dmcmylor

Posting this in the hopes it helps somebody else as I could find very little across the whole internet about this one. My 2016 Octavia Scout 2.0 tdi DSG 184, CUNA variant, suddenly started just randomly cutting out whilst driving, just for a second then would carry on. Honestly would feel like you had hit something as it went with a bit a bang every time. Sometimes it would completely stall and need to be restarted. Bearing in mind I'm not a mechanic, first thought is that it was a DSG issue jumping gears. Probably overdue a transmission fluid change so had that done. no change, drives smoother though. Next, when chatting with a mechanic friend, he suggested timing belt may be stretched and slightly out. Now thia was overdue by quite a way, so had that done. No change but less stress as I knew it needed doing. Now there were no codes at all showing on either obd or vcds from the start of this saga. Even drove it to replicate the symptom with vcds recording a log. After more searching, I came across one solitary post that suggested cam and crank sensors. With the kind help one member on here on another thread about warm start issues, who posted a picture of the cam sensor location, I changed the cam sensor myself as this was the easiest and cheapest option to start with. No change. Next was the crank sensor with the help of Haynes. Not fortunately this isn't buried within the gearbox housing as my mechanic suggested it might be. It is at the front bottom of the engine, just behind the oil filter housing. Bit of a faff to change, lying in the road but managed it. I'm now about 700miles in, with no repeat of the cutting out issues, faith and trust in the car are restored and all is good. Hopefully, this may help somebody else experiencing the same issues as t'interweb is sparse for info on this one :-)

Brilliant, thank you. I'll have a look after work :-)

Don't suppose you've got a photo of where the cam sensor is? Got a cutting out/intermittent juddering issue with mine with some wonky sensor readings so want to change it. Just not sure where it is.