Hi, I have recently purchased a 69 plate skoda octavia 2.0 tdi technolgy and wonder if someone could tell me if the following is normal before I take it to the dealers.

When you put the key in the ignition to start it there seems to be about a 3 second delay before the engine cranks over, on my 2008 Octavia which I still own the starter operates immediately when turning the KEY, is this a fault or normal? I've scanned the car with Ross tech and there's no fault codes... 

If it only does it when cold it is because the glow plugs are heating up.

Mine is keyless and it takes about the same time when I push the button. When it is warm it starts straight away.

9 hours ago, Ecomatt said:

If it only does it when cold it is because the glow plugs are heating up.

Mine is keyless and it takes about the same time when I push the button. When it is warm it starts straight away.

 Hi and thanks for your reply, if I turn the ignition on and wait for the glow plug light to go out etc and flick the starter it's then when the delay is, you have to hold the key in that position for about 3 secs before the starter cranks over, it seems to do it all the time 🤔

You turn the key to the starter position & then release it. There will be a delay whilst the glow plugs to their thing & then the starter will kick in. No need to hold the key in the starter position.

23 minutes ago, ords said:

You turn the key to the starter position & then release it. There will be a delay whilst the glow plugs to their thing & then the starter will kick in. No need to hold the key in the starter position.

 

Hi thanks for that, I'll give that a go later, I've been trying to start it like my other older octavia and you just flick it on the starter position and it cranks straight away, I'm glad I asked on here otherwise the dealership would have thought I was a right fool... 🤔🙈😂

On 15/04/2021 at 08:28, ords said:

You turn the key to the starter position & then release it. There will be a delay whilst the glow plugs to their thing & then the starter will kick in. No need to hold the key in the starter position.

 

Hi thanks for that, I'll give that a go later, I've been trying to start it like my other older octavia and you just flick it on the starter position and it cranks straight away, I'm glad I asked on here otherwise the dealership would have thought I was a right fool... 🤔🙈😂

 

You guys were right, seems like it's working the way its supposed to, it just seemed a bit strange compared to my mk2, thanks everyone 👍