Hi all, I own a 2005 Octavia 1.6fsi Elegance, 117k on clock. On Friday I drove over to my daughters, car was driving fine. Parked up wentry in for a cup of coffee and when I came out to go I started the car up but it sounded rough. E/M light came on dash so I plugged in my code reader and it came back as crankshaft sensor. So I have changed that today and now it's lumpy as hell and rattling.
Now when I bought the car I found it juddered when trying to reverse, so checked through the folder of service history to find a note questioning the dmf. Could my dmf collapsing caused the sensor to pack up and now that is why I have the rattling, which is only when I release throttle of could it be worse, and engine about to fail miserably.
The car has full service history up to March 2017, 117k on clock, apart from the judder when reversing it drove fine with no faults. It's only been on the road a week after MOT and has been well looked after. Receipts for work carried out, 3rd owner from new.
Any help would be greatly appreciated or I may have to consider cutting losses and calling scrap man in to collect it.