I have a 2008 2.0 Diesel vrs,over the last few weeks i've been having trouble starting.sometimes it will start 1st time other times i've got to turn it over anything up to 5 or 6 times.This only happens when the car has not been used for a few days.Ant help greatly appreciated.

Anybody help please??

Anybody help please??

Isnt it under warranty?

sounds like air getting into the fuel line and pushing it back to the tank, have you had the filter changed recently??? or park on a hill with the nose up??

try tightening the nut on top of the fuel filter or fit a new filter

Edited 27 June, 201015 yr by skippy41

sounds like air getting into the fuel line and pushing it back to the tank, have you had the filter changed recently??? or park on a hill with the nose up??

try tightening the nut on top of the fuel filter or fit a new filter

Funnily enough the answer to both of those questions is yes,it was serviced 2 months ago and i do park on my drive with the front slightly higher up will investigate later,thanks.

sounds like air getting into the fuel line and pushing it back to the tank, have you had the filter changed recently??? or park on a hill with the nose up??

try tightening the nut on top of the fuel filter or fit a new filter

Assuming that i'm looking at the fuel filter(just in front of washer bottle filler) it is black about 6" high with 4 pipes coming off,then there is no nut to tighten on top??

Yes that is the fuel filter, it does sound like air is getting into the system over time, mine has the 4 pipes coming out of the top plus 5 torx head screws holding the top of the canister down, check these bolts are tight and that the pipes are a snug fit on the stubs coming from the top of the canister, if any of them feel at all loose then that could be a point for air ingress.

Ian.