Has anyone had a knocking from the engine when starting up? I started mine today and the engine knocked when in idle and then as I was also driving. After only 2/3 mins of driving I lost power and almost had a mini in my boot :(

Has anyone had this before??? I know they arent the quietest cars but mine was knocking quite loud and it was loud enough to hear over the radio.

 

Least I got a Citigo Sport to borrow

Sounds like some sort of limp home mode may have been triggered by what ever fault you have.

I hope that it is not what I think it is... Spun shell* 

 

I hope it's something simple and quickly sorted but any banging/knocking from the engine would have had me switch it off and ring the dealer (to tell them to get ready, it's coming) closely followed by the recovery folks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

* A crankshaft bearing failure, almost always con rod big end.

No need for recovery as i work for skoda so was just a case of into works car park it is (i know everyones properly thinking why did I ask on here but its good to share experinces with people).

 

The car was checked and nohing found. No knocking or anything. Very weird. I got in it to come home and nothing. Spooky

Some up owners are having problems with a heat shield coming loose, but your description sounded much more severe than that, and that wouldn't cause any power loss.

I have a knocking for the first few seconds when i turn the engine on, but that's it, it goes away,