Since I bought my Octy the car has run without fault, however today I was travelling through Belfast when the engine started playing up, the power coming and going making the car chug. Then when I came to a junction and depressed the clutch the engine cut out completely. I restarted the car and she then ran perfectly!

Was this likely to be some small clitch, ie dirt in a fuel line etc or am I likely to be heading for major trouble? Any ideas?

Oh well, a quiet day me thinks!

I think most, like me, were going to say 'coilpacks' and then spotted that you drive a 1.6. Just a temporary glitch methinks.

Check out a thread in "Maintenance" by awed.....he had a similar problem with his diesel.....there may be a link in there somewhere to help you.

I think when there's no replies no one really has a clue unfortunately.

HTH.

I would guess at a sensor or throttle body problem, Willaim, both of which should be detectable with suitable diagnostic equipment. I have had both on my 1.6 Felicia - although that is an older design of engine than yours. I would visit a dealer if the problem persists.

Actually the 1.6 engine in my Octavia LX is the same 1.6 used in the Felicia (ie 75bhp rather than 102 as used in the higher models and post face lift Octavia.

Out of curiosity where these expensive faults to put right? The car has chugged again a little this morning and yester evening when sitting at lights the engine was surging even with out me pressing the accelerator!

alternator? probably wrong but these symptoms are the same as a mate of mines rover 414 when the alternator went.

you could try a shot of redex to clear out fuel lines etc :confused:

William,

Deffo sounds like a crankshaft sensor problem - should be relatively cheap - I think the sensor is about

Deffo sounds like a crankshaft sensor problem - should be relatively cheap - I

Good news if Rob is correct 'coz I was going to volunteer that this sounds like something expensive is looming on the horizon...... Let's hope not!

Lee

Well the same thing happened this morning on my way into work. Only this time it almost caused an accident as the engine died when I was braking to stop at a round about. Engine dead no power assistance to brakes! Only just stopped in time.

Car booked into dealer for Friday. Will be using the Wife's feista tomorrow. This bloody car is getting to be a money sponge. Had to spend

My engine cuts at the same roundabout on cold mornings when the car comes to rest. I am pretty sure that it is a throttle body setting problem which can be tweaked on a dealer's VAG 1551/2.

Well the car is with the dealer now, so we will see what they say this afternoon.

Got the car back from the garage. The ECU showed a lambda (spelling?) probe error, but they also found 2 badly split servo pipes. Hopefully the car will now run properly again.

William, brake servo pipes as covered by the vehicle recall notice here? If so, did the dealer replace them FOC?

Yes the dealer changed the servo pipes free of charge, however they have not solved the engine problem as it got much worse over the week end. The car is now back with them :-(.

Well the dealer has just told me my car will not be ready today, so he has offered me the use of a Felicia :-(. I used to love my Felicia, but it will be hard to drive one again after getting used to the Octy.

William,

I'm a little late to this thread but from my experience would say that you either have an air leak or there is a problem with the fuelling.

The things to check are all of the rubber pipes - they become leaky with age and the resultant air leaks confuses the engine control unit.

Not sure what is on the 1.6 engine for engine breathers but check these are not clogged with oil and gunge.

Did the problem coincide with the exhaust change? The lambda sensors are in the exhaust system by the cat and they are fairly fragile parts - I'm hoping the garage did not beat hell out of your old exhaust to get it off. A lambda sensor is used to control the fuel mixture and a fault one can cause iffy running but not normally to the point of stalling but worth checking as a last resort.

Another easy thing to check is that all of the electrical connectors are sound - the fuel injectors, throttle body, etc.

Hope you get it sorted soon,

Andrew.

The exhaust was changed just before xmas and the engine problem began last week. The ECU reported a lamda probe fault which was why the dealer changed it. They did find faulty servo pipes, but that was the braking system so not sure how that could effect the engine. In the end they took out the throttle body, dried it out and reassembled it and now the car is fine. The only thing they charged me for was the lamda probe at