Hi All
I am the second owner of a 2014 skoda octavia vrs its done 135,000km and it has started stalling on the odd occasion, when doing short short trips at low speeds generally in the mornings. It seem to happen if i am waiting in traffic or coming to an intersection or turning in to a parking building etc. The dash will say start manually. This is not the Auto stop function that is annoying more that any thing else. And I normally just turn this off. It will also occasionlly have a really lumpy idle and vibration that to me sounds like it not firing on all cylinders. I keep regular services about 15,000 km max, Its has new coil packs and spark plugs after I got it. I am wondering if any one else has had these issues and what sorted it for you guys.
I took it to a local euro car mechanic and I got them to run the diagnostic tool. It brought up a couple of codes P001600 -Crank shaft position -Camshaft position Correlation Bank 1 Sensor A & P001100 A camshaft Position Bank 1 Timing over advanced or System Performance.
Both of these issues appear to be a major and point to a stretched timing chain. The mechanic has suggested that the timing chain maybe stretched and that i should get it done asap... this is going to be a $2000 job.
I have found that a faulty VVT Valve Sensor could also trip the codes mentioned above.
The Skoda dealership that I rang for a second opinion dont think it is a chain issue but they want to chard $160 just to run the diagnostic again. Im pretty sure they will get the same codes ?
So I dont know what to now . Do I go ahead with the timing chain works? or should I replaced the VVT Sensor ? or GOt to the Skoda dealership
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
