Help me please.

Whilst on holiday I had 3 near breakdowns:thumbdwn:

But luckily each time I got car started:rolleyes: but ended holiday week early as didnt want to breakdown somewhere where I didnt know

But not this last time:thumbdwn:

Octavia vRS on a 02 plate will not start first 3 times I put it down to the heat cause it was hot but not today.

Car turns over but refuses to start I have tried the spare key incase it was a dud but still nothing.

Had a mechanic friend pop by whilst on road test and we tried a bump start and still nothing he had a poke around and suggested that it could be camshaft sensor so thought best phone stealers £89ish just for sensor:eek:

And they couldnt tell me if it was a common fault. So im still non the wiser.

So thought I would ask the people in the know!!!

So any thoughts I will gratefully recieve and if anyone knows the part number I will be eternally grateful.

P.S working to a very tight budget so dont want to head to stealers if I can help it, plus I would have to have it recovered there aswell and they dont instill confidence there.

Edited 14 August, 200916 yr by bodie
Typo

is this what im l;ooking for???

NEW Camshaft position sensor For Skoda Octavia, Superb on eBay (end time 11-Sep-09 16:25:49 BST)

You really need the fault codes read. My guess would be a faulty crank shaft or engine speed sensor (it's the same thing). You will find it, I think on the front of the engine just above the sump close to the bell housing, held in with a 10mm head bolt. Failure of this sensor will cause starting problems.

According to the application list in this listing, this will fit your car.

Crank Sensor

We had a 1.6 automatic in with the symptoms that you describe, though it would eventually start. That had a crank sensor fault and replacing it effected a cure. I notice from the e-bay application list that this is the same sensor.

Edited 15 August, 200916 yr by fordfan

A faulty camshaft sensor may give running issues but should not cause the engine to stop. The crankshaft sensor on the other hand will. Often if the crankshaft sensor were to fail during engine running the ECM could take a speed signal from the camshaft sensor instead. The engine would then fail to start after it had been stopped.

On some systems the crankshaft sensor can be very easily checked by cranking the engine and looking to see if the rev-counter needle moves. If it does it's working. Crankshaft sensors are usually either the Hall Effect or Inductive Pulse type. Both are very simple to check with a multi-meter......

cheers peeps