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Thanks Pete .. will do

Oooh this could be good news! I will call Skoda again tomorrow to check with the technician - fingers crossed there has been no change to the parts for the 60bhp engine! And we could try just the tensioner being replaced. It does make sense yes, I’ll speak to the indie tomoz. They don’t specialise in VW but they do all the taxis in pompey and most of them are Octavias… The garage is only 0.5m away and I drove 20mph most of the way and it was “ok” but revving the engine you could tell something wasn’t right. The garage have recommended I get it towed away if I don’t get them to do the repair and not to drive it to avoid further damage. They said 5 hours to do everything and 3.5 hours for the tensioner only. I might gamble at £550 and hope it’s just the tensioner and the chain/sprocets aren’t damaged. The garage did say that if I went with this option they won’t guarantee it.. I.e. if it goes wrong again there’s no comeback to them.

Thanks again, Pete. When you say “they’re getting mixed up”.. do you mean they as in the indi garage or they as in the Skoda technician? The indi garage said they could try and replace the tensioner only and if that works it would be cheaper for me. I called Skoda today to get them to quote and the parts representative spoke to their technician who said the tensioner had changed and would not be compatible with the original chain. Do you think for the 60bhp single came that a new tensioner would be compatible with the existing chain ? (I’m trying to understand correctly your 2nd paragraph) because this make mean the £550 option is back in play!?! Thanks for the suggestion on checking how much it’s slipped-I guess to check how many teeth it’s jumped can only be determined taking cover off and getting underneath? I think they said it would take another hour to take the (cam shaft? ) cover off to check. We are not that attached to the car per se- it is old and bit run down inside-we see it as a good reliable run around. We’re more attached to the fact we’ve had it since new, had it serviced regularly and only 75k miles and only minor things have gone wrong (which I fixed) such as heater resistor, tailgate boot catch. Hope that makes sense! milion thanks again!

Hi Pete- thanks for coming in. The reg is HV10 VHK (sorry for the confusion on engine size!). I think the whole chain will need doing now (tensioner on its own no longer an option as a Skoda technician has said Skoda have changed the tensioner part so now it doesn’t fit with old chain etc). It may well be the case they’re not sure what they’re dealing with because they’ve said until they get the cover off and look they won’t know). So it’s either £144 and sell the car for scrap. Or pay £1,350 and hope the car works for a while after the repair. They did invite me in to look through a little round cylinder type thing and said the thing that’s visible (gold coloured) shouldn’t be there and there should be a “gap” for something else to slot in there (I’ve attached a picture I took). So they believe the chain has “jumped” (I think he said) I’m in Portsmouth. Are you able to advise the straightforward way to check the chain timing please? Thank you

Hi there, it’s the smallest one - I think 0.9L and 70bhp something like that. 3 cylinder I think? sorry if that’s too vague

Hi folks - big decision for me to make on my Fabia which I’ve had since new and only 75,000 miles!! I would welcome your thoughts on what you’d do please!! Car went into indi. garage because of engine management light. It’s only been driven 0.5 miles (to get to garage) since light came on. The two fault codes are : 16725 - camshaft position sensor (G40) P0341 - 008 - implausible signal 17549 - load calculation cross check P1141 - 007 - implausible value The indi. garage has said they think the tensioner is causing the issue because the chain has come out of position. I’ve been given three options: (1) replace whole timing chain kit, oil and filter £1,350 (2) replace tensioner only, oil and filter £550 (3) pay £150 to take car away (cost of diagnostic work so far) They’ve said because I haven’t driven the car far since issue that the sprockets and chain might not be damaged but won’t know until they take the cover off and get it apart. Would ideally like to keep the car as we know the service history and only 75k miles but don’t know whether to go for the £550 and risk having to pay £1,350 🙈🙈 I imagine the car is worth less than £2,000!! Any suggestions would be much appreciated - thank you!

Thank you to every single person who contributed to this. Just to add my experience, I used a bent credit card to remove the pen face and had it off in about 90 seconds with no damage. I bent the credit card about a third of the way up it so was like a lever if that makes sense.

Thank you NTA16! Exactly what I was looking for. Really appreciate it.

Thanks for that Froggy. I understand it all but I don’t know how to remove my “glove box” as it’s just a hole and I can’t see any screws!!

Hi all.. would really appreciate some help please. My skoda 2010 fan only works on “4” so I need to replace the resistor. I don’t have a glove box, just an empty hole type thing. please could someone give me instructions on how to remove the glove box/hole? I can’t see any screws at all!!! Instructions for dummies would be great!! Thank you