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That knob is fully mechanical. It moves flaps directly through Bowden cables.

Yes, the two blocks are heater blower and the resistor block. So it's not the blower motor. As of what it is - I have no idea. All devices in the interior should be disconnected with fuses removed. And I don't think that bad contact would be this audible without causing a fire. Could it be some incorrectly wired device added by a previous owner and hidden behind the dashboard?

The overall power is same or lower as 1.8T conversions, so it's not any worse than that 😃

110kW ARL - that's one of PD engines I mentioned. Similar engine was used in Fabia RS. The engine is an early TDI with rotary injection pump, used in MK3/MK4 golf. Those had 210-235Nm. They swapped the gearbox, too, the weakest points are now driveshafts and car's body itself.

The weakest stock 1.8T has 210Nm of torque, which is same as stock TDI. I don't see a point of this conversion, heavier, weaker, same effort to get it in. If they used a more modern PD unit, it'd be a different story

Fuel gauge is calibrated in a different menu. As you said, it uses factory float, so it's not very precise.

That's a valve to shut off the engine (as 1.9D has mechanical injection pump and no pump in the tank). Not an inertial switch.

I checked the wiring, there's no interconnection between airbag control unit and fuel pump relay. There's only a data line between the airbag unit and ECU - so if there's any blocking going on, it's done by the ECU itself. But I haven't found any info confirming that. Searching Czech forums, I found one case where a crashed airbag-equipped Felicia didn't start - and it was due to wiring damage around the fuel pump.

Which part of the car is damaged? Have you checked voltage on the fuel pump? I found that airbag unit is able to turn off the engine on newer Skoda models (not sure about Felicia), but nothing about blocking of the next start

That's true. But unless there's a Ford cutoff switch that fits Felicia, it is not relevant information. That was point I wanted to make. @J.R. Didn't want provide any proof that Felicia has such switch, so we can rule out their information as incorrect.

Ok, I'll reiterate what I've said: Don't discuss Fords in Skoda Felicia forum unless there's a verifiable connection between the two. That is not this case. 1) I never said you didn't 2) if you mean brakes, those were based on Girling licence of a similar model to Ford. But they weren't made by Ford. That's like saying a 10mm bolt was made by Ford for Skoda, because there are same bolts on a Ford.

@D.FYLAKTOS what has any of that to do with the fact that Felicia doesn't have a fuel cutoff switch, and @J.R. made up stuff based on their experiences with 80's fords and presented them as facts? But out of curiosity, I'd like to know which parts in Felicia were supplied by Ford?

Good. Yours were definitely not the helpful ones. Next time, don't discuss Fords or US legislation in Skoda forums.

3 of them is Fords and 1 is based on GM platform. Quite different cars from Felicia. All of them also had carburetted variants. What kind of pump did they use? My example was a VW, made in a similar era as Felicia and had similar Siemens injection system. And there was no switch that would prevent starting, unless it reacts to a larger force, than is needed to disassemble the pump itself. It'd have helped if you said which European regulation required the cutoff switch.

ECU controls the pump relay. The pump only runs when the engine is running, apart from priming before start. Thinking about that: Wasn't this requirement only for carburetted engines, that would run the pump any time the ignition was on?

What legislation are you reffering to?The Seat I've been talking about was a 1999 model as well. I found info about Fabia, it can disconnect the pump, but it works after power reset.

I have experience with a Seat Toledo that didn't start after a crash. The fuel pump body in the tank has split, disconnecting wires to the pump. I just had to assemble the pump to start it. Guess a similar thing could happen in Felicia? I'm not aware of any intertia sensors in Felicia without airbag.

Cats often use the engine bay as a shelter, drawn by warmth of the engine. A neighbour found a cat in the engine bay after driving from Prague - some 80km.

The 1.2 3-cylinder provides more dynamics. Regarding handling, on a wet road, it could easily oversteer. Once I drove it in winter and it would switch between understeer and oversteer in the same corner. It was pretty handful. I've driven several fabias since than and they are all "nervous" handling and suspension comfort wise. Even compared to other PQ24 cars

Yes, 4-1 with very short run (basically just modified Felicia manifold) and outer cylinder runs facing each other. Also, the 44kW version was restricted by narrower intake manifold - with sharp diameter change going into head. I've driven that version, it was atrocious.

They didn't. HG was still failing and hydraulic tappets added another point of failure. The exhaust manifold probably couldn't be worse. And the chain tensioner was still missing. Overall, it was weaker with higher fuel consumption. And handling of the car was terrible.

Neutral, on dry asphalt, it was quite neutral. Don't even mention that. They worked really hard to make the worst car possible with the stuff they had.

Interestingly, my Felicia Estate would probably oversteer in these conditions. It happened numerous times when I was coasting diwnhill. I never got into understeer unless I pushed the gas mid-corner. Guess that's what heavier rear and stiffer rear springs do.

Another thing he forgot to mention is, that he compares his 136MPI to 135 carb...

Yeah, it was a bit unclear - the car can be legally scrapped even before it gets physically to the scrapyard and at that point, it cannot go to a public road. It is indeed closest to the scrapyard wars they can go in the legal environment of CZ/EU and on public roads. If they could actually pull a car from the junkyard and re-register it, they'd do it for sure 😃 I don't like pointless abuse either, but this type atleast provides some sense of adventure to the involved and gives some purpose to a worthless piece of junk, which is status of 20yr old Skodas here. It's not just pointless destroying of stuff.