Hi All.

Just came home in recovery truck after my Octavia, having made some nasty sounding noises, followed by it giving up completely.

At first I had a dread and fear of it being the timing belt, but when I took the cover off, the belt was solid and intact, tried to start again but it turned over, not as it would normally turn over, and then it just clicked like a stuck starter motor click.

Recovery bloke thinks it might be timing belt sensor, but it's the noise it made before it packed in that concerns me.

Any ideas please ? P.S. Noise sounded like it was coming from the gearbox area.

Oil level?

Water level? Engine seized.?

define "giving up". Engine make a horrible noise and then stop? any smoke/smells? Gradual loss of power / immediate power failure? How was the car before hand?

How are the oil & coolant levels? I assume you checked the former before trying to start it again.

Electrics working ok - maybe a few blown fuses? Any fault code logs?

Edited 25 April, 201214 yr by mbames

Hi again,

Thanks for the replies. Checked oil,water levels..everything fine ...no sign of leaks. No smoke or backfire.

Just before car stopped, as I said it made a noise as if it was something metallic, then a loss of power then a surge...making the car lunge a few times before I, in fact switched the engine off.

Then, when I had checked the timing belt, tried to restart it and just got a clicking noise, whilst waiting for the recovery, I tried turning it over again after about half hour, it turned a few times, but never sounded like it would start, then after a couple of attempts it just went back to clicking.

Just phoned local garage, who is normally pretty good, say's he can't get it in til next monday, being a taxi driver thats about as much use as a chocolate fireguard.

Any help greatly appreciated.

A couple of things forgot to mention. 180,777 on clock, have had engine management light on for some time, had it checked a couple of times...came up with egr valve , intermittent fault, mate told me it wold not affect normal driving, might just use a bit more fuel.

My Cordy died at xmas. Had the same intermittent egr fault on the EML. Parked up at work running fine, was using a work van for a couple of weeks, and when i went back to it, no start, tried jumping, no go, towed start, no go. new battery, plugs, coil packs, nothing.

it died from the drive chain slipping on a broken cog and the timing went was thrown out.

the cost was gonna be stupid, so got me Octy then.

Ive heard since its got a new engine... Hope yours isnt a similar story!!

could be timing belt jumped, or turbo has munched itself - at a guess.

Cheers Guys.

Just have to get it to a garage a.s.a.p. will let you know the outcome.

could be timing belt jumped, or turbo has munched itself - at a guess.

would the car not run if turbo munched tho...?

I was thinking maybe it had ingested some bits of turbo (would seem quite unlikely though - a long shot guess). Best to prepare the OP for the worst case ;-)

i am thinking to be honest the timing has jumped somehow..! the chap asking the Q's is a friend of mine actually

only other poss fault could be the electronic fuel pump...but not 100% sure the skoda 1 has one or not..?