Hello

 

My 2011 2ltr CR Octavia TDI cut out on me last Friday. The engine just stopped while driving along the road. No warning lights / error lights on the dash. Nothing.

It would not re-start immediately - and the noise from it was very peculiar - similar to when the engine turns over really slowly when a battery is dying - but I have replaced the battery in the last 6 months, so nothing at all to do with that.

Eventually it fired up, but was on 3 cylinders. There was a terrible diesel smell to start with, which then turned to a 'gassy' smell, a bit like exhaust fumes, only stronger. It eventually cleared and the car was running on all four cylinders again.

Not sure if I would cause any damage driving very far in it (our local Skoda dealer is 40km away) I called the breakdown truck out, who took it to the Skoda garage.

I spoke to the dealer today, but they cannot find any fault - no error codes, etc - but are continuing testing it today...........

 

Coincidently, over the last couple of weeks, on 3 or 4 separate occasions, the car has 'shuddered' a bit, which I thought was due to driving in too high a gear for the speed, so changed down gear, which cleared it - not sure if this is related to the current problem, but could be, as its not something that has happened very regularly.

 

I had the car in for the emissions 'tweak' last October.

 

I also had the EGR valve replaced 2 months ago.

 

Has anyone any ideas as to what this could be?

 

I'm a bit reluctant to drive the car, especially on the motorway/ dual carriageway if this is going to happen again.

 

Thanks

 

Occi

 

 

 

It could be that something had been disturbed and its causing the problems you've got.