Oh dear :(

[Ootohere]

You call or look into a Skoda Dealership and ask the price, or check those advertised on Ebay.

[hutchysrs50]

Didnt think £500 would fix it but you never know.

Such a shame on a 2010 car but i suppose that is 6 years old now. Timing chains are "fit for life" and should last 10 years + imo. I guess thats why people say fit for life is 3 years while its under warranty.

[bluecar1]

any cat c or B's on ebay with front intact for a good price you could take the engine out?

 

only thing is 6 months down the line you could get same again

[Ootohere]

Or if you have seen how the lightest of front impact can cause lots of damage you might want one with rear end damage.

& yes It can come from a Polo, Ibiza or A1 but then as you are saying you are taking the gamble it is not a oil user or one that was on its way to being gubbed.

[hutchysrs50]

Hate to say it but I agree, dealers for a short engine basically. Since you know first hand how unreliable they CAN be, would you risk it all on a second hand engine?!

[Ootohere]

A short unit is no use when the head has done 85,000 miles.  Even Skoda / VW stopped just doing Short Units.

It is a Base Engine, comes in the crate with the head on. Might be refurbished but it is done in the VW factory.

[tweenster]

This worries me. However... We are about to hit 50,000 miles with our twincharger Fabia vRS but the difference is that we have a full Skoda service history and pay the price every year for the full Skoda warranty. As a result, should it all go to rat **** then I expect Skoda to pay. I drive it accordingly.

[mannyo]

They key thing is that as soon as you start getting the symptoms of the chain stretching before failure, get the car looked at ASAP to avoid total destruction.

 

Things to look for are random misfires across all the cylinders, camshaft sensor errors. Basically anything that hints the timing maybe out.

 

Keeping a main dealer history in the event of a disaster could help to a substantial goodwill contribution from Skoda but without a full main dealer history this would be unlikely.

[Ootohere]

http://seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=407682

 

Chain stretch has not been a common issue with the 1.4 TSI / TFSI 132-136kw (Audi A1 185ps) Euro 5 emissions Twinchargers,

there are plenty of faults that are common. 

And the misfire is with 1 cylinder normally.

http://revotechnik.com/support/technical/14tsi-twincharger-engine-issues

 

The Golf 1.4 TSI Twincharger Manual and others had the timing chain / tensionier fault.

http://adamlewin.co.uk/vw-mk5-golf-tsi-engine-timing-chain-problem

Edited 8 October, 2016 by Offski

[Polluxtroy69]

I went for the 3 years service monthly payment to make sure I get my services (and 1 MOT) with skoda. Which I think is very reasonable at 18 quid a month.

Sad to hear about this news.