Well after trying to explain to suk about the oil pump problem....and listening to their replies, i have decided not to take up their offer. It was dismal, and i was basically being forced to leave my car in the dealers, and wait for them to remove the sump and go by their recomendations. Their labour charges were more than excessive,and the number of hours they wanted to remove the sump, and then being faced with the part/parts needed in order to get the engine back running at full manufacturers price was simply not on, even with the dismal goodwill offered, the projected costs were simply out of the question. I tried to explain that the engine should have had run for much more than the 38k miles before the oil pressure light illuminated, but was basically fobbed off...skoda simply didnt want to know.

So i decided to get my independant garage i use, to check it out, but it will have to wait till more funds are readily available...and tbh, i feel more at ease listening to him rather than suk !! Incidentally, does anyone know where would be the best place to go for parts required for the engine? I have got quotes from TPS...but that was retail price and not trade price...so basically, does anyone else know of a good parts dealer that might be able to supply the parts that might be needed?

cheers....andy

Very wise.

VAG will just rape your credit card. In my view and experience they are about the worst organisation I have ever dealt with - and bear in mind that my Superb has been very nearly 100% reliable. I cannot understand how they manage to achieve such a high UK market penetration with their trading practices; it's so blatantly obvious that M-K is simply programmed to maximise after sales revenue with no regard for the customer. They must think the UK public are mugs. Unfortunately, many are.

Take your Superb out of the VAG money machine factory and get it to a well established Independent who are interested, know about engines and who have been trading for some years from the same site.

Read my posts on the engine examination - I have been in this game for a long time and have seen this and other similar problems. Make a rational decision following a partial strip down as to whether you repair or replace your engine. A very careful examination of the main bearing journals and shells will be crucial here.

Then set about sourcing either parts or an engine. Modifying the oil pump drive on the 2.0 PD might be a solution, but I haven't investigated this as I "wrote off " this engine when planning my Superb purchase. If you modify the oil pump drive be very careful to maintain concentricity and alignment. Failure will be rapid if you don't do this.

It might well be better, if you fix the 2.0, to sell it.

I sincerely wish you the best of luck with this problem

rotodiesel.

Don't blame Skoda. They just have to do what the boot boys tell them. In my view they make a really excellent job of assembling these cars - it's just a pity VAG don't bother to design them properly and carry over known defects from badge to badge. Never again for me.

Edited 14 September, 201015 yr by rotodiesel

Thanks for your reply rotodiesel...the independant garage i use is skoda approved...but thats because he does the bodywork repairs for the local skoda dealership. But he also does mechanical repairs and has serviced my car since new. He did mention about checking the main bearings and replacing the shells if they needed replacing, so it is nice to know that he is on the ball so speak. Of course his labour charges are almost 2/3rds cheaper than the main dealer, and he would get me the parts required at trade price...so straight away, hopefully the final cost of repair will be very much less than what skoda wanted me to shell out.

I fully agree with you regarding the build quality, but as you say, vag doesnt employ a system whereby known faults are eradicated before being transferred from one model to the next....if they had the system introduced, then skoda would be selling excellent cars that give no grief to their customers.....after all, if all the known customers that had problems with their cars and went to another dealer worldwide, then surely the revenue that would have been generated all adds to quite a few million quid.....enough maybe to design much better models and more reliable engines in the first place !! cheers andy

Are you not going after goodwill now Nutty?

How much is the estimate for getting it running again?

And as Roto says, get shot of it asap once it's running ok again.

No i didnt accept their offer of goodwill supurbia.....i wasnt prepared to be at the mercy of the dealer charging me more per hr compared to what i earn in a day...and i know they would simply add on the extra's even if the engine didnt warrant it....and knowing my luck they would prefer a new short lump rather than replace the pump....just to cover themselves and thats a 16 hr job !!......so it was a no go.

I am presently putting money aside and getting the independant garage to do the work.......at least he will only replace the parts that need replacing....but meanwhile, expenses are somewhat tight atm, so the car is going to have to remain parked up.....gleaming.

As for the estimate for doing the work.....well to remove the sump he said it was a bit of a job considering the crossmember was in the way.....but said it would be around 100 quid......then the parts.......he said he would check main bearing caps and journals, and renew shells, as sump would already be off....so the bearing caps would be at whatever price they are.......and then renew the pump. But then again i dont know if the pump can be overhauled or up graded....so again it could be cheaper to keep the pump and modify it. But untill i get some dosh....i'm kinda stuck...as other priorities came first.

No i didnt accept their offer of goodwill supurbia.....i wasnt prepared to be at the mercy of the dealer charging me more per hr compared to what i earn in a day...and i know they would simply add on the extra's even if the engine didnt warrant it....and knowing my luck they would prefer a new short lump rather than replace the pump....just to cover themselves and thats a 16 hr job !!......so it was a no go.

I am presently putting money aside and getting the independant garage to do the work.......at least he will only replace the parts that need replacing....but meanwhile, expenses are somewhat tight atm, so the car is going to have to remain parked up.....gleaming.

As for the estimate for doing the work.....well to remove the sump he said it was a bit of a job considering the crossmember was in the way.....but said it would be around 100 quid......then the parts.......he said he would check main bearing caps and journals, and renew shells, as sump would already be off....so the bearing caps would be at whatever price they are.......and then renew the pump. But then again i dont know if the pump can be overhauled or up graded....so again it could be cheaper to keep the pump and modify it. But untill i get some dosh....i'm kinda stuck...as other priorities came first.

Get ready to factor in a turbo as well, this normally doesn't survive however soon you managed to turn the car off.

That did cross my mind....was just wondering if that high pitch shrieking noise i heard a week before might have been the problem.......as i did post a thread on here when it happened.....but the noise dissapeared and car drove prefectly for another week before the oil light came on.