Hi Guys, 

 

Please could anyone offer some advice?  

 

My wife and I are about to go finalise purchase of a  1.2L TSI (85BHP) Fabia, its 5 years old and has done about 37K.

 

It's from a garage and when we test drove it the coolant light came on after 5 minutes, we were happy with everything else about the car so we decided to go a head with the purchase on the condition that whatever was wrong with the coolant was sorted.

 

A few days later they said the coolant problem was sorted and that it had gone though an MOT with no problems, then just as we were due to go in they phoned saying there was coolant problem again and that they needed to order parts.

 

It's caused us to have second thoughts so my question is this- Should we be worried about the coolant system or is it something that can be easily replaced.

 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe ask them to be a bit more specific about what parts need replacing and why, then pass that on to this forum.

Ask the seller and check with a skoda dealer if the camchain has ever been changed. If so or if there is any suspicion of any cylinder head problem (head gaskets etc) then walk away as its probably had a broken camchain incident which carries with it lots of collateral damage.

The 1.2tsi has quite a complex dual circuit design that uses an electrically divertable water pump.

Make sure you get a warranty on it as it could be expensive to repair.

Edited 19 May, 201610 yr by xman

Thanks for the information,

 

They said it was the thermostat that needed changing, we're going tomorrow to look at it again, and I'll ask them about the camchain.