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you have air conditioning, right? Does it look like this?

You didn't say anything abouth 12 months in your first reply. So what is yout point?

Looks like you're right, I was confused by this plate, which is not present in my picture, i thought it's another variant of holder from the 1st picture. Looking again at that groove under hex screw, it looks like tensioning mechanism. Still, that belt route looks weird..

I know about two variants of AC+PAS brackets, neither of them looks like yours...

The car is not L&K. It just has L&K interior. No Felicia had power steering and AC from factory, but many have PS from factory and retrofited AC - which is this case. Problem is, that these instalations are different in each car.. Btw, how many Fabias had engimes with power steering pump?

What do you mean? And why do you mention L&K?

15 000km = 9 300 miles. That's around ('~'symbol) 10k miles. Was it necessary to bump 2yr old thread for this?

It's Felicia, Fabia block doesn't have pushrod cover under the cylinder head.

@Bete Noir It's not needed, but I listed it for complete conversion.

But alarm unit is in engine bay and it's only component in cetral locking circuit connected to ignition, which is why I suggested it first. Recently, I had to repair remote, because solder joints fell apart - your unit might have similar issue. Or seals might have failed and let moisture in.

Fabia? No, but Felicia facelift front can be fitted. You'll need bonnet, lock mechanism for bonnet (depending on model year, you may not have larger hole for facelift mechanism in the front panel), headlamps, little panels that go between headlamps and bumper cover, bumper cover and bumper reinforcement (I hope I haven't forgot something)

Is it factory with anti-theft alarm? Have you tried to turn off the alarm unit?

@Raychev05This is the only setup that is documented in Etka and Workshop manual. All Felicias 1.3 with power steering and AC from dealer have retrofit setup, because factory acessory holder doesn't have mounts for both AC compressor and PS pump.

No, chassis and engine are taken from Felicia (ofcourse, including VW engines). Pickup is continuation of Favorit-based Pickup from 1991. Up to B-pillars, it's identical to Felicia, rear end has some modifications, most notably reinforced rear axle with separated spring mounts (coil springs), but many mechanical parts are still carried over from Felicia. Caddy MK2 pickup is just rebadged Felicia Pickup. VanPlus is just modified estate - it even has mounts for rear seats, although there was no official 5-seat variant. Again, Favorit/Forman variant was available before. Caddy MK2 Van is totally different vehicle, it's rebadged Seat Inca, based on Ibiza MK2, with solid beam axle with leaf springs. There was 5-seater "combi" variant, too.

@D.FYLAKTOS thanks for the info

What part of it was based on VW caddy? Caddy Pickup was just rebadged Felicia Pickup But it's true, it was official end of "Fun" cars tradition, that started with Felicia roadster in 1950s...

I think that volume of fuel pump is main reason for lower tank volume. So you'd probably need some external fuel pump to increase volume noticeably. But why? I was able to get 700km from a single tank in my 1.3MPI.

Yes, officially it had just 40 and 50kW, but back then, claimed outputs were often lower than reality. Common urban legend says, that good MPI engines reached around 55kW (and bad ones barely reached 50kW), but I cannot find any evidence. I remember seeing graph of Octavia AEE with about 60kW on rototest-research page. Unfortunately, that page is not available anymore... When you mentioned it, I have one 1.4 55kW Cordoba in family, maybe we could arrange some test

Do you have figures before mods? Some people (including well-known persona from chip-tuning scene) claim, that Felicia has up to 58kW (77hp) stock.. I don't believe that But I cannot find any graphs from stock Felicia.

I'm not arguing with that My example just confirms what you said and gives idea of lifespan of such conversion

I found Czech forum with 1.9 modified to TD. OP mentions that gearbox lasted fir 70k km, before he sold the car. But performance clutch lining was needed. https://dieselpower.cz/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10974

Yes, block should be similar, if you switch acessory holder, oil sump and other bits from AEF, it could fit. But I'm not sure about exhaust/intake manifolds. I didn't find any official info, how much torque will original gearbox handle. I can only guess, that "10S" means 100Nm and 14S/SK means 140Nm. But it's definitely more solid, than 085 box in Lupo, which was paired with 140Nm 1.2 TDI. I've seen some 1.8T and 1.3 turbo conversions with 200+ Nm. Atleast in short term, gearbox can handle that without catastrophic failure. Question is, how long it will last with increased torque.

If I found right info, AAZ is older IDI type, with 150Nm and 55kW, felly gearbox could handle that (VW has put same torque on polo's 085 gearbox, which couldn't handle even 1.4 engine). Problem is, that this engine was originally slanted backwards, while felly mounts are for forward slanted engine from Polo 6N, so it's not that straightfirward. Not sure if it's worth it for extra 8kW.

I think that manual states 15k km or one year. I changed after 15k (twice a year), without any issues with the engine and almost no oil consumption. But if you drive short distance with cold engine, you should stick with shorter interval.

yes, they have differen TDC triggers. MPI is on the top.