1.9tdi Dead Engine

[Batlamb]

Hello

My Dad was just driving his 2007 1.9tdi Skoda Octavia and the car made a huge loud bang and the engine died.

Cambelt was fine and there was no oil all over the floor. Has anyone else had this happen to him.

I guess the engine is messed up but I want to give him some hope that it might be something really small.

[SteBrown91]

DMF shattered maybe? These often cause big damage if they completely let go

[ManOpener]

Know what engine code/power output? There were stories of some of the 110 or 115 (from memory) 1.9TDI engines throwing rods out of the side of the block, the engine code was BXE.

[Batlamb]

ManOpener said:

Know what engine code/power output? There were stories of some of the 110 or 115 (from memory) 1.9TDI engines throwing rods out of the side of the block, the engine code was BXE.

Thanks Manopener. Sadly he has a BXE Engine. Done some research and it seems like a big problem. Just waiting to get someone to look at the engine and see what the problem is but it looks like a new engine is needed at the moment.

[ManOpener]

Batlamb said:

ManOpener said:

Know what engine code/power output? There were stories of some of the 110 or 115 (from memory) 1.9TDI engines throwing rods out of the side of the block, the engine code was BXE.

Thanks Manopener. Sadly he has a BXE Engine. Done some research and it seems like a big problem. Just waiting to get someone to look at the engine and see what the problem is but it looks like a new engine is needed at the moment.

Might be worth chasing Skoda up about these failures. They're a known issue that's been subject to fairly significant scrutiny and they may well be prepared to offer goodwill should a conrod failure have been the issue. Seem to be pretty mixed results in respect of people getting VAG to pay out but some have reported goodwill of up to 50% so always worth a try.

[chris285]

First i have heard of the issues with the 1.9tdi engine as its usually pretty reliable, hope it gets sorted anyway mate. If there was smoke could have been a turbo letting go

[bnseven]

mine did the same, no2 conrod through the block, not uncommon on engines with BXE prefix, in my experience it will have to go to main dealer for a fix and have full main dealer service history for skoda to want to even consider any 'goodwill'. hope its not a bxe and turns out to be a simple fix....

[Batlamb]

Sadly it was the Conrod that failed. It is in the Skoda Dealer as we speak so fingers crossed we might be able to get a huge amount of goodwill as the car has been serviced with the same Skoda Garage.

One small question. How long does it take to change a engine for a Octavia? I have been told by the Dealer 20 hours. However, I keep reading online people have done it in 15 Hours?