FabiaFiasco

I thought I had posted this already but I'm going mad. For anyone looking at the outcome of this post... The diagnosis is in. The chain had jumped a few teeth and, unfortunately, in doing so, took most of the valves with it. So you were correct It's still in the garage, but hopefully, getting it back today or tomorrow. New chain and peripheral bits, new valves, gaskets fluids etc, all in just over 1K damage 😞

Thanks for all the help guys. I'll keep you posted on the outcome.

Ok further update.. odb scanner results are in. Here is a link to the report (fancy Chinese scanner makes a report!) . If that doesn't work here is a screen grab of the interesting bit. Does that help with diagnosis at all. I'll be googling shortly.

Ok so update here with some pics. They aren't the best as it's a bit tight. Assuming the crescent piece is the end of the cams then they look aligned. I don't have cylinder 1 at TDC though as I don't have think I have the right size bit to turn the crank (still searching). So only can alignment checked. As mentioned I checked the fuses you recommended and they are fine as well. Any other suggestions, could a sensor fault cause this and if so which. As I say OBD scanner otw so maybe that will help... I hope

I was, I thought you meant the belt side. I'll take a look this morning. Thank you for taking the time to help!

Thanks for the speedy response. Just checked. Unfortunately the fuses are fine. Is there anything else I can check without taking the timing covers off? It looks like a pretty major job for a diagnostic step. Will the obd scanner highlight timing issues?

Thanks for the speedy response, I'll check that out now and see what's what. Are chain slips common on this engine?

Hi All, I'm new to these parts and looking for a little help with my wife's car. The car is one of the last of the MkII's a 64 plate 1.2 petrol 3 cylinder. The car has been fine with no issues, noises, or lights. She arrived home yesterday and then tried to go back out 30 minutes later. The car cranks but does not start after multiple attempts. I did some basic checks, which showed the battery was a little low (lots of relatively short journeys), so I removed it and trickle-charged it overnight before investigating further. The battery was fully charged, which made no difference, obviously; on retrying the start, this time, I got the beeps you can hear in the video (this didn't happen when the fault first started). Oddly enough, the TPMS came on as well, which I assume is probably unrelated or perhaps related to the battery being disconnected. I did some digging, testing common issues I've found on other cars (I hadn't noticed the oil light at this point), testing coils (fine), replacing spark plugs (they needed doing anyway), and checking all the fuses, battery connections, and grounds. I also checked the oil which is fine, I did a service on it this time last year with no issues. I have a fault code reader coming via a friend tomorrow, but I wondered if there are any common issues that could be causing this. Any help is much appreciated. Video is attached, the sound is a bit rubbish but you can here it cranking Fabia II 1.2 fail.mp4