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You will change the stock discs with bigger? You think for bigger 2 piston calipers (stock from other cars) or 4 piston afyermarket?

The plug is original with VW code on, i haven't touched the wires-pins etc for 22 years. I have changed some coolant sensors yes but never ''mess'' with the plug except that maybe me or a mechanic while working pressed the cables down with his elbow. Here are some photos (Google search) from other Felicia.

I have found and older photo of my engine bay, i crop the part which shows the cables already be bent. Later became rigid and with that ''abused'' look.

I searched in my archives, i have photo that all the cables are bent but i can not explain why they were so rigid, even now the plug can stand upside down like a spider because the cables are like tree branches. By the sensor with Yellow ring? By the engine bay? Hmm... Must affected the signals otherwise i can not explain the immediately change on the instand fuel consumption at cold start.

It's supposed to be Blue but it's Yellow, i put it as a test (maybe something was wrong with the previous Blue) and works fine. The cables were rigid and bented many years ago but for those cuts i have no explanation plus i don't know how much these affected the "signals" that this sensor was sending. The 1st morning start is slightly better (one click) but the late (night) start must be the same. I have done tests for 2 days plus a small trip on the highway but accidentally i zeroed yesterday the Average fuel consumption so i have to wait few days to verify the results.

I bought my Felicia at spring 2000 with Green G11 inside and after many years i change it to Blue G11 because i could find more quality products (Repsol, Motul etc). The majority (and maybe all) of new mechanics since they don't know the Felicia or don't want to bother more they suggest G12 ''because the sensors can read better" or ''all the Skoda now are using G12" as they have told me. I have tested G12 for few months and i didn't notice any difference to G11, i didn't like the idea and i flush it so i am using G11 for about 20,5 years and i don't see why should i change it since i have an old design (Favorit) motor.

I was present when he removed it and gave it to my hands and there was no need to pull the wires, my order was to cut them few cm back and install new wires. You didn't noticed the yellow ring, ha ha. I will upload them in higher resolution. I am more surprised than you gentlemen, i have mention in older post that the cables were rigid and one of them was loose but i didn't expect such mess.

If your car is hard to start when warm, you can trace the issue to one or more several potential faulty components, for example: Clogged air filter Corroded or loose battery terminal or cable Corroded or loose engine ground connection Vapor lock in the fuel system Faulty fuel system Engine control system problems One or more electrical sensors https://axleaddict.com/auto-repair/My-Car-is-Hard-to-Start-When-Warm

Noboby look for this item because the cables were covered with tape plus when they asked me ''did you change the coolant sensor?'' and i was replying ''yes'' the searching was over for them about this. The thought that my Cold start was not proper was every day and night in my mind and when i removed the tape and i saw this: i said to my self ''i gotcha you son of a b@itch''. This sneaky-submissive-dishonest-cunning-b@stard-crook was the main cause for my bad cold starts and the terrible fuel consumption. I haven't tested it yet with a multimeter but when i change it i cover the cables with a plastic tube plus Tesa cloth tape outside. Here is the new plug of the coolant sensor (in Greece the mechanics call that sensosr as: Cold start valve). The BMC filter ruined my MAP sensor and my fuel consumption, if i had remove it on time i would save the MAP plus the Lambda sensor (i paid extra money when the blame was not on these) but now it's done, i can't go back. I have take photos from that day that i changed the plug, from another day with trip in highway plus from another two days in city traffic. Nor me or any other Felicia driver will believe the results, today i made a reset to TC-6 to check another two days the results before i post the photos. An almost 3 years old nightmare it's near the final End!

Gentlemen, as i reach the top of the ladder for my problem's solution let's take a final look of than BMC filter before goes to recycle bin. I have found another one missing part but there are some others which stuck like gum on the bottom of the air filter box and i throw them away. I installed that filter at 41930 Km, removed few years later for cleaning-oiling with the maintenance kit and reinstall it. Remove it at 78078 Km (i saw that the frame started to show signs of cracking and i glued them) to test a Peper filter but place it back after a week 84932 Km the end of story, this what's left of it. So that numbers of 150.000 miles that i am reading are just for show-off and that's the end of story for gauge filters for me. __________________________________________________________________ Meanwhile let's take a look at the coolant as is today morning, everything looks fine, no dark spots of sludge. After checking one by one every sector (finding mistakes and giving the proper solution one thing over and over was in my thought, the Cold Start. I had the instinct that it was the ''guilty", the responsible for not finding the final solution. I checked the coolant sensor, replace it just for test and as i had no positive results i was ready to send the ECU to another programmer to check IF there is something inside which controls the cold start (i don't know, i was just wondering) till my eye caught the plug and the cables which were covered partially with tape. I had the suspicion that something is wrong with those cables, one was very lose and the other three were very rigid and two of them had a cut on their insulation. With some help i found the code and ordered a new one, i went few days back to the electrician to cut those wires and install the new one. I made the first cold start of the day, drove for about 1 km and the fuel consumption was 12,1 or 12,3 ltr which is 23.34 or 22.96 Mpg (i am not remember correctly) ,when arrived i was waiting because there was another customer before me and when he finished the car had cool a bit. That was my last step, i could think anything else, i was run-dry by ideas, i was desperate and many have told me to be compromised with the idea of such high fuel consumption in city traffic but deep inside me i was telling ''NO". Somewhere was a mistake, something was wrong and i haven't find it, there must be a solution and no matter what some mechanics said my fuel consumption wasn't this one! With the head full of thoughts i made reverse, went to the road, start driving for few minutes and with agony i looked the TC-6 for fuel consumption. You can not imagine the expression of my face that time, was like this:

Yes but ☺️ so our friend must go ASAP to a car-electrician to save his engine from overheating and destruction.

Skoda Service manual for models 08.96> says VW TL 774 C

Those patents we call them here as ''gipsyish'' ,they are sloppy and extremely dangerous. To make the radiator switch to work from the panel independent it's not just 2 cables and a switch. Maybe the previous owner didn't want to buy a new radiator switch and just make the precedure manual which means when the needle of the gauge was rising till 92 'C he was just pushed the switch and let the fan work as much as the driver thought was right. In a citty traffic few seconds are enough to make the car overheated and if the driver looks the other way the temperature will rise at 120 'C and the ''Boom'' will come.

Double filtration? After these 2 filters is enough air coming for sport use (high rmp revving) ? I am on the last details of my problem, when i solve everything then it would be time for the Sprint filter.

You are right, i will stay to 57mm height. I am using Mann oil filter and as for air filter i use a Filtron AP 140 that i had as spare. The weird thing was that it didn't fit perfect when i put it and i had to turn it 180' I have installed the new coolant sesnsor plug, i will post photos from the old one.

Here are the suggestions by Mann for my Felicia. https://catalog.mann-filter.com/EU/eng/catalog/MANN-FILTER Katalog Europa/Vehicles/CARS %2B TRANSPORTERS/SKODA/Felicia/1.3 136 B~M, AMH (T00000000330313)/Air Filter/C 28 136~1 C 28 136/1 with height: 57 and for dusty environments https://catalog.mann-filter.com/EU/eng/catalog/MANN-FILTER Katalog Europa/Vehicles/CARS %2B TRANSPORTERS/SKODA/Felicia/1.3 136 B~M, AMH (T00000000330313)/Air Filter/C 28 136~2 C 28 136/2 with height: 65 The second would have more restricted flow?

The code for the Paper filter is 1L0129620 so he have these options here: https://kritosparts.gr/Code/1L0129620 (the weird is that the last two are very expensive and in the description says ''with pro filter", is this for dusty areas? ) https://www.maxxparts.gr/antallaktika/search?s=1L0129620

If the filter does not fit perfect it's a matter of time to have issues like me, remember my BMC? Tomorrow i will find another piece that i have left behind and i will make a video with pictures. I will try also to find my old MAP to see the dirt although i am not sure if i have wiped the excess from outside. That BMC cause me problems.

I bought my Felicia with G11 and after 22 years i never had any issues with this (mixing antifreeze or adding MoCool etc was my fault) Our motor came from Favorit (G11) and i have seen ''suggestions" even for G13 from some e-stores. 😲

These are 3 screenshots from this video, very informative and i will have these in mind when it's time for the next filter change.

This is an excellent video for Paper filters only.

In the past at the end of the hose i had dirt with some drops of oil, i have seen it with the previous small filter that i had in the end and for few months i had just as an experiment a piece of sponge which became dirty after few months. No everything is clean! Even inside the blue filter there is nothing and this make me very happy. As we spoke before for filters i searched for the Pipercross which are Foam. They need a Kit https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/616J2yvb5LL._AC_SX679_.jpg (clean and spray) as the gauze ones so i don't think i will buy one because it's the same process. For educational reasons, i have found another very old video (promotion) with another type of Foam filter. At 4:41 admits that gauze filters flow more than Paper of Foam.

Strange, i have the same manual (in Greek) when i bought my Felicia at 2000, says VW TL 774 C and the same says the Haynes Manual.

Your Felicia manual does not says VW TL 774 C?

The weird thing is that i removed that small filter to clean it. I knew from previous situations that it must be dirty but look what i saw: It's clean like i install it a week before, even at bottom (where the beige colour was from the factory) there isn't any sign of dirt. So what's happening? The yellow hose is from hard plastic and i haven't touch it except 2 times (all these years) which i clean the internal with spay. I return the emissions back to the throttle as the factory has it (bigger hose) since i see no oil-dirt on the filter, i think will help me somehow to solve my problem.