Afternoon all,

A few days ago I picked up my Octavia VRS - a silver 2001 with 85k on the clock and fsh. I haven't owned one before and it's a lot of fun for very little money. I'm chuffed.

Seems to be running well so far (touch wood) - apart from a noise from the engine when I close the boot (sounds weird, I know).

On cold idle, occasionally there's a short, loud screech from the engine bay when I shut the boot lid.

It sounds like a belt slipping and I'm hoping that's all it is - maybe caused by the jolt from the boot being slammed. Has anyone experienced this or do you know what it could be?

By the way, I got some cracking buying advice through this forum when I was shopping round for my car, so thanks very much to all who chipped in.

Could be belt slipping... or air con clutch slipping, does it do it with the aircon switched off?

Could you maybe get someone to shut the boot for you while you listen closely in the engine bay

I think it happens regardless of whether the air con is on or not, but I'll rule it out, cheers.

Sounds like it's coming from quite far back in the bay (just in front of bulkhead area) but it's intermittent - it doesn't happen every time and it only lasts a second or so. It just sounds loud and a bit unhealthy.

Don't shut the boot when the engine is running.  Problem sorted :-)

Not that familiar with the 1.8T engine bay, but up near to the bulkhead (inside the car - behind the glovebox) is the blower fan....