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Just noticed a new noise today that came out of nowhere. Went for a longer than normal drive (160 miles in total) with no issues at all. However on the return journey about halfway back started noticing a strange buzzing noise coming from the engine. Noise only comes on when coasting or changing gears basically anytime when I’m not accelerating. The noise goes away instantly on accelerating. Initially only noticed it on higher speeds (over 60mph) but then started noticing it at lower speeds (40mph etc). Any ideas ? Car serviced and MOT a month ago. Engine oil temp was 91 for most of the Journey on a mix of roads. On a positive it averaged 52mpg for the journey. 1.2 TSI

Sorted, found the blown fuse and replaced. Working perfectly now. Thank you 👍

Went to drive my car to work this morning and the fan/blower is not working, in that it does not turn on at all. I’m guessing it could just be a fuse but I’m Struggling to find the right one and all the ones I’ve checked appear fine.

I’ve got mine booked in to the local garage I use (I trust them). They’re going to give it the once over and check the timing chain for me.

No it’s just a 1.2 TSI SE...... I think the taxation changed from a certain year so maybe from 2014 onwards the same engine is much more. That’s why I decided on an older model to keep costs down. Yours is probably much nicer than mine but I’m happier with the tax costs.

I appreciate this has been talked about probably thousands of times and I’ve touched upon it in one of my earlier posts a little. I have a 2013 1.2 TSI SE. On checking mine was registered Nov 2013 so a late 2013 build. I understand there was issues with the timing chains and tensioner son earlier models. Would my model be one of the updated revised versions without the tensioner or timing chain issues ? Sorry if this has been done to death, it’s the only thing that I’m concerned about, I love the car and I intend to keep it for as long as ever.

I’ve read it has a chain and not a belt, I take it these don’t need changing for some time and early models had issues. What’s the situation with 2013 models and the timing chain?..... do they need anything doing and if so what mileage am I looking at. Also, and it could be me being a bit picky. It sounds like it’s making a whirring noise as it drives, nothing crazy or anything just not as silent as I expected, although when parked up you can hardly hear the engine ticking at all, but on pulling away with the window down it sounds like a fair scraping/whirring (very difficult to describe). It drives perfect though so don’t know if this is just a characteristic of the engine.

Hi, I have recently returned to Skoda after a brief fling with Vauxhall. I used to have a Skoda Citigo but needed a bigger car with larger rear seats due to a growing family. Instead of staying faithful and considering a larger Skoda, I turned to the dark side and bought a 1.8 petrol Vauxhall Insignia. The car was great but reliability appalling, in my 6 months of ownership I must have spent a fortune on repairs and a blown head gasket just topped it all off. Anyway rewind to a few days ago and I am now the very happy and proud owner of a 2013 Skoda Rapid SE 1.2 TSI. Although the Rapid is smaller than my old Insignia, the interior space is way bigger, it’s like the tardis, plus the build quality and ride is so much nicer. £30 tax and much, much better mpg helps massively. Mine did not come with a spare wheel or space saver just a tyre inflation kit, I know you can get Rapid space saver wheels off eBay, but will any other Skoda space saver fit, mine has 15 inch alloys so would the space saver from a Citigo also fit ? Also, anything I need to be aware of with the Rapid....... it’s done 86,000 miles, full service history and has just been given a full service and MOT which it passed with no advisory’s. many thanks