Osian’s bee

DismO Thanks for your info, I am still waiting for my return call from the dealers, they will soon be getting another call from me if I don't hear from them.

Thank you that’s more in line with my thinking, but the car is parked on level ground and tank level has varied from half to threequarters full, also the weather has been mostly dry and on occasion really warm

The dealers have had the car back for a day and a half without charging me but did not come up with any answers except to suggest that maybe the air con pump which had become noisy had seized, this has since been changed but the starting problem still persists. The dealers are 30 miles away and are unable to make any sensible decisions

My 220d has always started first time but recently has been cutting out after after a few seconds, and then becomes very difficult to restart. This only happens on the first start up of the day and occurs days apart. Lexus dealer has changed the EGR valve to no avail