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Well, had the car turned in to the repair shop the day before yesterday. The sensor itself cost around £90 and the change, calibration and reset of the fault code cost me £20. All good now Thanks for the input.

Okey, so I think I found the problem: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzLjWTS5DMAfNVFNRjAwZndJMDg/view?usp=sharing I cant imagine the left hose ending up in thin air, the bad thing is I cant find the other end that's coming up from the DPF. Suggestions on where it might be? I dont even know where it's supposed to come up into the engine area. The controllamp did not light up after starting the car today. I resetted the fault code but I got the same one again instantly. Regards, Kim.

Hi. Ive got a faultcode p2452 "diesel particulate filter differential pressure sensor circuit". Anyone here have som more info about it? Is it the sensor itself being faulty? If so, is it easy to repace by myself?

The auxbelt has been changed prior to the cambelt change, as I thought that the aux belt was the faulty one. So that's not where the problem is. When changing the flywheel, the most reasonable thought that comes to mind is to change the clutches aswell. Sure, the cost goes up a bit but it's still cheaper then having to adress them in a short period of time (who knows what they look like now). As I've had contact with several other mecanics in different cities, one of them told me that they always testdrive the cars that they're about to change the flywheel on, to make sure if it's needed to change the clutches aswell. The local Skoda repairshop on the other hand, could'nt even give me a pointer on how I can notice by myself if the clutches are in need of change or not.

Another messup from my side, the correct number is 128000 km as you said.

Yea it's a 2011 currently at 12800 km on it. Bought the car used about 6 months ago, the car had previously been leased and used by 1 person up until the date of purchase. The previous owner is a woman working at a make-up company.

My bad, edited my post. Its the flywheel.

Well, the car was turned in to the repairshop, and they changed the belt, waterpump and all thats included in the cambelt package. The squeeking noise is now solved. Although.... As the repairman had the car up on the lift and running, he heard "metal"-noise that became louder and louder along with the enginetemp rising. Came down to them recommending me a change of the flywheel to a cost of 1500 gbp. Question is if i should let them change the clutches aswell since they would already have the gearbox taken down. This will be my first and last skodacar, I can tell you that much.

The alternator belt was changed this fall in order to exclude it as a factor. I'll give it a go anyways with the soaptest this weekend, thanks for the tip!

The squeeking noise is now noticable even when the engine is warm. I've chosen to turn the car in on the 24th in order to, once again, try and find out what's causing the squeekings. I just dont buy that it would be the belt itself. On top of that, the car has on several occasions when starting the car up when cold, gone down on revs, dyin and/or kept lower revs then usually. I'm hoping for a more satisfying answer from the repair shop this time.

Alright, another update: Today I was to drive over to a friends house. Used the webasto heater, turned it on about 5 mins before getting into the car. Turned the ignition key around, it started up but instantly started "bubbling" and going down on revs, engine died about 2 secs later. Started the car again, started bubbling again but after a sec or 2 it cleared out and went up on the correct revs. Might this have anything to do with the squeeking sound? According to the Skoda repair shop its squeeking due to the belt itself. But Im not as sure, Im thinking of one of the wheels the cambelt powers. Since the noice has been louder recently, im starting to suspect that. And that one of the wheels are really messed up causing resistance for the belt. And could the incident today be that the engine turned sour somehow along with the use of the webasto and if one of the wheels are broke somehow?

Alright, an update: I had the car turned in to the Skoda repair shop. They confirmed that the squeeking noise comes from the cambelt itself. They have never come across this before, that the belt makes sound. The belt, they said, looks fine, no dry cracks on it or anyting. They just dont know why the belt sounds the way it does. They also informed me that the belt normally isnt changed solo, but at 21k km along with other things such as waterpump, wheels etc. So, anyone heard of this before? That the cambelt itself is making this squeeking noise but is infact in good condition? I'm about to go pick the car up now without any repair done on it, since they want about 1k pound for the complete job of changing the belt, waterpump etc. They also told me they do not recommend changing the belt only at this point if i can live with the squeeking, cus if the w pump goes or i hit the right mileage for the big change, the cost of just changing the belt at this point will be like throwing money into the lake.

Hi. Regarding my 140 tdi -11 elegance 4x4: A few weeks ago I asked about the multibelt, powering the AC and something else (dont remember). Anyhow, I had a squeeking noice when the engine was cold, and thought that the belt mentioned above had to be replaced (125 000 km and never changed before). Said and done, it has been replaced. When I went to pick the car up from the repair shop, they informed me that there are some kind of noise, not loud, but still a noise that should not be there. They span the wheels in order to recreate the sound, but couldnt do it. After I picked the car up from the repair shop, I couldnt hear anything, the seeking noice nor the discrete misnoice that they heard. Now though, since about a week back, I have that squeeking noice back again, and as before it follows the revs on the engine when cold. Since I've read some more or less horrible things about the waterpump, could this be it? From what I understand, it's quite complicated to change the pump. If I leave the car to the repairshop again, in order to let them find the squeeking noice, and the confirm the waterpump, should I have them change the cambelt aswell? Is it a good idea to let them do that if there are about to go into those regions anyway in order to check the status of the wheels and components in there? Or does anyone have any other suggestions on what the problem might be? The sound of the squeeking comes out of the left side of the engine (standing in front of the car). The car has just over 125 000km, and according to the service plan, the cambelt is not to change until 180 000km. Thanks Kim.

So, all but the ac compressor and alternator is driven by the cambelt then?

Hi. Sorry if the topic name isnt the correct one. Anyway, I had my 2011 superb elegance 2.0tdi 140hp 4x4 at the repairshop for a 12000 km service 2 months ago. Now though, I have a squeeking noise on the right side of the eninge (faced from the front) that follows the revs of the enginge. I suspect the multibelt that drives the ac compressor amongst other things. I called to get this fixed, but now I wonder, is there only one belt exept for the cambelt? Or is it two? And what does the belt(s) power? I'm aware that there can be something else sqeeking, the repairshop will oversee all them things. Regards