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At the Skoda dealer right now. the verdict of the mechanic is that the brake fluid has to be changed! He tested it. it takes about one hour for the change and bleeding and a test ride. Let’s hope he is right.

Finally today I'm fitting the Bilsteins B6 to my car... can't wait to test them and write some feedback!

New filter fitted and airflow understood. Sorry for the delayed update. Thanks all

The onset of the nice weather appears to have brought with it a decent sunset this evening

1.4 TDI Greenline is the only 1.4 TDI fitted with a DPF.

I don't believe any VAG group diesel vehicles from 2009 onwards didn't have a DPF fitted as standard because euro 5 compliance was mandatory across the range.

Sold my old Octavia nearly 4 years ago for a Leon FR. Still got it but finally persuaded the wife to upgrade Ford Grand c max replaced with.....

yes I'm currently running ebc yellow stuff on the front and they make a nice upgrade compared to stock pads, I would ignore reviews from more than a couple of year old as the compound has changed over the years.

Just an update on this one. I'm in Australia, and complained to my dealer about this as I was not told that user personalisation and DAB+ were not in the 'new model'.... Like you, dealer was 'surprised' that it didn't come in the MY21 model and wasn't told. Anyway, cut a long story short. I complained that this was not acceptable (not telling me that these features were not in the 'new' model) and managed to get a free 3 years servicing out of them. To be honest, I would rather of had the DAB+ and personalisation. My wife and I are quite different sizes, so we have to press the button on the seat each time we drive (and me getting in the car after her using it means that I'm hitting the steering wheel when I get in!). Oh well, first World problems 🙂

BLS code 1.9 did have DPF according to my first link above?

I pretty much put took two wiretap connectors and put it on the second and third pin in the 10pin connection (you see small notches with numbers on the connection), then run wires from it and through the firewall and in to the dash, putting on a 1kohm potmeter on and a switch. After that its just to urn on and adjust untill you find your personal preference😊

Finally some wash time!

We went to Bedgebury Pinetum on an absolutely glorious day today. Had to sit in the shade for our anti pasti lunch as the Sun was so strong. It was lovely and peaceful and the view was nice: Gaz

How old is your brake fluid? Too high a water content in the fluid can cause brake fade …..

Try ebc yellow stuff with ebc plain discs

One coffee and a pain de chocolat later ,provided by the dealer, the job is done. On my way back to our holiday home I noticed the huge difference. The Yeti is her old self again. Total cost for this job €70,- including VAT Dealer reception was very nice and helped imidiately. https://concessionnaires.skoda.fr/var-83/sa-smva-132 Thank you all for the suggestions. I really appreciate it! Regards, Lico

U6LR was billed as the Pro in EA, but became the Long Range and the new (EA) Pro is a separate model that (should) have ax on 2.4Ghz when out of EA. We're moving house shortly and I'm trying to make the decision between NanoHD/U6Lite/U6LR for the new house (while the Mrs is still open to running Cat6 around the place when we move in). The Lites seem best choice for price vs performance, but they're definitely a 'lite' option with no 2.4Ghz (ax) and being only 2x2.

In my case the delay in assembling the suspension is because I've been too busy moving from one city to another, working, etc... I've had them at home for 3 months almost! Today it'll be the day. Hope the ride changes completely but without losing comfort...

lucky You i have never-ending waiting time, answer from German seller -> here are the delivery times from all parts: F11-79-008-01-HA / available F11-85-043-02-FA / end-september 23-254343 / end-october 20-267537 / mid-november but that are B6 DampTronics (DCC)

Another big gap between posts for me! I've been doing my regular washes to keep on top of the Octavias, but a lot of time has been spent fixing various bits and pieces rather than detailing. That said, a 3rd Octavia has arrived and it's absolutely disgusting! I've tidied up a few things already, but it's going to take some time to fully clean and restore this beast; Halfway point on the engine bay; For anyone interested, I'm documenting the full restoration of the WRC car on Instagram Right, back to a leaky sunroof on the mk3, replacing ARB bushes on General Custard and cleaning up powersteering fluid leaks from the new arrival!

Once modded to the large MPH display it is only a matter of un ticking an option box in the maxidot display to display KPH again, which does comply with the regs.

front: Centering Diameter mm65 Height mm50 Brake Disc Type Vented Minimum Thickness mm22 PR No.1LL-1LP-1ZB No.Holes5 Disc Ø mm312 rears: Bolt Hole Circle mm112 Brake Disc Type Solid Centering Diameter mm65 Height mm48 Minimum Thickness mm8 PR No.1KS-1KT No.Holes5 Disc Ø mm272 Pads: Height mm71 Length mm155 Thickness mm20 Wear Indicator: Integrated PR No.1LP-1ZB Disc Ø mm312 Fitting Position: Front # Brake System: BOSCH Height mm53 Length mm109 Thickness mm18 Wear Indicator: Not Fitted PR No.1KF-1KS-1KS,1KT-1KT Disc Ø mm256,272-272 Fitting Position: Rear

I thought I was alone in never replacing them TBH. Unless they've been tightened to Ape strength and they're ruined, they go again, time after time. The sump material being alloy is softer than the washer so it tends to find it's own seal perfectly well.

Good stuff, glad to hear it was a cheap fix! Ways to support BRISKODA - Site & Motoring News - BRISKODA

Spotted my first UK plate today on a newly registered Ford Puma.

Yes, but they are at least Tv broadcast quality; the guy who's videos I linked in "Racing and Advanced Driving" uses 2 (front and rear), so judge for yourself.

I can't see your pictures, but my first thought was of a blocked rear drain (down the bottom end, access inside the rear wheel arch). Never mind any possible bodgery, that'll need sorting regardless if I'm right.

A good place to look is the Enyaq's Owners Manual and see the Wheel / Tyre size that Skoda give for fitting Snow Chains to.

Sunday, we got out as a family for a short walk up in an area swmbo used to hang out with her family as a child. then in the afternoon i went out on the Blue way again with Sr, and got him as far as Ferryhouse Bridge and back again. logged it from home and it was 9.3km, we walked the bit from the house to the blueway, as the paths aren wide enough for him to cycle and theres no way hes road cycli g as people travel way too fast along the stretch with terrible sightlines. he done well so he did though im now being given out to that hes cycling too fast... because even a couple of neighbours have said it to swmbo 🤷‍♂️

I would say its vastegate but thats just my opinion.Just go garage as soon as you can and get someone to have proper look.I was told its turbo rotor but that didnt made any sense at the time.When went to different garage and checked it out together with mechanic we discover that its just vastegate.There is good place which repairs turbos called Turboworks in Eastbourne will need to ship them your turbo tho.I found easier fix on mine there are vastegate rebuild kits called something like anti rattle kit in case if you have vastegate issue also that will save you some cash.

It'll be H1 for the high beams H4 is a dual filament bulb and I'm pretty sure it's never been used on a MK2 Octavia...

I've had an issue when using a towbar bike rack and a heavily loaded car (3 bikes on the towbar, 4 passengers, 2 big dogs in the back, full roof pod) when the ACC has said it can't calibrate. Its happened twice (on the same trip). My thinking was that the car was a bit too heavy at the back and the radar was pointing too much at sky. The car certainly didn't look excessively down at the back and handled pretty normally. I've otherwise been able to use ACC with both the bike rack attached and also with my camping trailer. Factory towbar (detachable type) added post build, Sportline 280 wagon.

given its a camera on ab android.. im happy with this.. sitting on the wheel of me bike in the shed last week, i was gonna give the chain gear a quick clean and oil but left this lad to it instead and this guy out being a busy bee (literally) the next day on Spud sr's Cosmos

Not quite true... some of us live on hills in higher areas (eg the Pennines in my case) and often get bad weather / snow / slush and torrential rain - so whilst I very rarely venture off-tarmac, 4x4, combined with all season or winter tyres, is effectively a 'must' for us to be able to get out and about during winter. Having drive FWD and 4x4's regularly the 4x4 also brings with it a huge amount of additional stability in bad weather.

I'm using a U6-lite upstairs so I can have a poke to see if I can figure that out. TBH, I'd assumed AX was a 5ghz only thing much like AC but it seems you're correct and AX is 2.4ghz compatible. I think the only AX clients I have are Intel AX200 and AX201 as my pixel 5 isn't 😕 edit: I just killed the 5ghz radio to see what happened and it seems your correct, at least according to Windows: Protocol: Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Security type: WPA2-Personal Network band: 2.4 GHz Network channel: 6 Link speed (Receive/Transmit): 144/144 (Mbps) Protocol: Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) Security type: WPA2-Personal Network band: 5 GHz Network channel: 36 Link speed (Receive/Transmit): 961/245 (Mbps) Manufacturer: Intel Corporation Description: Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz Driver version: 22.70.0.6

That's great thanks. So with the help of a bud' got the engine moved and took off the gearbox to reveal a corkscrewed Sachs DMF. 190k miles it had enough. Turbo looks good, and inlet manifold not too bad, usual choking around the EGR. Will clean the manifold tomorrow. The scrap octy is rocking on the center wheels.

The face here is not that dissimilar. These are very much what many do want or need.

For what it's worth, the ride in my vrs petrol with no DCC is fine on normal on crap UK roads... But only once I removed the transport blocks!

Just arrived from the garage and I can confirm: System ref updated from B to F and software version from 1666 to 1806. For the time being, only tested wireless android auto connection and works fine.

If it is the 1.6 TDI then i guess when they were fitted to MK2's they had a DPF as after 2009. As to other engines like the 1.2 TDI i suspect they had a DPF as they were part of the Defeat Device Scandal. No idea if there were any TDI's that were fitted to the first Mk2's without a DPF. But someone will be along that knows about 1.9 TDI's & 1.4 TDI's.

I also love DCC on my VRS TSI. Sport setting is too hard for everyday driving on my roads. Normal mode is just right. And when roads get bad I switch to comfort.

There are other ways of restarting engine with latest start-stop turning steering a bit easing brake pedal But like many, I hate the way they cut out when in traffic creeping towards a roundabout or junction just when road clears and then not being able to pull away quickly.

Hi all, Thanks for the informative guides. I managed to install these on our 2021 Karoq in max 90 min without taking the wheels off. Back was super easy. For the push rivets, I recommend buying a set of plastic removal tools (like this) in addition to the soap trick. Only took maybe 30 seconds for each one. For the front wheels, I cranked the wheel all the way over to access the front drill hole area then ranked it the other way to get to the back one. Just used a cordless Ryobi drill, fit fine. Used a 6mm wood drill bit but took a while and was worried about over drilling it. The u-clamp on the underside was confusing as the supplied diagram is crap.

Probably a blockage on the rear jets or hose. That or they've continued to use the motor where the washer fluid passes through joined pipes and the motor itself in the hatch. Used to result in no wash and a wet boot, if something froze up or rusty motor internals.

I've decided to go with the ECS kit with the heavier flywheel from Awesome in the end. I couldn't quite stretch to the cost of the Darkside kit as it was nearly £900 including postage. I'm sure it would be a great choice but there'd be fitting on top of that and it was just too much. The ECS kit is £570 plus postage but the twist is that after I'd paid for it I was informed there's a two to three week back order. Luckily I can use the van or the Ignis for now but I want to get the car back on the road as it's easy for an expense like a clutch to put a car off the road for a while. If that happens it's possible for a car to still be sitting there a year later and that leads to all sorts of problems. The sooner it's back on the road the better. Thanks for the advice and opinions as it always helps to make a decision.

Hello and welcome to Briskoda. That's quite a beefy car you have there.

I was the member that ulfnilsen referred to in previous post. Since I went self employed in 2015, I always have at least 170kg of kit for work in the boot (and often on the back seats, I know I really should buy a van as everyone on site keeps telling me) of my 63 plate TDI 170 DSG 4x4 estate and the arse end was starting to sag, to say the least, in the 108K miles / almost 8 years since it left the factory (bit like myself after 55 years on this planet :-). Got to the point where I was struggling to get over even the smallest speed bump at crawling speed without something scraping. Book ride height for the rear on standard suspension like mine is 394.1mm +/- 10mm. Fully laden ride height was less than 310mm so was sagging at least 85mm and even with the boot unloaded for the first time in at least 5 years when I was weighing the kit I carry, ride height was only 340mm, a sag of around 55mm. So decided to bite the bullet and replace rear dampers (and rubber sleeve/cover), springs (and plastic end caps), bump stops and all the consumable fixings. Local Skoda dealership kindly helped me identify the existing springs and damper by confirming the associated PR code for my car, 0YF for weight range 6 springs and 1JA for standard dampers. That was the same as ulfnilsen. He'd gone for weight range 8 springs, 3C0 511 115 AG and the original 3C0 513 049 CP damper and was pleased with the result. But as I am carrying at least another 30kg I decided to go up one step more to weight range 9 springs, 3C0 511 115 AH, again with the original damper although in my case the correct part number was 3C0 513 049 CR according to dealer. Was originally going to use OEM equivalent parts but when I had a price from a local, well respected, VW independent he would only use genuine VAG parts thanks to bad experiences in the past. Was about to go down that route when decided to see what the Skoda dealership would charge, they were actually about £20 cheaper overall thanks to the independent charging list price on parts and insisting on quoting for a minimum 3 hours work (and charging for more if he hit problems) whereas the dealer I assume quoted based on fixed book timings and so ended up cheaper despite hourly labour rates being roughly twice the independent. 20 quid is 20 quid and the independent didn't offer a courtesy car so the work was completed yesterday at Autosales Burntwood and whilst my wallet is now lighter to the tune of £718.08, it has absolutely transformed the car. Front suspension is sat at 387mm (a few mm low but still in tolerance) whilst rear is now 403mm empty (about 8mm high but still in tolerance) dropping to 369mm fully laden. That's still 16mm below the minimum book value but half the depth of the tire wall is no longer hidden in the wheel well (there's now actually a gap between the arch and tyre!) and ride height looks spot on to my eyes. And all the clanking and majority of harshness in the ride has gone despite being on 18" 40 profile tyres and still on original front suspension. I suspect it was like this when I first got the car (was a 3 month old dealer demonstrator) but the slow deterioration in ride quality in the 105K miles + 7-1/2 years I've owned the vehicle meant that I'd gotten used to the appalling ride quality as it grew to seem normal. Just wished I'd done it couple of years ago as only planning to keep it for another 12 months although they will at least now be comfortable months. Next job is 2 new rear tyres and 4-wheel alignment as the rear camber and toe-in are a mile out which coupled with the extreme loads carried and possibly my driving style when not motorway cruising (4-wheel drive means safe to boot it at every junction and roundabout, so I do, which I assumes biases the torque (and hence wear) to the rear) likely explains why rear tyres last on average just under 12k miles (compared with 24K average for same Dunlop RT Sport (and later on, Michelin Primacy 4) tyres on the front) although they don't wear particularly unevenly, usually no more than a mm variation across the width of the tyre. Anyway, attached are before and after photos, both empty and fully laden, to illustrate the transformation in ride height. I'm sure the fully laden before photo must win me a trophy for the most lowered Superb in the world :-). Hopefully someone else will find this information useful and happy to receive PM's if anyone has any questions.

Hi I’m jay from derby I am now the owner of number 127 2.0 tfsi in grey many thanks

Some pics of my 3 month old superb. Loving the car. Wife tried to convince me to buy it in business grey but fancied a change after a few grey and black cars. Didn't fancy paying the premium on velvet red so race blue it was.