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I took the car to a garage to have it for a few days. They check if there was any oil in the cylinders after leaving the car overnight and there was no oil found using a camera. They checked for timing chain stretching and it was within tolerances. Then added injector cleaner and took it for an extended test drive from cold. They confirmed the rough idol was just from cold start up so most probable cause would be carbon build on the valves. As the rough idol is on start up only they advised leaving until it is noticeable when driving or there is a misfire that causes the engine light to come on. Until it does get worse they said it current state did not justify the cost of the carbon clean. As my Audi is due for collection in the next few weeks after a long period in the garage and the Skoda will be used less going forward I will leave doing any more work on it for now.

Thank you, the update fixed my boot loop.

@adamarchie you have it in your message

Hi. If you need any help with insurance when your policy comes up for renewal then please feel free to drop me a line. Regards, Dan.

Thank you Steve most appreciated, it was been a difficult few years for me with being forced to retire early by my company and the deaths of my dad, soul mate and last year mum, hopefully this new car will signify a new start for me and better luck 🙂

My local dealer has both 1.5 and 2.0 in used stock, so i'll go and try both this week. My gut feel is the 1.5 will be fine, it's the same engine I have in my Golf and I won't be towing (just need towbar for bike mount) or off-roading, so can live without the extra 35bhp and 4x4 - but we'll see. I should be fine with the 19"ers, I had them on my last VRS and only yelped a few times when hitting potholes. I'd rather live with that and the sportline's styling than go for comfort in a plainer exterior. I'd also rather not have the pano roof but seems it's standard on sportlines since the 2022 facelift and with proper maintenance, it can be a non-issue (wishful thinking maybe?) They're good looking cars and I like that there's still proper buttons inside for the heating, auto stop/start etc... My wife will be happier driving it than the Octavia estates and the boot will be so much more usable than the Golf (which doesn't even take my GOLF clubs comfortably!) Thanks again for your help and guidance everyone, i'll report back. 🙂

Hi have you got any part numbersfor the shocks and springs you fitted from the tiguan please that looks perfect and probably alot better that just fitting a lift kit 30mm on standard stocks much appreciated Matthew email address removed. Please use the internal messaging system. Admin

Hi is this with the tiguan springs and shocks ? Any part numbers thanks matthew

My best mate passed away last week. His wife is the named driver on the policy, like most spouses. My question is, is she still covered? Obviously we need to let the insurers know (and register the car to her with the DVLA) By her own admission, she's not the best at sorting things out, so I'm going to help her. Cheers

I had the 1.0 litre SE Drive with 17" wheels before I bought my present 1.5 litre SE L Edition with 18" wheels a few weeks ago. I thought the SE Drive was the most comfortable car I have ever had. The SE L Edition is certainly on a par and probably that bit better but not a lot in it. Never driven a Sportline so can't comment on that. But if it has diamond cut wheels which I think it has, I would steer well clear.

As a fellow ex-software engineer I couldn’t agree with you more. I’ve given up on my Superb after 18mths, I collect my brand new Honda Civic e:HEV in 3wks time. I won’t be coming back to Skoda/VAG unless they manage to get their act together, if that’s before the Chinese wipe them out…

Skoda being awkward then. Nowhere does it say any of those inspections are a requirement. Why can't these big companies just abide by their own warranty habdbooks!

Thanks. I'm hoping no major damage was done as I only drove a couple of miles with the noise. Gonna try and find a long thin magnet and see if that can fish it out. Plus it gives my bro an excuse to buy a borescope! Will let you know what we find...

I think VW group relays with 53 in big font on the top of them are super-common. Might be able to find a replacement on amazon prime (seeing several options there searching 141951253B), or in a local scrapyard pretty easily.

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Title says it all. I ordered these back in April and went to have them fitted on Friday only to discover that… A. They’re the wrong ones, and B. Autodoc only give you 14 days from date of receipt to return them. Thanks very much for that. 🙄They cost me £90 and selling for 1/2 price, so £45. These give better braking power and produce almost zero dust which is primarily why I wanted to change from the standard pads, as I’m sick of cleaning the alloys! The ATE part number is 13.0470-2785.2. They will fit Skoda and VAG vehicles including some Superb builds with the following OE part numbers. Apologies for the weird formatting… 8V0 698 151 S 5Q0 698 151 5Q0 698 151 A 5Q0 698 151 AD BVO 698 151 B 5QO 698 151 D 500 698 151 AA 5Q0 698 151 AH 5Q0 698 151 AF 8V0 698 151 G

I've switched a relay, I found one that was abnormally hot my car started and turned on with the key! It's 53 12V 40A on the side it says 177.8 GCT 141 951 253 B 20 240 072 pa6.6-GF30 I now have a error of fuel pump A control Circuit Open and ECM/PCm power relay control circuit open and sense circuit open

We find our sportsline on comfort setting OK but no Bently. Normal is too hard. I reget having the low profile 19" tyres but wanted the sunroof. When the time comes I will fit all season tyres they made a big improvement on two previous cars.

Pretty sure they are steel but it may have embedded itself into piston. As warrior193 said do not run engine at all and get it inspected via borescope. Hopefully it will be retrievable without removing head or caused any major damage. Alasdair

Whilst I wait for the blind spot LEDs to be flown in from china, I started on the front parking sensor retrofit today. I’ll write it up in more detail with parts etc once it’s all in and working. but once again it’s a bumper off job! Holes cut and sensors all installed. They aren’t quite sitting flush but the mount brackets are a different part number to the correct Skoda ones. But they don’t look too bad once all back together though! Next came removing air box, battery and battery tray to try to access the main bulkhead grommet from the engine side. Then glovebox and fuse box to get at it from car side. It’s impossible. I could just about get one finger to it and the current bundle of wires are so tight there’s no way I’m getting anything more through there. Found the grommet for where the clutch would be right near the PDC controller so the plan is to go through that. But as it’s right behind the hot side of the engine I’ve ordered some heat shield conduit for the cables to run through as they cross the top of the bulkhead just in case. So for now it’s all buttoned back up, and as I had some spare time I also installed the new button by the gearstick and the beeper that are required for 8k PDC, including pinning them into the plugs ready for the change over of the PDC controller.

Hello @pab567 Would you be able to send me the link as well? Thanks for your help

I can not get the knack! in one year trying occasionally, I got it to work 1 in 100 times. Just tried again and failed! I have tried it with the car both locked and unlocked.

Good luck , Having been down this route last year a full service history including having had all the extended scope inspections and the documentary evidence that these had been carried out were crucial in getting Skoda to agree to carry out a full repair on our car. Regarding the first few services if they were carried out by an authorised Skoda Dealer then they should have been recorded on the electronic servicing record which you could request a copy off

^^ exactly why I will never tinker with the brakes on my car. If I break something that stops it moving, fair enough; if I break something that stops me stopping - that's very bad news!

Hope the Elroq serves you well and you enjoy it over the time you have it. I'm not [yet] ready for the jump to EV so am sticking with my 2020 Octavia; its serving me well and I make a lot of use of its boot capacity and fuel economy. Anyway, thank you for your contributions to the Octavia mk4 forum and maybe [metaphorically] see you in the EV pages at some point...