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    2003 Mk I Octavia 1.9 TDi 130PD L&K ASZ
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  1. IIRC, it was optional on some trim levels, while included on others. Select the drop-down for your pre-upgrade trim: https://www.parkers.co.uk/skoda/octavia/hatchback-1998/specs/ You certainly should either be able to buy the appropriate fittings, or just nick them off another trim model.
  2. Not really - I'm a wastewater specialist. I can relay any questions you have to the reservoir team, though?
  3. Tunes will change, comes the Pocky-lips, when guzzeline becomes the thing men value the most. Long after the lectrickery cars have gone, then He will come... out from of the ruins, out from the wreckage, out of the wasteland... driving the last of the V8 Interceptors... the Road Warrior.
  4. I remember seeing a lot of this stuff being around, but we never actually had any of it ourselves apart from cheap cap guns from jumble sales. First proper pistol was a Webley Hurricane in 1978, which got me laughed at because everyone else had the smaller Tempest... But I still have it to this day.
  5. What exactly is 'isolation', then? Is that like an all-day detention, but in solitary confinement? Speaking as someone who went to a uniformed school where some parents had money, and others were penniless working classers - The Haves were mercilessly contemptuous of anyone who ever (even for one day) wore/carried/did anything that suggested they were a Have Not... kids and parents alike. That would continue even beyond graduation. Every school in the area was the same, apart from the boarding schools where everyone was rich, but those non-uniformed ones where kids could wear anything they liked were the worst.
  6. So was mine... It's gone back up now, but only by £100.
  7. We stopped at York purely for the Jorvik centre, as the wife had been banging on about it for years. Didn't see much else of the area, really. However, on your way back down, take a good half-day or more to visit Bolsover Castle. Avoid their cafe food, but do take the time to explore every area and soak it all in.
  8. Easy solution, then - Buy yourself a s****y new monitor!! Gigabyte are seriously coming out with some winning products at the minute.
  9. Oh... well that's annoying, and a little sad to hear. In that case, I guess it's down to flipping a coin, really, or going through a supplier like Euro Car Parts and checking reviews of any specific aftermarket brands.
  10. I've used Central Panels twice and recommended several times - https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_dkr=1&iconV2Request=true&_blrs=recall_filtering&_ssn=centralpanels&store_name=centralpanels&_oac=1&_nkw=octavia Their own site is usually better:https://www.centralpanels.co.uk/product-category/skoda/skoda-octavia-1996-2004/ I've had other regulators go, and quite quickly, but both the ones from CP (Front-Right and Rear-Left) have lasted over 5 years, with no worries.
  11. Here's a curious one... Over the years, I've found my car seems happiest driving around 1800-2100rpm, and I gear accordingly. However, I've been paying close attention to the MPG counter on my MFD, and it seems to return a much better mileage around 2500-2800rpm. I'm talking the difference between 35mpg at 1800 and 55-75mpg when up around 2800, At the higher revs, the engine seemes to be really quite loud and it's just a bit beyond the point where the turbo starts tailing off. I'm not sure I'm happy driving with the engine this loud. Does this seem right, or is it just a wildly inaccurate MFD?
  12. Click to watch on YouTube, select the three dots to bring up the menu, enable transcript, skim-read that - Your eyes are likely far faster than this bloke's staccato style of speech.
  13. I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. Alternatively, I know someone with a working WW2 US Army flamethrower....?
  14. YES!!!!!!!!! Always, always, always, always, always change the bolts. They are single-use only. The previous owner of my car took it to a place that reused the bolts. The engine mounts came undone and the whole engine listed over, smashing its right side against the bay. It was very nearly written off and the previous owner had already pretty much dumped it. It's only by pure luck that my friend and I were able to salvage it... and that's the story of how I got myself a car for £60. So unless you wanna donate your vehicle to me, use new bolts.
  15. I have a 140 litre air compressor in my garage. That does the tyres for everyone who parks their car close enough, as well as dusting out my PC, clearing the workshop floor, powering impact guns and other such tools, paint sprayers, sand blasters and a load of other stuff. You can find them pretty cheap, especially the smaller ones, and they really come in handy.
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