GLEO

I had an usual moment with my SKODA YETI 1.2l (2011) the other day whilst driving - it was a hot day about 30°C, city driving. Firstly the aircon stopped working (no cold air, no fan, no reaction from the controls) Then I decided to park and the power steering was clearly cutting out , heavy steering etc. So I switched the engine off after trying to park, to my suprise it was completely dead, and would not restart , no dash board lights - as if the battery was flat. I should mention the car is used only rarely about once every two weeks. Then I waited about 5 minutes and tried to restart and it immediately fired up and was working again normally, air con , steering all ok - as electrical power was clearly back. Now I'm a bit afraid it could happen again - so does anyone have any ideas what could cause this ? thanks, GLEO.

I have been suffering from a slightly oily smell inside the car for about 4 months. After looking really closely under the bonnet I finally traced it to a broken off return (PCV ?) valve which is attached to the top of the engine. As the valve is underneath a larger plastic part of the intake system it not that easy to see. As I pulled the pipe out I saw the broken part and traces of oil in that area, in the pic you can see the small broken valve casing outlet tube. Just needed to buy a replacement, it was really bugging me and I assume its a fairly common problem ? happy bunny