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All sorted now and no discernible problems. Cam belt day turned into cam belt week! 🤣 I'm glad I changed the oil pick up pipe, too. I've seen worse, but there was plenty of gunk in there. The pic below was after scraping some of the build up away. The sump benefitted from a thorough clean too.

I went through a phase of regular offs forgetting that I was clipped to the pedals when stopping at junctions, traffic lights, my own backdoor etc. The best one was at a crowded boulangerie, I pulled up outside intending standing my bike by the front door, instead I fell sideways into the shop amongst the people queuing for their bread bringing the bike in with me

No, it should be reset immediately after checking/ resetting tyre pressures before driving.

Insurance car for 3 weeks, top of the range petrol auto. Drove OK but traction poor unless in power limiting eco mode. Roomy, but very high sill so loading the boot for runs to the dump was difficult. Felt quicker than my 1.0TSI Toledo and better mpg too, surprisingly averaging over 50mpg right across the M62 and back (the SEAT does mid 40s on the same trip) The Nissan has all the gadgets, but ergonomics are poor- switches all over and less logical system operation than on VAG vehicles. I wouldn't buy one. The confused cockpit is something I remember from sister company Renault and I don't like it at all.

Hey all Perhaps restoration is a little bit of a grand title, as I am tidying up, looking after and improving my recently acquired MY52 vRS. I've always wanted one of these badboys in yellow, but also wanted one that gave me a chance to learn more about cars and gain the sense of satisfaction that will (hopefully!) come from fixing one up. A few weeks back, this beaut came on the market - unmodified - and I snapped it up. At just under £1k, it obviously had some issues, but the engine and transmission seemed pretty decent. There's very little history with it, so a thorough service, cam belt change, new water pump and new oil pick up pipe are all happening soon, before I add to the 124,000 miles it's already done. The plan is to keep it as original as possible, but acquire some factory options that were left off (no cruise control!!) and add those as and when money/time allow. My initial list of things to attend to looks like; Rear brake mooring/squealing Interior light (driver's side) won’t stay on Rust on wings (dirt behind arch cover) Bent sills Low front bumper kerb scuffs Rear bumper scratches from loading (just no respect, is there? ) Rusted wishbones (MOT advisory) Cam belt and water pump change Total service Chipped/cracked grill surround Starter motor piston shriek Boot dent Gearbox oil leak? Peeling window tint (most windows) Tailgate struts (evident leaks, crap performance) OSF window clunk/rattle Water ingress in boot (both sides) Windscreen chips Replace knackered aerial Clean interior & boot carpet (evidently had previous water issues) Replace worn/scuffed/knackered plastics I'll prioritise the bodywork and mechanical stuff (in bold) before shelling out on cosmetic upgrades. I look forward to sharing my progress with you all and learning from those far more accomplished than I when it comes to car mechanics/restoration. Cheers

Pop the cork back in now !

Before anything else may be worth putting old fob next to the ignition while using new fob to try starting the car. this will give an indication of possible issue.

Hi. Just taken delivery. iV vrs hybrid racing blue. hope you like it as much as we do.... Better pics to come IMG_0021 2.HEIC IMG_0025 2.HEIC

You need to transfer the immobiliser chip from old to new fob. It's in the bit nearest the key blade. Little (delicate!) glass tube.

Other end of the country to me but I fit them. Your radio is compatible, here’s one I did in Jan

I haven't got a MK4 so I've not spent much time on this but given some of those costs I had to take a quick look... There is this kit which is customised by PR code/headunit. Certainly better at ~£350 but I'm not sure what unlocking SFD requires or which tools are needed: - https://www.carsystems.eu/skoda-octavia-nx-4-gen-rear-high-line-camera-kit-retrofit,id4274.html Otherwise, there are a couple of options on Aliexpress. The first is advertised for a MK4 but no mention of PR code or coding help, it's not a seller I've used: - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002357151512.html The second seems to be identical although advertised only for an A3. This is a seller I have used and found helpful in the past: - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002348625696.html If I were doing this, I'd probably contact Audi Auto to see if the A3 camera can be used/parametrised for a MK4 Octavia and if they know about the coding/SFD unlocking. They certainly seem to do the loom for an Octavia: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002504963576.html

My best one was in Cambridge cycling past Pembroke College along Trumpington Street. As I went past a parked car the drivers door opened so I swing hard right. I was going too fast really and couldn't stop before I hit the open gutter in front of the college. The front wheel went down it and stopped, I went over the handlebars but because I had toe clips on the bike then followed me and I ended up on my back with the bike still attached at the college gate. I was in such a position that I needed a passer by to loosen the clips so I could unhook my feet and get up. No injury just a bruised ego. A few days later a mate got similar treatment from another driver but ended up hitting the car door and going over the top of it...

No, allow it to dry out properly.

Great link. Thanks. I'm hoping that the differences are super minor as I managed to pick up a used tailgate in colour for £40. The car it came off is a 2009 and mine is 2011 so at least it's from the parts which are only one apart rather than two, if you see what I mean. I'll have a crack at fitting it and update when/if it fits. Fingers crossed

I would start by cleaning out the EGR valve and pipework since the problems you describe are generic and common to most modern diesels with DPF.

Ok Guys, here is the finished thing - Genuine Audi Alloys, 8.5j x 19" with an ET48. Tyres are Uniroyal Rainsport 5 at 235/35/19 91Y XL, and the car has been lowered 35mm all round using the Bilstein B14 Coilover kit. All fitted by Demon Tweeks, who said that the fronts were very tight, but clear everything and are safe, and the rears had to have 5mm spacers and longer bolts. A 4 wheel alignment finished a 4hr job off. The ride is firmer, with none of the previous wallow, the car is smooth, planted and precise, the ride is no where near as hard as my Golf GTi. I'm delighted. I just need some centre caps!

What ended up being the issue with the cam belt? I usually just clean the pick up pipe with brake cleaner and refit. No need to replace unless its damaged.

I take it you got a MK2 vRS so the parts you need are Oil filter 03C115561H Fuel filter 1K0201051K Sump plug N90813202 Cabin filter 6R0819653 Can't do air filter as I've got a pipe cross one in my vRS estate hope it helps you out

Just been out for a run and touch wood the reset via the on/off button has fixed it this time...👏👏👏

Besides lubricating the expanding rivet with soap, I can recommend to push its pin just a millimetre in in advance, so that it will move much easier once you put it in the whole. It seems the pin is stuck at first until you get it moving at least a bit.

About €250 per key in France & I believe similar in the UK so you have saved yourself a lot of time & grief.

You need to call the breakdown company to come out and read the fault codes again before attempting the long journey back to the smoke, it may not be the same code as last time.

Skoda Octavia MK1 Estate 1.9 TDI 66kW 4x4 https://web.tecalliance.net/gkn/en/parts/cars/assigned?assemblyGroupId=100113&targetId=12243&typeNumber=12243&groups=188&brands=1&page=0#@brc/brands:Car;targetType:cars/assem:SKODA%20OCTAVIA%20I%20Combi%20(1U5)%201.9%20TDI%204x4;targetType:cars;targetId:12243;typeNumber:12243/lnkparts:Coil%20Springs;targetType:cars;assemblyGroupId:100113;targetId:12243;typeNumber:12243;groups:188;brands:1;page:0 Front Springs 1J0411105AF Spring Design Coil spring with constant wire diameter Fitting Position Front Axle Colour Coding Violet, Yellow Wire Diameter 12.5 mm Length 354 mm Outer diameter 142 mm Weight 2.15 kg (1) 1J0411105AF coil spring for models with heavy duty suspension 1 paint mark 1 paint mark violet yellow Model data: PR-G07/L06 PR-G40/L06 http://www.oemepc.com/skoda/part_single/catalog/sk/markt/CZ/modell/OCT/year/2001/drive_standart/252/hg_ug/411/subcategory/411005/part_id/2561497/lang/e Sachs 997616 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/223670056870?hash=item3413c637a6:g:dRwAAOSwiQxdgd64 Rear Springs 1J9511115D Spring Design Mini Block Fitting Position Rear Axle Colour Coding Orange (5x) Wire Diameter 10.3 mm Wire Diameter 1 16.7 mm Wire diameter 2 10.3 mm Length 233 mm Outer diameter 148 mm Weight 2.5 kg 1 1J9511115D coil spring 5 paint marks orange Model data: KOMBI http://www.oemepc.com/skoda/part_single/catalog/sk/markt/CZ/modell/OCT/year/2001/drive_standart/252/hg_ug/511/subcategory/511015/part_id/2561497/lang/e Sachs 994196 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224174529422?hash=item3431d7db8e:g:ig8AAOSwa4xde0fw

Hopefully someone here can help. There is no such thing with Skoda as 'Full Services', they called them Minor / interim or Major. That is glorified Oil & Filter Changes. Extras cost extra, and you get asked what you want or maybe they do stuff and do not ask. This is the Skoda 3-10 year Service items as 'Recommended', but do not assume that at a Service they are done you need to see the Invoice / Bill.

You are correct - thanks. I've posted this reply in the kph/mph thread. Our Octavia iV estate was bought on May 11th and yesterday I set kph in settings. The digital display now shows kph. I'm not aware of any software updates as when I'm asked on the car's display I refuse, so it was always available. I also set the clock to 'automatic' and via the SIM card, it now displays internet time. This should fix the problem I had with random time changes. The dealer told me yesterday that Skoda UK has received a software update and several thousand cars are eligible for the 'fix' and owners should be contacted by their dealer. Ours is already booked in on June 17th.

Until now -1.5yrs later and 24k km- it's still running smoothly

Being worried from the very beginning, I purchased a warranty extension to 4yrs/90k km from the day 1 but I plan to keep a bit more since I really like it. Maybe it's better cross my fingers for my 2020 kamiq 1.6.

There's already a topic in General Automotive Chat.

My last trip was in the Karoq but the car didn’t do any settings adjustments - I altered the time and the ‘drive on the right’ business whilst enjoying the immigration queues…..

Oh I know, Garmin haven't even bothered replying. A little over 4 years after Skoda switching from a PID to an App and already they don't give a stuff about their customers.

Perfect, thank you

No, that can't be it. Can't see my car on the lorry in the picture But seriously, very interesting article, great info, thanks! I've been searching the web for reasons for the delay and found nothing that's directly related to Skoda (the semiconductor shortage has been known for months however during the same period people (except me) have been getting delivery of their ordered Skoda cars and I have found no info from Skoda on how they are being affected by the semiconductor shortage. Until now!) Guess both mine and @blasje32 cars are stuck on that airport waiting to be completed when chips finally arrive. I found two other articles on the same site with additional information: https://www.newsy-today.com/skoda-moves-almost-finished-cars-to-hradec-kralove-airport-they-lack-chips-ct24-czech-television/ https://www.newsy-today.com/there-is-a-giant-parking-lot-from-the-airport-in-hradec-unfinished-skoda-will-be-here-for-months/ (Skoda HQ Sweden still thinks the correct strategy in this situation is to completely stop communicating with both customers and dealers. They seem to be completely clueless and have certainly not understood that any news, whether good or bad, is better than no news. They have failed to understand that customers need to be able to make alternative plans and news, good or bad, enables that )

Decent wash and coat of Autoglym SRP using a dual action polisher. Not neccessarily better but less arm ache and better coverage.

Thanks. I'm not sure the Climatronic system on the 5J is quite the same as the Passat, as a lot of those options didn't work. I did however manage to pull code 4FA which relates to recirc flap motor and peform a reset/calibration which cleared the code. All working as normal now.

Aye - Sunroofs. Or as I would be more inclined to view it a roof that someone has gone and put a hole in. Weakened Shell More weight - As high up as possible Reduced headroom It will leak eventually Very noisy when driving at any speed If it is glass plenty are cracking Another potential corrosion area Something else to go wrong More light into interior - but I don't want the interior lit up and loads of reflections, I'm concentrating on the view outside the car. All for the advantage of being able to burn the top of my head on a sunny day - Not quite bald yet but getting sparse up there. And people buying new cars actually spend extra money for this. Interesting though if you look at adverts for older cars 'no sunroof' is often listed at the top of the list of desirable features, cars with a sunroof - the sunroof either doesn't get mentioned and the photographs are carefully taken to avoid it being obvious or alternatively they are declared along with some lame 'not that bad really' type story. The words 'no sunroof' needs no additional selling. I have been both lucky and unlucky with sunroofs: Saab 900 classic - Not leaking when sold at 20 years. Very seldom open it should be said. Ford Escort MK V - Leaked like a sieve at 4 years.

The ABS based system IMHO is fine, it does what you need, still no excuse not to check your tyre pressures manually, I do most weeks. As to the rRenault system I had nothing but problems with it on my C5 estate also rubbish on Fords .The battery on both systems fail far to easily also you get electrolytic corrosive around the valve seats causing pressure loss.

Same here. It's not as if we're F1 drivers where a fraction of a lb. makes a big difference to tyre and car performance and more importantly stability. The last thing most road drivers need is complex information flashing up in front of their eyes if there's a serious problem that needs dealing with fairly soon/urgently.

It can be sitting like this https://www.newsy-today.com/skoda-stores-unfinished-cars-at-hradec-kralove-airport-chips-are-missing/

Fair City Enduro 2021 http://muckmedden.co.uk/our-events/fair-city-enduro is on Sat. 30th October. https://www.facebook.com/events/2898096860469689 ............................................ CANCELLED : Apparently. Websites not that clear really as i look today. Friday 11/6/2021 26th / 27th June. Ballo Enduro 2021. Coupar Angus. https://www.moredirt.com/event/4322 https://cacyclinghub.com ---------------------------------------------- TweedLove Bike Festival 2021. ---------------------------------------------- Friday 17th Sept. & 18th / 19th. https://tweedlove.com/#tweedlove-bike-festival _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This past week has been fantastic cycling weather. I have got pretty tanned but that is from sitting with my cycling helmet off & just watching the world go by as usually the bonce is rather pale.

Personally I wouldn’t buy a Superb with a sunroof due to the potential for it to leak now or in the future; seems inevitable that it will. Also, the fact is you might actually only use it 2-3 times per annum. My wife has an electric sunroof on her runout MKI 2003 2.0L Focus and she never uses it, except to dump air from the inside of the car when it’s hot, but you can just drop the windows on the Superb to do the same thing; the Focus does same too BTW. And yes, it has leaked, just once about 10 years ago which I fixed. But what I really dislike is they’re sooo noisy when they’re open. I understand that some people like them but given the climate ventilation system on the MKIII is, well, superb, so the use of sunroofs are all but irrelevant these days.

The cleanliness of that car is surreal.

Thanks. During my call with Skoda UK, I was encouraged by reference to the fix being for not only the KPH/MPH issue, but also things like ACC, road sign recognition, emergency braking and so on. I so want my car back, and working as it should!

https://www.vwvortex.com/threads/climatronic-diagnostic-mode-reference-guide.6935204/

Part number for the front vRS badge I ordered for my facelift is 5E0 853 736 C 9B9, hope that helps. Regarding folks questions on splitting it from back plate, see pictures. 4 ‘pins’ that align it on the plate, then Skoda’s crazy adhesive.

Cambelt day - wish me luck!

Yes, not least because the engine temperature sensor controls the cold start enrichment on an injection engine. This sounds like the mixture is overenriched on a cold start, but not quite to the point of soaking the spark plugs and preventing any actual spark.

I prefer to follow the advice of the professional vehicle technicians I worked with at a major automotive consultancy than any internet posts - so for me it will always be negative first (and as a Chartered Electronics Engineer it makes no difference how capacitors discharge when the circuit is broken by disconnecting either battery terminal).

Nice one! I also changed the back signal lights and reversing lights with LEDs and the improvement was significant. Think I know which YT vid helped you since it was probably the same for me. For Fog lights I threw out the stock halogens as they were basically worthless and replaced with H8 Philipps Fog Leds (11366UE2X2) . No errors, No issues, HUGE improvement at night and when cornering. I'd also suggest replacing your mirror turn signal LEDS with dynamic scrolling ones. They look sick! Here's something that I'd like to know. How do you set the angle of the fog lights? My left one is way higher than the right one. Not sure if that's ok. Cars is LHD. 2017 pre-facelift.