CarolG

Hi All, Many thanks for all your suggestions. Re the independent VW specialist suggestion - I've spoken to one of these, and when they heard it's the twin turbo engine, they said they don't work on this particular engine because of the complexity of it and they said that in their experience, there could be other issues like cracked pistons so they recommended looking into getting a reconditioned engine. re reconditioned/new engine - where could we source of of these from? any thoughts on how to go about this? Thanks again Carol.

Hi, yes, at least 8 hours labour, plus well over £1000 in parts, and that's assuming they don't find any other issues in there other than needing to replace the 8 valves.

Hi, my lovely Fabia vrs estate Mk2 (84,000 miles) broke down and is in the garage, and they have told me what is needed to fix it, and it's a lot of money, but less than the car is worth - I'm just looking for advice on whether there are any other options. I've always looked after it well - regular servicing, top quality Castrol oil, always monitored this and topped it up (it has always burned about 1L per 1000 miles) The car went into limp mode, EPC light and engine management light came on. I got it recovered to the garage, and the diagnostics showed misfires on cylinders 1 and 3. They did a compression test on cylinder 3 and found compression was low/zero. They've looked in the cylinder with a camera and can see that there's a burnt out valve, so the price they've estimated is to take the cylinder head off, replace all 8 valves and put it all back together. New timing chain is an optional extra. Other options they've suggested - see if anyone wants to buy the car on at a knock down price to do the work, or look for a new engine. Are either of these feasible? How would you suggest I go about these if so. Or are there any other options? btw, the car is in the garage in the Lake District (near Penrith) as we are living up there at the moment. Thank you so much for your help! Carol

Hi, on my second Skoda Fabia mk2 vrs estate - love the drive, but sadly it seems to have a lot of problems - will post details in the Fabia forum