stan_the_man
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Registered: 14th Feb 07
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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My mate went to get out of his car but left it in gear (reverse) by accident.
He too his foot off the clutch hard and it stalled.
It now wont fire up and the glow plug lamp is flashing.
Done a little research and it seems the glowplug lamp doubles up as an EML.
Whats a likely outcome of this?
'97 Octavia 1.9 8v TDi (90PS IIRC)
Its recently had a T.belt fitted and is/was a good runner with 100k on it.
Cheers all.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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could be timming belt snapped
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stan_the_man
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Registered: 14th Feb 07
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Its got plenty compression. Stick it in gear, try and push it and its fookin hard.
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stan_the_man
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Registered: 14th Feb 07
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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When cranking, it does turn over a hell of a fast at times.
Bizarre
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WATSON
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Registered: 16th Jun 05
Location: Fife, Scotland
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I done this on my 306TD 
In the end it was a loose connect that come off the glowplug relay next to the battery
Not quite sure what ur mates problem could be tho, Would probley be best going onto some sort of octavia owners club or some sort of garage that will know about them.
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jeffers500
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Registered: 30th Jul 07
Location: st neots PE19
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Done something similar once in a van, the sudden jolt of letting the clutch up made the timing belt jump over one tooth, so the timing was out. Ok once the garage sorted it out.
Nick
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johnhara1
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Registered: 19th Oct 06
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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I was thinking it's skipped a tooth or 2.
Similar thing happened to my mothers astra.
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Torsa g
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Registered: 20th Sep 07
Location: Tamworth. Rides: An OSTRIDGE
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i would go on skipped timing belt as the valves dont sound as there lifting back up in time to get compression
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