Hi all, my Fabia has recently started occasionally suffering from stalling, following by poor starting when you try to start it again. Unless revved hard it again stalls.  The problem is only intermittent though. Sometimes it runs absolutely fine.  I wonder if there's any obvious likely culprits I should be looking at under the bonnet....the battery is only 6 months old.

On 19/03/2020 at 10:31, TheRivieraKid said:

Hi all, my Fabia has recently started occasionally suffering from stalling, following by poor starting when you try to start it again. Unless revved hard it again stalls.  The problem is only intermittent though. Sometimes it runs absolutely fine.  I wonder if there's any obvious likely culprits I should be looking at under the bonnet....the battery is only 6 months old.

One thing to check is the wiring and connection to the injectors. The connector on the side and the connectors directly on to each injector (top cover off, tx30 and the top hatch to the timing-belt (clips)) - sometimes the wires go bad or pins in the connectors are loose-fit. The 1.2TDI Lupo is especially known to this fault. Make sure, everything is clean, when taking off the cover - direct access to the cam-shaft/engine-oil.

On 18/05/2020 at 18:24, jloest said:

One thing to check is the wiring and connection to the injectors. The connector on the side and the connectors directly on to each injector (top cover off, tx30 and the top hatch to the timing-belt (clips)) - sometimes the wires go bad or pins in the connectors are loose-fit. The 1.2TDI Lupo is especially known to this fault. Make sure, everything is clean, when taking off the cover - direct access to the cam-shaft/engine-oil.

 

Thanks for that jloest....however, before I could check any of that, some guy decided to drive into the back of me and wrote the car off.... 😐

OMG! I bet you wish you had an AK57, at that point! I had a similar rear-end a few years back, the third party insurance company admitted liability and paid to have the car repaired, along with a rental for the duration.  Mine was on the opposite side, though. Needed a new rear quarter panel, light, bumper, axle, tyre, plus whatever else got wrecked. I think they found the axle damage a little late into the repair, though as they may well have written it off otherwise.

 

Has the insurance company offered you a good price? I think they will allow you to keep the car for around £350 less. Problem is, fixing may be expensive and it will almost certainly need a new MOT, for your insurance company to be happy with the repair.

 

Might be great for spare parts, though.

Edited 6 June, 20206 yr by mrgf

Sorry to see that, TRK! Guess the Fabia must RIP!

2 hours ago, mrgf said:

OMG! I bet you wish you had an AK57, at that point! I had a similar rear-end a few years back, the third party insurance company admitted liability and paid to have the car repaired, along with a rental for the duration.  Mine was on the opposite side, though. Needed a new rear quarter panel, light, bumper, axle, tyre, plus whatever else got wrecked. I think they found the axle damage a little late into the repair, though as they may well have written it off otherwise.

 

Has the insurance company offered you a good price? I think they will allow you to keep the car for around £350 less. Problem is, fixing may be expensive and it will almost certainly need a new MOT, for your insurance company to be happy with the repair.

 

Might be great for spare parts, though.

 

I'm a bit embarassed how dirty the car looks.  I'd only washed it a couple of days previously, the joys of having big trees on your drive.

 

I still haven't a clue how he managed it.  He admitted liability straight away though, and told his insurers this right away, so that was something at least.  It was written off straight away by their inspection agent, the rear wheel was buckled outwards, so I suspect some serious axle and suspension damage.  The insurance offered me more than I paid for the car which surprised me.  I was expecting to be lowballed and have to haggle them up.   I've put the insurance money plus a few hundred quid I'd saved by not going to the pub in lockdown into buying this....it should be with me early next week.

 

2 hours ago, jloest said:

Sorry to see that, TRK! Guess the Fabia must RIP!

 

Cheers jloest

If its not too impertinent a question, how much did the insurance fork out?  I have noticed they seem to put in low offers, devaluing diesel cars these days so I am surprised they offered you more then you paid, unless you had a bargain. Did you keep the salvage or did they collect it?

Thanks. 

4 hours ago, mrgf said:

If its not too impertinent a question, how much did the insurance fork out?  I have noticed they seem to put in low offers, devaluing diesel cars these days so I am surprised they offered you more then you paid, unless you had a bargain. Did you keep the salvage or did they collect it?

Thanks. 

The Insurance paid out £2000, and I had only paid £1650 for the car at a dealer 9 months previously.  It was in good, but not perfect condition (some dings and scratches from the previous owners), with a part service history.  Online valuations were coming out at anywhere from £1100-1500 for a private, to £1700-£2300 from a dealer.  I suppose I could have haggled a couple of hundred more quid out of them, but it would have potentially been a bit of a ballache finding and screenshotting equivalent vehicles.  Given it had been serviced and had new brakes and battery before I bought it, it only stood me the £1650 I had spent plus another £40 or so for a new spare tyre.

 

I just took a straight payout and let them keep the salvage.  New (to me) car due to be delivered in a couple of days.

That sounds about right, depending on the model... 

I personally, would have whipped out the battery, though, given its newness. As I said, they seem to undervalue diesels these days so I think its still low, seeing as you can still pay that much for MK 1 Fabias and I don't mean the vRS variant.

 

I had a door mirror smashed, which dented the door and that in itself, made the third party's insurance write it off. (The mirror internals have a metal part that became exposed). They paid me £1900-sh, keeping the car and I fixed it, had the wheels refurbed and a few little bits "n" bobs painted, along with a small dent on the bonnet, for under half what they paid out. They also took quite a few weeks to admit and pay, whilst paying for a hired vehicle for the duration and two weeks after the check was issued. This was a year or so after the incident where I had a similar damage to your car. 

 

I could not believe how little they valued the car, how easily they wrote it off and how much it cost them, to do all this. It would have been quicker and cheaper for them just to fix the door and mirror. They hired me a car for around two months, at £65 a day, I think it was. 

1 minute ago, mrgf said:

That sounds about right, depending on the model... 

I personally, would have whipped out the battery, though, given its newness. As I said, they seem to undervalue diesels these days so I think its still low, seeing as you can still pay that much for MK 1 Fabias and I don't mean the vRS variant.

 

I had a door mirror smashed, which dented the door and that in itself, made the third party's insurance write it off. (The mirror internals have a metal part that became exposed). They paid me £1900-sh, keeping the car and I fixed it, had the wheels refurbed and a few little bits "n" bobs painted, along with a small dent on the bonnet, for under half what they paid out. They also took quite a few weeks to admit and pay, whilst paying for a hired vehicle for the duration and two weeks after the check was issued. This was a year or so after the incident where I had a similar damage to your car. 

 

I could not believe how little they valued the car, how easily they wrote it off and how much it cost them, to do all this. It would have been quicker and cheaper for them just to fix the door and mirror. They hired me a car for around two months, at £65 a day, I think it was. 

 

I was quite happy with the price offered as it was more than I paid, and I couldn't be arsed with the hassle of haggling them up.  When I looked on the Autotrader, there wasn't a lot of that exact model, the base PD1 in the local area, and those that were within a reasonable distance varied hugely in price, from £950 (crazy) to £2500 and more.  Mileages varied wildly too.   Given I'd paid £1650 for it (£1690 with the spare tyre), I figured it was an honest offer.  Plus I only paid £2900 for my 61 reg 1.6td cr Monte Carlo which should arrive in a day or two.  The Monte Carlo is in near showroom condition, with recent refurbished wheels, so I saw it as £900 for an upgrade from a solid, nice and clean, but not perfect PD1 to a newer and nicer Monte Carlo.  My PD1 was beyond cosmetic damage as the wheel/axel/suspension had all been bent.  I could have probably kept it, got the payout, and repaired it with some money left in the bank, but I don't think I'd have felt as happy in it as I was pre crash.

 

I too am amazed at how quickly they write cars off, but as they seem to write them off if the repairs cost 50-60% of the value of the car I'm not surprised.  I'd not be surprised if a small dent on the wrong part of the door that can't be smart repaired would result in a brand new door being priced up, which at dealer prices, with a new mirror and paint would soon add up.

 

Can't understand why they dithered so much making a decision mind, those hire car costs sound brutal, mine are currently less than £20 a day for a new Fiesta, which is due to go back in a day or two.

 

They dither because they know that liability is not challenged by the other party, they probably get a kickback from the rental company. For every 2 car incident there will be one company geing generous to their policyholder with the other companies funds, it all balances out in the end and guess who ultimately pays!!!

On 06/06/2020 at 14:40, TheRivieraKid said:

 

  It was written off straight away by their inspection agent, the rear wheel was buckled outwards, so I suspect some serious axle and suspension damage. 

 

If that is your rear spring on the road in the foreground I think your suspicion is founded

14 hours ago, J.R. said:

 

If that is your rear spring on the road in the foreground I think your suspicion is founded

😂

Yeah, the hire cost was high as its a duel controlled car, for driving tuition usage. Firstly, they don't have many and had to drive it to London, from Bristol, I think, along with returning it. Secondly, it could potentially be driven by seventeen year olds and used for a driving test, which is usually exempt from normal insurance/hire vehicle insurance unless specified.