thewheelsofsteel

Hi richwat thanks for the info. The Autotechnica guys seem to know there stuff. I was due to have a DV+ fitted at the the cost of the part, no labour. However my chain jumped snapped or whatever has happened before I had chance to get it fitted. I'm on my second loan car know from Motordepot and it's almost 3 weeks since it first happened. Things hopefully seem to be moving on know as my car is know back in the motordepot. I was led to believe that the Skoda dealership had diagnosed what was wrong but they did not know what it was as they were waiting for authorization to strip the engine. All they knew was there was no compression on 2 cylinders. But I don't think they ever touched it as no one still has any idea how much damage has been done to the engine. I think motordepot were deciding weather to ship it out to a vw specialist or do the repairs in house with one of there techs. This could still have some twists yet. I'm not going to accept the car back unless they can list which parts have been replaced and especially the tensioner. My fear is that they try to put a recon engine in it's place which could have the same ticking time bomb again. A repair to the existing engine would be preferable with updated parts. I've not been pushing them and given them plenty of time to decide what to do but decisions are going to have to be made soon. One of the deciding factors of getting the Octavia was the large boot which I need for work. I will keep you all posted. One last thing I notice a lot of posts stating high oil use just before it goes pop. Mine never seemed to loose any since I bought it. Mine just went without warning.

Hi again. Well i had some good news yesterday. After initially thinking I would have to look for another car to the same value and finding nothing I liked I went back in to speak to the nice lady at the motor depot maintenance dept. She told me that my car would be repaired and whatever it takes to put right will be done. She told me that the bosses had agreed to repair it. Its just a case know of were it goes for repair. It has to be collected by truck from the Skoda dealer they dropped it off at. It's just a case of how long it takes now. At least I have a loan car till mine is sorted. Just so pleased I took out an extended warranty.

Hi all. First post on here and not a good start. After purchasing my car from motor depot (Hull) at the beginning of June I've had several issues with my Car (60 plate 2.0L TSI Octy VRS with 57,000 on the clock when purchased) First off eml came on after about 10 days. This was quickly diagnosed as the charcoal canister and evep purge valve. To there credit it was quickly fixed even though I had to go back because one of the pipes was not connected correctly and set of the eml again. It was sorted and soon back to full working condition. For the last few days I thought I could here a slight vibration at about 3000rpm. I thought It could be a rattily waste gate issue. and would get it checked asap. Car ran fine and pulled fine. No rattle at start-up. Went to get in car a short time after parking up to do some jobs. the car gave a brief blip on the rev counter and then sounded rough as though a coil pack had failed. Car was still running but roughly so decided to get it strait to the dealers. Went in spoke to the nice lady that sorted the previous issues and explained my situation. This was already the worst week of my life has my mum had passed away suddenly 2 days before. I explained I needed a car. none were available but she would get my car into the workshop as a priority and let me know latter in the day what they have found. Later in the day I get a call to say the car would be sent to the nearest skoda dealership for diagnoses and they would loan me a car for as long as needed. This got the alarm bells ringing and I suspect the chain had jumped. The car arrived at the skoda dealers yesterday by truck as it would not now start at all. I suspect someone may have tried starting it and that finished off the chain. Skoda dealers told me there was no compression on cylinders 1 and 2. and it was totally dead. They were waiting for authorisation from motor depot HQ and one of there directors before they could start any strip down. After going back in today and explaining that if the chain had snapped it would almost certainly mean a new engine at considerable cost she said would I be possibly be open to having a replacement car. Although I Have had problems with the car I do like it and would prefer to have this one fixed as I need the boot space for work and they had nothing in stock that grabbed my fancy. I took an extended 2 year warranty out but reading consumer law because it was less than six months after purchase the onus is on them to prove the fault was not there already. When I first purchased the car I did ask the salesman about the tensioner issue but said he had never heard of any problems. To there credit the lady in charge repairs at motor depot has been really good.