Hi I bought a 2018 Octavia vrs tdi estate a few weeks back and I noticed a few days ago whilst it was running on my driveway that it’s making a slight squeaking noise which sounds like it’s coming from one of the belts, the noise is pretty constant and doesn’t seem to change when revved and doesn’t go away when the car is up to temp.
 

The cars still under ŠKODA Warranty so I took it to my local dealer today to see what they had to say. They are telling me that it’s normal it may just be a dry belt and they can’t hear anything out of the ordinary but I’m not convinced are they fobbing me off and is there something anyone has come across that’s a common fault with these? Should I take it back or am I just hearing things 🙈😂

 

Cam belt tensioner...

30 minutes ago, pist0nbr0ke said:

Cam belt tensioner...

Thanks for the reply, I’ve read on other posts that this might be the case.

 

Any ideas if this is a common fault for premature failure of the tensioner the car is only on 34k, from what I can find the belt interval is at around 100k or 5 years

 

Looks like a trip back to the ever so helpful dealer

10 hours ago, morgs93 said:

Thanks for the reply, I’ve read on other posts that this might be the case.

 

Any ideas if this is a common fault for premature failure of the tensioner the car is only on 34k, from what I can find the belt interval is at around 100k or 5 years

 

Looks like a trip back to the ever so helpful dealer

 

Water pump is a common failure - see sticky thread at top of this forum. Mine went at 38 or 40k miles from memory. They changed the belt and tensioner as I had reported the noise.

 

Makes sense financially to replace cambelt and tensioner at same time as water pump due to amount of dismantling required - cheaper to do it all together. A 2018 car with 34k miles should be under warranty though.

 

Good luck with the dealer. Mine (Mitchells at Cheshire Oaks) were excellent, really impressed.

8 hours ago, pist0nbr0ke said:

 

Water pump is a common failure - see sticky thread at top of this forum. Mine went at 38 or 40k miles from memory. They changed the belt and tensioner as I had reported the noise.

 

Makes sense financially to replace cambelt and tensioner at same time as water pump due to amount of dismantling required - cheaper to do it all together. A 2018 car with 34k miles should be under warranty though.

 

Good luck with the dealer. Mine (Mitchells at Cheshire Oaks) were excellent, really impressed.

Thanks for the info and advice, I took it back to the dealer this afternoon they apparently still can’t hear anything out of the ordinary, I mentioned that I’ve heard its a common fault and skoda have tpi out for it, then they admitted they know about the problems with them and so its booked in next week for a mechanic to have a look at it. 🤞🏻 They sort it

 

Yes, mine is going to be going into West End Skoda in Edinburgh to have its squeak and rattle.  A lot of the TDI engines do sound a little like this, but I am sure that the Cam Belt Tensioner is to blame here.

So - turns out that Mlada had a dud batch of Cam Belts - which are just out of spec. It means that it is catching the cam belt tensioner occasionally. Dealer says this is the 3rd one they have seen. Essentially, some cleaning compound is placed against the edge of the belt and it fixes the intolerance.

 

Going back on the 15th October for attention.

Edited 4 October, 20205 yr by varaderoguy

Cars been into the dealer today, apparently the boys in the workshop started and let it run 3 times throughout the day and can’t hear any squeak 🤯 so frustrating 

 

I’m just going to have to keep an eye on it and take it back if it gets any worse. 

Mine was a rattle from the same area and was the air con compressor. 2014 diesel vrs.