I'm looking for a cheap winter runaround and have seen a Fabia 2.0 petrol at a reasonable price, well less than £900, i realise this is the bottom end of the market and you get what you pay for but the one i have found has two issues, a sticking starter motor, which isn't too bad - unless the 2.0 has a DMF and then it could relate to that :( and the EML is on, now i'm told that the car drives well with no issues, so it could either be something simple like the coolant temp or worst case EGR, now i've looked and for some reason the EGR on the 2.0 is gold plated, prices seem to be around £3-400 new and i don't want to pay that amount out.

Is there anything else that it could possibly be, its an 02 car with 60k. It could be a cheap buy but it could also be a money pit. Checking it on the diagnostics isn't possible, its 200 miles away and i don't own it

Thanks

Steve

It's a solid flywheel on the 2.0 model so no worries there. It's anybody's guess on the engine check light without a full scan being done, they do have the aux air injection system on them which is sometimes a bit troublesome.. Those engines do like to burn oil too when the rings get worn out so it could be emissions related.

Be careful though, they're properly quick those 2.0's!

Be careful though, they're properly quick those 2.0's!

Mustang Slayers so they are!!!!!!