[Jason123]

Hi Guys

Off for its service sat am,

Struggles to start in the cold, blue smoke on start up, any ideas? Argh only done 24k

Help

 

[French D]

Blue smoke makes me think of an injector issue (Which is a known issue on both 1.3 and 1.7 Cdti's unfortunately ). That really s**ks because the 1.3 is a nice little engine anyway...

Problem is that injector failures may occur at whatever mileage, have seen 1.3's not having the issue before 40.000 miles and some having them with less than 10k... Mine has around 20k miles and still nothing wrong.

Anyway if your car's still under warranty I'd suggest letting VX have a look at this.

 

[rambo1984]

Mine has a little blue smoke when its very cold or I havent waited for the glow plugs fully. Mine is on nearly 140,000 miles (225,00kms) and never had an injector issue

Stuggle to start I would say glow plugs.

 

[jazzyj]

Mines the same blue smoke on cold start every morning but once clear it's fine for the rest of the day,

 

[Jason123]

Looks to be the glow plugs, argh lol 70 supplied and fitted think done ok!

 

[Bannon]

Thats not too bad of a price tbf. I paid £40 for the plugs and changed myself. You have to be careful when changing. People have had them snap off in the block

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[rambo1984]

£70 isn't bad at all. I think I paid double that at Vauxhall

 

[Jason123]

Thanks gents need a condenser now lol, any scrapyards in Leeds lol