Hi all,

 

 

So I've been running a Skoda Octavia 08 for the last 6 months and it hadn't skipped a beat until a few days ago.

 

I'm on my way to work, I come to a hill and completely out of the blue she loses all her power, I've crawled up the hill at 10 mph, and have since then not been able to get it above 40 on straights.

 

I've taken it to 2 garages who have checked the wiring, mass air flow sensor and oil temp sensor (as when plugged in its giving a reading of -60), there's no warning lights and the machine wasn't pulling up any faults apart from the temperature, has anyone experienced this before and have any clues as to what the problem might be?

 

Cheers

Josh

What diagnostics is the garage using? I'm really surprised it's not thrown a code at all.

The only thing that gives those symptoms with no fault code is a sticky vane problem in the turbo. I assume your car is turbo diesel as the is no information in your post.

This is a common problem and I suggest you search on here for the many posts (and solutions) and also Google it.

The good news is that you can reset the limp mode by turning the engine off and on again when stationary.

The problem will come back next time you demand high torque such as when climbing hills or overtaking.

 

 

Something similar happened to my 1.6 FSI two years ago. Luckily, I turned it off, restarted the engine which reset the engine management and everything returned to normal. To be on the safe side, I took it to the garage who cleaned the throttle body and reset it and it's given no trouble since.

On 29/05/2021 at 09:18, Josh1997 said:

any clues as to what the problem might be?

The bit where the engine is missing?  I've a vague notion, but that's engine dependent.