Hi all, I'm usually on the Octavia forum as I own one, but we also own an 05 plate fabia sport 1.4 16v. We've owned it for approx. 18 months now but I've never had chance to work on it till now. So the plan is to do a cambelt change on it and sort out the annoying ticking noise on it. Firstly the cambelt, are there any special tools needed to set tdc or lock cams ? - I've done cambelts before even on my last Octavia tdi which needed special tools for that. Secondly the ticking noise, it sounds like a sticking tappet and when viewed from above the noise is near the cambelt side of the engine, common fault ??  Any advice would be appreciated as I'm going to be doing the work anyway but just thought I'd see if there are any things to watch out for. Cheers guys.

Sticking tappets are very common on this engine.

 

You will need a locking kit as well since there are two belts to be done, you'll also want to do the water pump at the same time.

 

Here:

 

http://workshop-manuals.com/skoda/fabia-mk1/power_unit/1.4/55;_59;_74_kw_mpi_engine/enginecrankshaft_group_pistons/disassembling_and_assembling_engine/removing_and_installing_tightening_the_toothed_belt/removing/

Edited 22 February, 201511 yr by sepulchrave

Great thanks, that will be useful.

As above ....................sticky tappets when cold, gets worse if the oil is a 10w..............I used Mobil 1, 0w40 which is very good for cold starts up here!