Hi

   Iam thinking of buying a seat leon,it has 130 on clock and its 67 plate.

Took it for a test drive drove fine no.problems.

The radiator fan was running  ,it didn't go off when the car was running also stayed on after turning off.

Is this  normal.

Thanks

That is what would happen if a dpf regeneration had started, the car will keep the fans running after turning off to cool the engine.

Did you say the fans were running whilst the engine was turned on? I think if it was DPF regn related the fans would only come on as the engine is turned off i.e. the regen interupted?

15 hours ago, silver1011 said:

Did you say the fans were running whilst the engine was turned on? I think if it was DPF regn related the fans would only come on as the engine is turned off i.e. the regen interupted?

I bought the car, the funds go off whilst engine is on.

Thanks

15 hours ago, silver1011 said:

Did you say the fans were running whilst the engine was turned on? I think if it was DPF regn related the fans would only come on as the engine is turned off i.e. the regen interupted?

Thanks

If the fans only come on after you've turned the engine off then chances are you've interrupted a diesel particulate filter (DPF) regeneration.

 

At 130,000 miles then chances are the DPF is a good way through its life and quite full of ash. This results in more frequent regenerations.

On 03/01/2022 at 18:23, silver1011 said:

If the fans only come on after you've turned the engine off then chances are you've interrupted a diesel particulate filter (DPF) regeneration.

 

At 130,000 miles then chances are the DPF is a good way through its life and quite full of ash. This results in more frequent regenerations.

Thanks