timothyjbeal

Checked the timing belt and it's damaged...so looks like that's the source of the problem. Bugger.

I thought it seemed odd that I wasn't seeing any diagnostic codes so got a technician out to try his luck and got the following: Camshaft Position Sensor (G40): Signal Out of Range They've proposed replacing the sensor, which seems sensible to me, though perhaps it's worth checking the timing belt before paying to have a new sensor fitted?

Thanks for the advice guys. I'll try out your suggestions in the morning when it's not pitch black

When I turn on the ignition I'm not hearing anything & I definitely used to hear a whirring sound, so perhaps it is the fuel pump. Any idea why it might not be running? No diagnostic codes are showing up.

It's an '05 Fabia vRS MK I, so diesel.

Hi all, Bit of saga this one. Issues first started when the auxiliary belt gave out. Was driving along when the electrics started to go haywire...wipers, power steering, indicators, lights all etc, all stopped working so pulled over. Then wouldn't even turn over - no life in the battery at all - apparently the aux belt also powers the alternator or something. Anyways, I had the car recovered and the belt replaced but when I came to pick up the car it wouldn't start, despite the battery having been on charge over night. No matter, I got a jump off a guy at the garage and went on my merry way. Initially all seemed fine but after a few minutes I noticed a pretty dramatic drop in power - when trying to accelerate at low revs the revs would drop & I'd have to end up building up revs with the clutch down and slipping it to get it going. No warning lights came on. Managed to hobble to my destination and left the car running to try to charge the battery. After a few hours I returned to the car, turned it off and tried turning it back on again immediately...nothing, won't even turn over...looks like the battery is shagged. Just to check I got a jump off my mate and while the car started it cut out after a few seconds of idling...odd but I assumed it was because the battery was too ruined to even sustain the engine (if that is a thing?) so ordered a new one. I fitted the new battery today and while it turns over fine the engine just wont fire. I also tried getting a jump of someone else but that didn't help either. There are no error codes on the ECU (assuming my Android app, Torque is working properly), the strip fuses in the battery housing look fine. The only potential clue is that the oil warning light comes on after it has turned over a few times but I've no idea what this means (if anything?). Any idea what's up? Thanks in advance, Tim

Thanks for all the responses guys. Got the ELM327 and checked for error codes using the Torque android app - no codes stored though. Probably going to give the Mr Muscle treatment a try to see if that helps.

OK, thanks. Might give this a go: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/243533-the-mr-muscle-vnt-turbo-treatment-thought-we-needed-a-guide-of-sorts/ or I could drive more slowly but like that's going to happen

Bit of a strange one this. Identical thing has happened twice now. Fabia vRS Mk I 2005 with around 115k on the clock. Quite early in my journey & I pulled onto the M40 and was getting up to speed up a bit of an incline (junction 6 eastbound if you're familiar) when at around 85 mph in 6th (approaching 3000 rpm) I experienced what seemed like a complete loss of power, like someone had disconnected the throttle. I eased off a bit and tried to depress the throttle again but the engine seemed not to respond. Revs were just gradually decreasing as I was slowing. I tried changing down to lower gears but I was still unable to get any drive. Eventually I came to a complete stop on the hard shoulder where I put her in neutral and revved the engine a bit. I thought it sounded normal so I set off (had pretty much made it to the top of the hill by this point) and everything was fine for the rest of the journey. Cruised at 85mph with no problem including going (but not accelerating) up an equally steep hill. Any ideas what happened? Thanks in advance. Tim