vRS tow away tonight

[baz555]

Out in the car this afternoon .. and the temperature gauge shot around to 130c

stop and call Skoda assistance, they sent out a van but it can't repair it at road side, he thinks its the thermostat 

 

[baz555]

Has any one else had over heating problems.. the car only down 11,000 miles

[hobbie2k]

Not that I've heard of, but a bad thermostat wouldn't be unheard of. There have been several reports of bad water pumps, though. Do you know if your coolant was low?

[baz555]

No water was at its level. .

[Mence]

New one on me I'm afraid. :(

[snala]

Mine did that once. Turned car off and then it went back to normal when I turned it back on, never done it again.

[themanwithnoaim]

Water or Oil temperature ?

 

When a faulty sensor is assumed or even just possibly faulty, check all other sensors.

[butchvrs]

Lets hope it's not a re-occurrence of the plastic water pump impeller failure that afflicted the Mk1 VRS!

[baz555]

Car was towed to storage last night, and will be delivered to Crawley Down service center in the morning

I hope they can fix it fast.. and give me a replace car to get to work.. 

Roadside Ass said they will have to drop the front of the car off, to fix it..

I will get back to you all tomorrow, when Skoda telling me

Edited 17 May, 2015 by baz555

[andyvee]

Lets hope it's not a re-occurrence of the plastic water pump impeller failure that afflicted the Mk1 VRS!

It isn't plastic .....

 

Since 2000 the impeller has been made from PPS (PolyPhenelineSulfide) - prior to that the plastic ones were Durethan, which had a habit of failing.

 

VAG don't do metal impeller OEM water pumps. PPS is a silver colour and looks like an alloy, hence why people incorrectly call them metal.

[butchvrs]

It isn't plastic .....

 

Since 2000 the impeller has been made from PPS (PolyPhenelineSulfide) - prior to that the plastic ones were Durethan, which had a habit of failing.

 

VAG don't do metal impeller OEM water pumps. PPS is a silver colour and looks like an alloy, hence why people incorrectly call them metal.

Thanks for that Andy.

 

Baz555, hopefully it'll be an easy fix for you.

[silver1011]

Sounds like an electrical gremlin.

 

If the engine temp was indeed off the scale you'd have felt the heat when you popped the bonnet to check the coolant.

[sworrall]

Car was towed to storage last night, and will be delivered to Crawley Down service center in the morning

I hope they can fix it fast.. and give me a replace car to get to work.. 

Roadside Ass said they will have to drop the front of the car off, to fix it..

I will get back to you all tomorrow, when Skoda telling me

have you asked skoda assist to provide a car for you?  If not you should as you've got more chance of getting one out of them than the dealer when its towed

[flybynite]

Car was towed to storage last night, and will be delivered to Crawley Down service center in the morning

I hope they can fix it fast.. and give me a replace car to get to work.. 

Roadside Ass said they will have to drop the front of the car off, to fix it..

I will get back to you all tomorrow, when Skoda telling me

Don't have the greatest faith in that place from past experience, things not done right, things not done etc. Hope it goes well and you find out what was wrong just a heads up to keep an eye on it

Be interested to know how they got on with it

[baz555]

have you asked skoda assist to provide a car for you?  If not you should as you've got more chance of getting one out of them than the dealer when its towed

Yes..

They called me this morning...

There dropping one off to my home tomorrow..

[baz555]

Don't have the greatest faith in that place from past experience, things not done right, things not done etc. Hope it goes well and you find out what was wrong just a heads up to keep an eye on it

Be interested to know how they got on with it

I know ... but its the nearest to me and under 10 mins away from where i work..

I usually use Tonbridge Wells or Horsham  Dealers

[Orville]

If water temps were normal my guess would be a faulty oil pump.

[baz555]

If water temps were normal my guess would be a faulty oil pump.

 water temp was 130c but the car wasn't steaming when i open the bonnet

[baz555]

Just spoken to service .. They can't do anything till Thursday..

The car has arrived there from over night storage..

There a replacement car on the way a 2.0 Golf

[Orville]

water temp was 130c but the car wasn't steaming when i open the bonnet

That is very high for water temps so could be a failed sensor (as already suggested), water pump or radiator fan.

Did you check oil temps? If water was really at 130 I would expect oil temps to be very high also. 130 would be very very high if real so hopefully just a sensor malfunction.

Edited 18 May, 2015 by Orville

[NetScaler]

Mine had this exact issue. Turned out to be faulty (known issue) water pump.

[baz555]

I will get to know on Thursday..

at least they dropped of a car for me..

new Golf GTD

[baz555]

Skoda Called today ...

They have strip the engine, checked for leaks... can't find any..

Now they say it's the thermostat not working, I told them that on Monday..! Doh

new part won't arrive till Tuesday the earliest.

At least I still have the pocket rocket ( VW Golf GTD ) to drive..!!

[andyvee]

Of course, the logical diagnosis is dismantle half of the engine before checking for the obvious!

[V6Jules]

Of course, the logical diagnosis is dismantle half of the engine before checking for the obvious!

I was thinking the same! *face palm*