Ds3 startup splutter

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JustBrandonTBH
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Ds3 startup splutter

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I’ve just bought a ds3 2017 with 87k on to resell, how ever when you start it up hot or cold it splutters for a second then runs sweet after that, drives perfect. Just had to it serviced today hoping that it would fix it how ever it’s still there


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mickthemaverick
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Re: Ds3 startup splutter

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That sounds like an air bubble in the fuel rail to me, possibly a tiny leak letting in air when the rail pressure drops when you switch off?
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