Hello guys,

hope you can help. Recently purchased a skoda fabia off a very dodgy private seller who sold me a terrible condition car (engine). Bloke lives in Chingford essex and knew what he was doing and I ended up buying it. Exterior was great, engine seemed good at first glance. Three days after, oil light came on. Independent mechanic told me the car was in shocking condition and the Full Service History was false judging by the engine condition and even the state of the oil

The oil light came on, but the engine had oil in it. No smoke, no engine seizing etc. Bought an Oil sensor but before i fit it, discovered Oil all over the right side of the engine and over the Oil sensor. Topped up some oil to test if losing oil was the problem. Topped Oil and Oil light stopped coming on. But im pretty certain that the engine is losing oil and the car is still driveable. But the Oil light still comes on after a few mins of driving and sometimes turns off.

Does anyone know what this could be? headgasket, oil pump , sensor etc?

If it was the oil pump, im pretty sure the engine would have seized up by now as I have done a few test miles locally. But any idea why there is oil on one half of the engine?

Thanks guys

Also, anyone have a cheap solution to this? or is scrapping the car the only cost effective option????

Edited 9 December, 201114 yr by Skoda500

Which engine is it?

Might be able to get one from a breakers if the rest of the car is serviceable as most of the Fabia engines can be sourced from several VAG cars.

Which engine is it?

Might be able to get one from a breakers if the rest of the car is serviceable as most of the Fabia engines can be sourced from several VAG cars.

Its a 2001 Skoda Fabia 1.4 MPI engine with 90,000 miles. Manual

Do you know what this could be? Oil on the engine?

Is a faulty gasket the main culprit?

I'd suggest you really need to try and find out where it's coming from in order for people to be able to make sensible suggestions. Have you tried cleaning it all off (Gunk or similar) then briefly running the engine to see if you can detect the source?

I'd suggest you really need to try and find out where it's coming from in order for people to be able to make sensible suggestions. Have you tried cleaning it all off (Gunk or similar) then briefly running the engine to see if you can detect the source?

I agree. It could easily be something like a loose cam cover bolt or 2, or the oil filter gasket not sealing fully, rather than anything expensive, but without knowing more than "it's losing oil", it's all speculation.

ok thanks guys

Wise words

makes sense

Will clean off the excess oil, replace the Oil sensor, run the engine and try and find where the problem is coming from

Thanks

The rocker cover gasket on the MPI needs replacing every so often as it hardens with heat/age so oil seaps from here......cheap item to replace from dealer and a very easy job to DIY.