2007 seat leon 40k service

Kezmo · 20 Jun 2011 at 14:46

Google skills fail me today, im looking to service the girlfriends seat leon 1.6 petrol, 40k service and want to know what needs doing if anything other than oil and filter & can anyone recommend a site other than halfords for parts, cheers

TheDean · 20 Jun 2011 at 15:06

Kezmo said:
Google skills fail me today, im looking to service the girlfriends seat leon 1.6 petrol, 40k service and want to know what needs doing if anything other than oil and filter & can anyone recommend a site other than halfords for parts, cheers

It's a major service, and as such, you really need the stamp in the book if you want to sell it on. You will also need the timing belt doing, and may as well do the waterpump too.

Ring round your local SEAT dealers for quote for:

40k Major Service
New Cambelt
New Waterpump

I looked at buying all the parts for it myself from Sere Motors, but after I worked it out, it only saved me £10 and was much more hassle. I found several local dealers doing servicing offers and they were willing to negotiatie

Minstadave · 20 Jun 2011 at 15:38

I thought timing belt and pump was 60k or 5 years? That's what it is on the A3.

TheDean · 20 Jun 2011 at 16:04

Minstadave said:
I thought timing belt and pump was 60k or 5 years? That's what it is on the A3.

Not on the Leon buddy. Every 4yrs or 40k, whichever is sooner.

Minstadave · 20 Jun 2011 at 16:20

Woah that seems insanely conservative! It's the same 1.6 seen in the A3 and Golf, I wonder why they want it changed so frequently :S

MissChief · 21 Jun 2011 at 01:45

Heh, on my GTI-6 it's 3 years or 36k, most people will get them done or do it around 30k just to be sure!

ste2005 · 21 Jun 2011 at 02:41

I was checking my focus, and its belts need changing at 125k or 10 years. I do drive a 57 plate TCDi. its probably a chain, but might get mine done sooner.

Dave Evans67 · 27 Sep 2019 at 12:48

I have a 19 reg SEAT Leon Cupra and I thought I would just check my oil after doing 6000 miles. The oil level was right at the bottom of the min level, which means I need to top it up. Having not checked the oil after getting the car brand new I can't say for certain if it has burned the oil. I know somebody else with a seat Ateca petrol experianced the same thing when his oil light came on. He also bought his car from new. What I am asking is it normal SEAT petrol cars to use oil like this after 5 months

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 27 Sep 2019 at 12:53

Dave Evans67 said:
I have a 19 reg SEAT Leon Cupra and I thought I would just check my oil after doing 6000 miles. The oil level was right at the bottom of the min level, which means I need to top it up. Having not checked the oil after getting the car brand new I can't say for certain if it has burned the oil. I know somebody else with a seat Ateca petrol experianced the same thing when his oil light came on. He also bought his car from new. What I am asking is it normal SEAT petrol cars to use oil like this after 5 months

My TT seemed to use a lot till it was properly run in. Used down to bottom of dip in 10k. Im not sure how full it was at the start either, very few people will take much notice at first.
Ive done about 4k since service though and its still at the top, so i think maybe during running in they use a bit.

I found a bottle of oil in the boot after I had gone and bought one. Again never had that before!

Kenai · 27 Sep 2019 at 14:02

Dave Evans67 said:
I have a 19 reg SEAT Leon Cupra and I thought I would just check my oil after doing 6000 miles. The oil level was right at the bottom of the min level, which means I need to top it up. Having not checked the oil after getting the car brand new I can't say for certain if it has burned the oil. I know somebody else with a seat Ateca petrol experianced the same thing when his oil light came on. He also bought his car from new. What I am asking is it normal SEAT petrol cars to use oil like this after 5 months

Yes it's reasonably common to see 2.0TSI engines use a bit of oil, especially the newer ones that are being filled with 0W20 oil from the factory to squeeze through WLTP.

ShiWarrior · 27 Sep 2019 at 16:36

ste2005 said:
I was checking my focus, and its belts need changing at 125k or 10 years. I do drive a 57 plate TCDi. its probably a chain, but might get mine done sooner.

1.8 / 2.0 petrol and 2.0+ diesels on the Focus are Chains iirc