I have a 52 reg Fabia 1.9 SDI which I bough in June of this year.

I mainly use my car to get to and from work, about 8 miles each way, so not many long journeys. In this snow we've had I haven't moved it since arriving home on Friday evening. It's now Monday night and I though I should turn the engine over for a while to stop the battery draining but it seems it already has. It makes a chugging noise and the glow plug light and the battery lights come on the dash but that's it, it won't actually start.

I do not want to drive it in this weather anyway and will be going home for Christmas for a week the day after tomorrow, by train because of the weather. If I just leave it on my drive and call an AA guy to jump start it when I get back will this be ok? By that point it will have been sat on the drive for nearly 2 weeks. Do I need to do anything special or check anything?

Thanks!

Edited 21 December, 201015 yr by samfan121

You waiting for the glow plug lights to go out?

Edited 21 December, 201015 yr by Craig Lovelock

You waiting for the glow plug lights to go out?

I'm sorry you find it funny. I was just saying what was happening to provide information. If you have any advice I would be glad to hear it.

Is it the original battery on the car?

If it is, it's probably past it's best. Draining a battery completely can apparently knacker them beyond help.

A jump start from recovery may well get it started but it'll let you down at some point after that. So a new battery may be something to look at.

One of my 05 Fabia TDi wagons at work needed a new battery after about 4 years.

Is it the original battery on the car?

If it is, it's probably past it's best. Draining a battery completely can apparently knacker them beyond help.

A jump start from recovery may well get it started but it'll let you down at some point after that. So a new battery may be something to look at.

One of my 05 Fabia TDi wagons at work needed a new battery after about 4 years.

Thanks for your help but it starts now!

A friend suggested I turn the ignition halfway a couple of times and let the glow plugs light come and go out each time, then fire the engine up. Cured!

You waiting for the glow plug lights to go out?

So Craig was right then Apology much??? :S

So Craig was right then Apology much??? :S

As his post was sarcastic and made no sense to me then no, not really!

Cycling the glowplugs aside, you should seriously consider replacing the battery - this is exactly how the batteries on both our cars behaved before they failed. Might be working OK this time, but sooner or later you WILL be left stranded. Anything more than 2-3 years of life off a battery is pushing it, especially if the car's not used every day...

My 2004vRS's battery was fine after nearly six years. The one on its replacement is failing after 3.5 years. Why oh why did Skoda downrate the vRS's battery!

As his post was sarcastic and made no sense to me then no, not really!

Jesus, lighten up a bit, you'll need to get a sense of humor to last long here. And maybe a bit of ******* gratitude

Matt

You waiting for the glow plug lights to go out?

I'm on Craigs side. It's an obvious question to ask and appears to have been the problem!

Like electricians asking housewives if they've switched the electricity on at the mains when they ring up saying their new hoover won't work.

I'm on Craigs side. It's an obvious question to ask and appears to have been the problem!

Like electricians asking housewives if they've switched the electricity on at the mains when they ring up saying their new hoover won't work.

Ok look, I'm a girl who knows nothing about cars and certainly not glow plugs (other than they exist and have a symbol on the dash!) and I asked a simple question hoping for a simple answer. A comment and a giggle didn't make anything clear to me and seemed to be sarcastic and derogatory. Does this need to become an argument?!

Thanks for those of you who replied, the problem is solved now anyway :-)

Edited 21 December, 201015 yr by samfan121

Not at all, a simple "sorry I take things too seriously" would suffice. You wanted a simple answer, couldn't get more simple than craigs

Matt

Well she did let the lights go out, only once, hence how the car was struggling to start, it wasnt until someone recommended she tried it a FEW times that it worked, so i'm affraid i'm with her on this one. Craigs advice put a little less sarcastically couldve made a good point, we've all had time when we've come in frustrated when our cars havent worked (or at least i have) and expected our question to be answered sensibly. It is the internet and yes, we do have to take it all with a pinch of salt, but in this weather with the roads/rail/flights being as they are, we all want our cars to work so answering correctly first time and then once they have found the correct answer the sarcasm can begin....

Ps, it might of helped if you said you were a damsel in distress

And i'm with the others on getting a new battery, maybe close to £100 and that's quite a bit at this time of year but it'll play dividends in the near future...

Ok look, I'm a girl who knows nothing about cars and certainly not glow plugs (other than they exist and have a symbol on the dash!) and I asked a simple question hoping for a simple answer. A comment and a giggle didn't make anything clear to me and seemed to be sarcastic and derogatory. Does this need to become an argument?!

Thanks for those of you who replied, the problem is solved now anyway :-)

Yep, your response to Craig proved it.

But I forgive you; girls can usually get away with anything, but it's difficult to flutter your eyelids on an internet forum!

At least you have solved your problem, that's the main thing. Certainly no more unintentionally sarcastc comments from me.

Friends?

P.S Definitely a new battery soon, mine cost £68.00 three months ago

It's amazing how a lil cartoon of a yellow head giggling can cause so much offence.. if the smiley hadn't been there it would have been a valid comment... but with the smiley it all got blown up, HA!

Edited 21 December, 201015 yr by Rob.

It's amazing how a lil cartoon of a yellow head giggling can cause so much offence.. if the smiley hadn't been there it would have been a valid comment... but with the smiley it all got blown up, HA!

would of been more of a pi*s take