On a 1.6cr

Drivable or call skoda assist?

Has it lost power?, could be blocked egr I'd take it in and they'll hook it up to the laptop

Skoda assist identified it as a failed exhaust temperature sensor.

Coming out today to replace, fine to drive apparently

Crumbs, that's a coincidence, mines just done exactly the same!

Don't know whether this is related or not, but it had just gone through dpf regeneration, and within a minute of the regen. light going out, the glow plug light started flashing. Thoughts please?

TIA, Cheers, Trev.

Mine didn't regen, but the assist guy said its a pretty common fault.

As an update, assist came to my house today and replaced the part. All round excellent service from skoda

Did it take long to fit the new part? I only ask because if it's a common fault I'd like an idea on a cost for replacement should it go after the warranty has expired.

Flashing glow plug light can also mean a faulty brake light switch on the pedal, which on the MK1 was a very common problem.

Update from me.

I had to be at work by 06.00 Saturday morning, so when I started furby up, still had the flashing glow plug light. But on the way to work, the exhaust system light came on (it looks like an orange engine), and the car went into "Limp Mode". It's a bit tricky getting up hills when it's like that! Got to work OK and had to wait 'til 09.00 to ring the dealer, who told me to ring Skoda Assist. I finished at 10, so I drove home and rang them.The Skoda Assist technician (Mark from Bromborough) was with me by 12.30 and plugged his laptop in and got to work. To cut a long story short, after two lengthy test drives including yet another dpf regeneration and a full software update, the car is now running sweet as a nut.

A big thank you to Mark and Skoda Assist. The car is fixed, nothing needed replacing and it's cost me nothing. Result!

Cheers, Trev.

I've experienced this too and the handbook is a bit misleading. It says the car WILL go into limp mode but mine didn't so there must be at least two causes for the flashing glow plug. One is definitely the exhaust gas temp sensor (as it was in my case) with no limp mode and another must be a genuine glow plug fault. Neither of these has anything to to with the DPF / Regen mechanisation.

I'm not sure if the brake light bulbs issue is present in Fabia II. I did experience this on my MK1 vRS and was less than impressed with Chathams when instead of asking me if I'd checked for bulb failure they charged me £40 to run the diagnostic and then told me it was the bulb!

Another update.

Since I had my little problem and the subsiquent software update, I am now getting much better MPG according to the car's fuel computer. Previously, my mostly uphill journey to work (A roads), the readout was indicating between 48 & 52 mpg, depending on the traffic. Now it's between 55 & 59. My homeward journey (mostly downhill) has shown similar improvement, going from 60 upto 70 MPG.

As you can imagine, I'm mightly impressed. I'll do a brim to brim to see if there's an actual improvement.

Another update and question. It's more than a month since I had my problem fixed, and the MPG is still pretty good, though not as good as it was, but I'm putting that down to all the snow we've had.

However, in that time, the car has not gone into DPF regeneration once. It normally does it once every tank of fuel, I'm nearly at the end of my third tank and still no regeneration. Any thoughts folks?

This may be a silly question, but how can you tell when it's in 'regeneration' mode?

My daily commute is a 40 mile round trip on fast A roads and duel carriageway, maybe this means it happens without me even knowing??....

Thanks in advance,

Steve

If yours is similar to mine, there is a an orange idiot light in the shape of a silencer about the 10-o-clock position in the left hand main dial. Mine comes on momentarily when I switch the ignition on, but at all other times it is off, except when regeneration is taking place.

By the sounds of it , you may not need regeneration due to the type of driving you do. Your exhaust is probably getting hot enough to burn off the particulates. I only have a ten mile commute, so when the system detects the filter(DPF) is getting "full", it adjusts the ECU to put a bit more heat into the exhaust, that's when the idiot light comes on.

The Skoda Assist man assured me that when regen is taking place, it is better to drive at a lower speed but in a lower gear with at least 2500RPM, to acheive a more efficient and quicker regeneration. Apparently it is the heat in the exhaust that matters, as more speed produces more cooling air across the exhaust which is just what you don't want. Allegedly.

Seems to work for me, but currently not so much regen after the software update. Perhaps he has weakened the mixture so it is naturally getting the exhaust hotter, and as a side effect, getting more MPG. Who knows, I certainly don't. HTH

Mine did this last week - didn't go into limp mode, made it to destination, pulled out the book, read (to paraphrase) "this is bad. It means your car is broken. Take it to a dealer NOW".

Started the car and the light wasn't on. Problem solved...

mine came o after e regen, the day after having a new turbo fitted under warranty. Then the oil light, then.... engine failure!

Brand new engine fitted, again, under warranty. Only done around 47,000 miles. Lost a lot of faith now, as car is no longer under warranty as its over three years old. This was on top of having the cylinder head replaced about 3-4 months earlier!

Update from me.

I had to be at work by 06.00 Saturday morning, so when I started furby up, still had the flashing glow plug light. But on the way to work, the exhaust system light came on (it looks like an orange engine), and the car went into "Limp Mode". It's a bit tricky getting up hills when it's like that! Got to work OK and had to wait 'til 09.00 to ring the dealer, who told me to ring Skoda Assist. I finished at 10, so I drove home and rang them.The Skoda Assist technician (Mark from Bromborough) was with me by 12.30 and plugged his laptop in and got to work. To cut a long story short, after two lengthy test drives including yet another dpf regeneration and a full software update, the car is now running sweet as a nut.

A big thank you to Mark and Skoda Assist. The car is fixed, nothing needed replacing and it's cost me nothing. Result!

Cheers, Trev.

Thats the same as happened to my Superb