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Thanks, am in a similar place, ideally would have the car repaired and hold on to her, but there's a bit of a cash flow issue having just shelled out for a picasso grand. Any views on whether it would make the repair more problematic if the car sat for a month or so while I improved the cash flow situation!

Hi all, In amongst a house purchase, new baby on the way and various other life speed bumps, our 2011 1.2 TSI octavia estate has bitten the bullet after the timing chain went a week or so ago. We bought car in 2013 at about 24000 miles and it had just reached 58000. On a short trip out to town we had the Traction control warning, followed by engine management warning. Pulled into forumla 1 garage for a diagnosis which flagged timing issues and clearly needed a mechanic with more substance. Was going to drive the 500m to our skoda dealer and the belt went and engine lost power. Mechanic friend has identified damage to pistons/ valves and suggesting a £2k job to repair but having researched further the sugestion seems to be it may need a new engine. Cars value is about £5kish. I'd welcome views on -feasibility and cost of repair - replacement engines and who to approach -scrap and start again (and if so where to sell scrap) We have moved from South London to Kent, so previouslyI would have taken car to Volksauto in Sutton, but haven;t been in the new area long enought to find a go to mechanic.

Hi, just trying to eliminate possible causes for the EPC light to have come on. Does a brake pedal switch failure mean all brake lights would fail? Epc came on, noticed driver side brake light bulb had gone, replaced it and all was well. One day and about 80 miles of motorway driving later, the brake light has gone again and the epc is back on. Know it could be a duff bulb and will replace again to eliminate that option but feel there is prob an underlying cause Thanks, w