RioVrS

Hi pal and thank you for the reply. the car stalled on the grass as we came to a stop. The grass was very wet and slippery so I assume no chain jumping as the tyres would’ve just kinda slipped as the car stalled? If you get me? I started the engine back up with the handbrake on and the gearstick in Park position. (Normal engine routine) then towed out with the quad with the car in Neutral. I knew instantly we were back to square 1 again by the way it was juddering with engine management and EPC lights on. do I bite the bullet and attempt the work myself. We have plenty of space, tools and time. The car is just wasting away and Skoda will be into the thousands I’m sure. (Well the girl on the phone couldn’t give a price but said not to worry as they offer finance. And at 0%. Wow thanks) im not too bad with being able to take things apart and repair them. And have done with the odd 205 GTi over the years. but with this engine? Am I over complicating it and just say Fk it and just crack on? one good thing is we haven’t jumped a cog with timing chain. Local garage have looked at that. Also the compression has now gone back up to 1%. I put in that GUNK oil additive stuff that supposed to iron out compression issues? Could that have worked. I have been told by a few people to just have a crack at it. Just be simple about it and catalogue every single thing I take apart and number or name all bolts etc? whatcha think pal. Tell me yes and I’ll do it 😂 thanks again.

I didn’t write too much on previous issues as they are already on here and the advice received was bang on. Cheers all

Hello to all I have a Fabia vrs 2013 petrol twin-charged. Always ran on Tesco momentum and when we first had the car she was oil thirsty. The engines thirst seemed to subside and oil levels plateau. But then one day the engine management light and EPC came on whilst overtaking on M4. Spluttered and into limp mode. AA came out changed a coil pack and we were back on the road. About a week or so later the same scenario but this time melting the tip off a spark plug. Where did it go? I changed for a full set of iridium tipped ones. burnt tip off another one. Cylinder 4. So I changed coil packs and plugs, original parts and the same full set of the iridium tipped plugs. Actually worked and running better than ever. Fuel economy was up, no excess oil thirst, all in all Brilliant.. And so a year later and guess what? Mrs was driving, at very most 10mph along her farm road (tarmac) we understeered through a R-hand 90 bend on wet leaves. Literally off the tarmac and onto a gentle slope grass verge. Listening to the wifey “we could’ve died and nearly went flying off a cliff” pmsl. Well the car had very very superficial body damage. More scrapes and little scuffs of the thorny bushes we stopped up against. There were No loud crash or bangs because we didn’t hit anything. but as we left the tarmac and onto grass, roughly a drop of 6 inches, there was a thud/thump where I now know to be the sills and or very slightly the underside of the engine. But no cracked sump, no gouges or scratches visible so all seemed good to go. the engine had stalled, dsg, so turned engine over to drive out. We had a bit of a tow from our quad (as a perspective as to how far “over the cliff” we were lol) but I knew instantly that something was not right. Engine management light and EPC on again. Nooooooooooooo Ok so called insurance, Aviva who accepted the claim and RGM Swansea collected it. Few weeks later a call to come collect and pay £500 excess and drive away. We are still missing a side badge but was on backorder and will not impede the driving of the car. No problem. Mrs and 2 year old daughter went to collect the car, paid the excess but when the car we brought around it was still spluttering and she was told that the engine wasn’t repaired as it was down to wear and tear. W.T.F. I asked for a second opinion because the report just said wear and tear. No explanation of what parts. Just misfire and down to plugs etc. absolute crap. The car has been amazing for well over a year yet we have an unbelievably tiny bump and they put it down to this? I asked for they’re report and the guy stated his inspection was of a “visual” nature only. So no testing of any parts at all!!! Took to our local garage and we now have lost compression in cylinder 3 was on zero with other 3 cylinders up at the 89 - 93 mark. So? Can anyone give some well needed advice. I’m told at garage it’s a engine strip down, thousands £s and Aviva telling us they’re report is final until we show evidence it happened in accident and simply not wear and tear. But my argument to that was Yes ok the parts are wearing and tearing all the time but it was the accident wore and tore? Surely they can understand that! Right? Please can someone give me some well needed advice. What can or what do I do now? Skoda? Do the work myself? We have ramps in the tractor shed up the farm plus a full set of tools. So could I even do it myself? please guys please give me something. Anything. thank y’all so much. Rio 😢