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Hi Offski, Thanks for your advice. The car was purchased from Dundee in May 2016, it was a Skoda vehicle from Milton Keynes, that was pushed out to them on our request, as it was the exact spec we were looking for. It was first registered in March 2015. Since we bought it, it has had 2 services, one main and one oil change, but I have no idea what was done before that. We are going on 2 weeks holiday tomorrow, so I will ask Dundee for the info by email, and see if they will play ball, otherwise I will go and see them when we get back. I have no issues with the staff in Dundee, they have been helpful, as far as they can be, with both of my Skoda. Skoda UK have failed to get back to me about the complaint that I logged on the website, so I am disappointed about that. It was supposed to be replied to in 3 working days, it is now 5 working days ( 7 elapsed) so it may be that I have to complain again .

It was at Specialist Cars in Dundee. No issues with them, they were very good, explaining what they were doing, and providing costs for options. Also they saved the old water pump for me, and gave it to me to take away, as I asked for it. Still no contact from Skoda customer service, apart from the emails to say that they had received my complaint.

Offski, Thanks for your advice, I have completed the contact from on the website, so shall wait and see what happens next. I am disappointed that the problem happened as my wife uses the car to travel from Fife down to Solihull to visit her mother on a regular basis. The next trip is next week. Our previous Fabias have not had any sort of issue like this, the last one reaching 130, 000 before it was part ex'd for this one. Now not sure that was such a good idea. My own Superb is a 16MY TDi, and has done 50k, with no issues, except for the exhaust emissions light on, so its into the garage to have that looked at tomorrow. Still under warranty though.

Just doen a search for the fabia water pump issue, and found this forum. All very interesting. I have just had to pay my Skoda garage to replace the water pump on my wife's fabia 1.4 TDI 105, as she has had the overheating problem. Over £500 as it is now out of warranty, by 6 months. Will try to get Skoda to explain why the pumps are so unreliable, but don't live in hope. The garage gave me the old pump, when I asked for it, and explained the issue was that the sliding sleeve becomes jammed, and does not allow the pump to work properly. The sleeve should move as the engine comes up to temp, allowing the pump to move the coolant around. If it jams, the pump does not work properly, and the engine overheats. What puzzled me is that at no time during the overheat did the fan kick in to life. But the garage tells me that the first part of the diagnosis instructions is to remove and check the water pump. No idea what the coolant is, but it is pink.