Hi guys, i am in of some help with my octy its dying and i dont know why !!.. here we go..

It first started when i put v power in it last september esp and the traction control lights came on started missing and lost the brakes took it to skoda they cleared the faults and it ran ok ok for a week then did the same again but it was on my 'normal' fuel not v power, took it to a local turbo speacalist cleaned the throttle body and maf and cleared faults again, ok for about 4 weeks and yes did it again other half has changed the coil packs and then the fuse box on top of battery melts so replaced that too ! but it still plays up its getting more often now every week or so its running crap, missing and sounds like someone is trying to escape from under the bonnet ! took it to the garage....again crank sensor came up along with about 6 others he cleared it 3 days later it died again took it back today and its came up several other faults differant faults every time he rang back and said it could be a wiring fault ..??? i have given up with skoda they would have me replace everything on it yes the rate im going i will have lol will give you a list of codes when i fetch the piece of crap back from the garage tomoz after 3 expensive hours of him looking at it !!!

Edited 16 July, 200817 yr by Sadielou

First place to start would be with a list of fault codes.

I will try and get some but ay ideas or guesses to what it might be , when i take it back every time it comes up something different and not always the same code ?????

The faults could all be related to a single problem, hence the need for a list.

will get back you tomoz i have left the car at a garage for the night (the paper work is in it) he has spent 3 expensive !! hours 'looking' at it today so will see what he says tomoz..?? xx

Just a thought - have you bought it in the last year and could it have been a car caught in last year's floods?

We can guess, in the same way that if you are worried you have lung cancer, I'm happy to look at your chest and guess if you do or not.

I think I'd have a better chance if you posted the x-ray.... It's the same deal with these cars. Full fault code scan is very useful.

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I will try and get some but ay ideas or guesses to what it might be , when i take it back every time it comes up something different and not always the same code ?????

I notice it was run on different fuel to usual just before it started misbehaving.

Has anyone tried resetting the "adaptive" settings in the ECU?

Has anyone checked the operation of the lambda sensor?

so usin diff fuels can affect the car?

i thought fuel was fuel, you jus get better performance from higher octain??/???????

Different octane ratings can affect some cars, but here I'm thinking that a one-off change might have introduced a batch of bad fuel.

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hiya all.. picked the car up today and the 'guy' said that after it being scanned cleared and road tested twice there were still too many different faults coming up for it to be all of those sensors etc and suggested a possible wiring fault on closer inspection he said there were 5 major bad connections 2 bad ones under the battery due to corrosion and on near/at the ecu he had cleaned them all up and tidied them up and cleared the faults..again and road tested the car and do i dare say it... all seems good and the car seems to have come alive again and healthier too ! he has also 'set' the throttle body so will have to just go from here and see how she goes for a while ! also the cd multi changer packed up too and its working again when i picked it back up so who knows the list goes on lol !! does all this sound plausable to you guys...??????

The CD changers have a life of their own so thats no real issue.

Blast from the past - whereve you been hiding ??

Poor connections will not help, but let's hope that all is well now

That all sounds plausible yes. As LL says, the stacker has a mind of its own (not helped by rear washer leaks, although you don't mention one). In particular it seems happier with bought CDs than with magazine freebies or CDRs you burnt yourself.