ideas of possible causes before we hit the garage? I'm assuming dodgy fuel/blocked filter but could it be the turbo?

molgrips

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The coil light is an error related to emissions control systems e.g EGR and exhaust.

Posted : 10/04/2023 7:15 pm

5lab

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Liquid head gasket stuff works surprisingly well, I chucked a bottle of it into an old banger after the HG went badly, and it did another 10,000 miles without issue before it was moved on. Available at Amazon etc.

Posted : 10/04/2023 8:25 pm

halifaxpete

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My Caddy (1.9 TDI) does it once in a while, same issue sluggish performance but no lights/fault codes (had it on a reader) Think its the N75 valve but TBH the old 'turn it off and back on again' seems to sort it for a while so not got round to replacing it yet.

Posted : 10/04/2023 10:25 pm

Car won't go above 3000 revs after refuelling