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    octavia 1.9 and superb 1.9

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  1. I made the mistake when I bought my first new car in years, of "Running it in gently". The 105PD engine always needs oil between services. Our other car a Superb 130PD was purchased as a 6 month old "Demonstrator" and was probably thrashed from new. Needless to say this doesnt need topup oil between services.
  2. I have had an 05 from new with 106,000 miles now on the clock. No problems as yet, so with half that mileage you should be OK.
  3. Like previous replies I try to read the road ahead and not use brakes very often, also do mainly motorway driving . I got 90,000 out of the fronts and a couple of thousand more from the rears.
  4. Not sure if this is the same problem but it is very similar ( I have posted this on another thread). My engine management light came on, (2005 Octy 105 BHP with 85,000 miles) the independent garage thought it was the known glow plug issue, but reset the fault temporarily. Because the car ran perfectly, when the light reappeared I ignored it for 3 months. Then the Glow plug light came on and the car would be very difficult to start, was using more fuel, and the engine stopped if I let it go under 1100 revs. This happened even when hot and it would still be difficult to start. The garage replaced the crankshaft sensor to no avail. The problem was eventually traced to wires that had rubbed through the insulation, low down on nearside front of the engine. The garage then checked a taxi he had in, and found it had got the beginnings of the same problem.
  5. Hi Mike, not sure if this is the same problem that I had with my 88000m 05 reg but the symptoms are exactly the same. Crankshaft sensor didnt fix it nor did a engine management flash update. Turned out to be a wire rubbing and then earthing. As you look into engine bay on right hand side, low down and below the air trunking there are a few wires going across the engine. One of these had rubbed the insulation away. Its difficult to see with the air trunking in place. It took the garage 6 hours to find and fix. When I went to collect my car the mechanic showed me a taxi that had the start of the same problem but the wires hadnt yet gone right through the insulation, he said it looks like it may become a common complaint.
  6. Similar story, mine has done 78,000 in 3 years the smoke reading was .58 and nothing needed attention. Got them to change front pads though as still on original and getting low . I had tried to change them but couldnt shift the wheel nuts. Gorrilla tightened at last tyre change.
  7. I carry a lot of heavish equipment both in the boot and in the car. My first two sets of rear tyres wore out at around 12,000 miles. I had only inflated them to 35ish. I now run them at 48 and rear tyres seem to be lasting very much longer. Fronts have gone 30,000 miles each time.
  8. This has happened several times on our superb. The first time it happened the dealer said it was a bad connection under the seat. However on the two or three times it has happened since, I found that there is a plastic cover on the floor roughly at the front edge of the seat next to the transmission tunnel which must house a plug or plugs. I "wobble this around " and hey presto the seat works again. The car has only done this at inconvenient times so I hadnt got around to examining the connections further. Seems to get over the problem for 6-12 months at a time hence I keep putting it on the back burner !!
  9. Yes My Octy2 is two years and 48,000 miles from new but is running better than when new. The engine has stopped using oil and runs smoother. Had a succession of Renaults before but never again.
  10. Strangely enough putting the disk on a radiator and heating it up sometimes works as well.
  11. Spray the webbing with silicone polish and pull it in/out a few times. Has always worked for me.
  12. I would suggest looking at the owners problem pages on Parkers price guide forums. Laguna diesel engines are a big problem. I got rid of our laguna and bought a Superb a few months ago as I had the start of the escalating spiral of problems.
  13. Check driveshafts for damaged /split gaiters or excessive up/down play. I had similar experience with a Pug 205 caused by this.
  14. Our Laguna (now replaced with a Superb) had these as standard, but Renault charged £12 for a set. We had them pinched a couple of times before I gave up and used plastic. Shame because they did look nice. Incedentally the first set went walkies when in France so the probem is not just here.
  15. This may be a shot in the dark, but the cruise control went intermittant, then stopped working on our Superb. I was going to wait until next trip to dealers as its less than a year old. However I unscrewed and pulled away the lower right side of the dash to checkout the relays. One was only half plugged in. Problem solved. I also have a year old Octy without cruise control but remembered seeing the relays in the same place when I fitted the phone kit.
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