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I'm about to do the same job. I found the best answers here in the forum. A link: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/211412-best-place-to-drain-coolant-from/

Hi Everybody Since I posted my original problem with my turbo (as in diesel), the problema has REMARKABLY and thankfully cured itself. Maybe there were some cobwebs or something?. It now shoots up hills as it should do, and I also recorded my first 100mph on a local A road (but don't tell the Old Bill ) Many thanks to you all for the help you gave when I asked for it, as Ali G would say... RESCPEC!!! Ian PS Averaging 52mpg on a run, and about 48mpg on local commuting, what a marvellous car!!!

I worked in IT from 1986, Employed by Barclays Bank initially, though I have to admit that I got my foot in the door by being a clerical worker for Barclaycard initially. I asked for an internal transfer to IT, having my foot in the door worked. Barclays then trained me, very well, but it was mostly "on the job" training. My training was on mainframes... IBM COBOL, MVS/XS, TSO/ISPF, IMS. At the time employers were crying out for Mainframe IBM programmers. After 2

Many thanks Gayle, I'm beginning to feel at home! I bought the TDi for the most obvious reason, fuel economy, and it's working. I'm a boy racer at heart. My third ever car I bought was a Peugeout 205GTi. That was hast as hell, it's hard to imagine what a 180bhp Octavia must be like. Care to swap cars sometime? lol, just kidding, I should be so lucky, lucky lucky lucky! Ian

No I didn't Denis, I bought it from a dealer in Chester-Le-Street, Co. Durham. They "specialise" in cheap cars at no haggling required prices, I still haven't contacted them to see if they'll pay for the repair. Who knows, maybe they will... at this point I have no gripes with the dealer at all. Regards, Ian

why I bought mine 2001 Octavia 1.9 TDI Ambience Estate, 2nd hand with 83K on the clock

Welcome eputhlad, I'm a newbie here myself Cars, they're a never ending drain on my limited funds, so for me, I bought a cheap to run Skoda. Already saving loads on fuel and road tax, servicing and maintenance are an unknown factor yet. Regards, Ian

Dear chasb, heresmo and Dr zoidberg, thank you all so much for your replies I spent a long time last night reading all over the forum and found a wealth of advice. Including the reference to the MAF sensor. I'm fairly sure that's what it is. Today I drove about 20 miles up hill and down dale and deliberately avoided going over 3000 rpm, and yes, my turbo works!!! It's when I hit somewhere between 3500-4000 rpm that the engine goes... urrghhhh, then no more turbo at any revs. My old Vauxhall Omega petrol had a similar problem and went into limp home mode. I think that's what is happening here. The forum is great and I will be a regular reader, thank you all so much for your help, I'll keep this page updated to let you know, it's just finding enough time in the days of the week to take it into the local dealer Oh, and I'm loving the car, She's everything I ever wanted, but don't tell the Wife Regards, Ian

Hi everybody, just bought this car a few days ago and made a longish journey in it of about 400 miles. It was apparent to me shortly after collecting the car that somethiing was amiss. Just to elaborate, I have owned a turbodiesel 1.9 before, a Xantia. As I live in the Durham dales, there are lots of steep hills about. My Octavia can barely exceed 50 mph up a hill, and that's in 3rd gear.. on the gradient scale, I'm talking about a 1 in 20 hill, or 5% as I think they're now classified as. Downhill it is fine, but the turbo never seems to kick in, except when the engine is cold. Something, and I don't know what happens about 4000rpm, the engine acts as if the rev limiter has been hit and then it just has no power at all. On the flat I doubt it could exceed 80 mph, and tackling the M62 highest part was a nightmare, I had to use the inside lane all the time. So have I got a known turbo fault? Or is it probably knackered? I doubt the dealer I bought it from will be interested as I never got to test drive it and believe I have no warranty. The car has 83,000 on the clock, one previous owner from new, and a fully stamped up Skoda service manual, but no receipts. The car got a new 12 month MOT the day before I collected it. Oh, and I'm fairly mechanically inept, I want to keep this car for years and keep it main dealer serviced. I'd be very grateful for any feedback from anybody, apart from derisory comments of course. I was in a huge hurry when i bought the car and the dealer was very good at seeing the sale through very quickly. Cheers, Ian