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Hey guys All sorted now. Had that issue mentioned in other topics where there's some sort of noise (knocking/rattling) that goes away when the clutch is pressed in. But other than that the skoda engineers didn't notice anything abnormal. Maybe I just never noticed how much the engine moves around when idling. But I'm selling the car off in a week or so anyways. Guess it's their problem if there is one. But the Skoda folks assured me that it was fine; so if anything goes wrong they're accountable.

Haha Dayum guys chill we're all friend here. Although yes the engine sound is remarkably similar. I think there is something new in the background, it certainly was never that loud and the engine didn't move around as much as it does in the video. But I think both of you are right. It's hard to judge the tone based on phone recordings, but also it doesn't sound majorly off. It could be nothing. Or it could be an early warning sign. I'm just gonna get a skoda dealer to say it's nothing, I'm selling the car in about a month or so. Just want someone to point my finger at if the engine decides to blow up :P

Dayum. Yea service booked. I'll make sure they look specifically for that

Yea the noise goes when the clutch gets pressed in. But

I thought the timing chain was good for over 100k? My car has only done 30k

Doesn't seem to drive any different which is why it took so long for me to notice it,

Can anyone tell me if this is normal? I'm about 99% sure it's not because it sure as hell wasn't doing this when I got the car.

fair point

Good point. Doubt I'll be even going over 50k miles. And damn. I wonder why they would take an engine out of what looks like a perfectly good citigo. And they won't show the reg plate either. Maybe it's stolen..

Okay Started doing 70 instead of 80 on motorways. Damn it makes such a big difference to mpg and hardly anything to my journey time. So here's another question. What fuel? I did 2 runs on vpower,and now I'm back to standard unleaded. I want to say the car is a bit louder, I seem to notice the engine noise under load if the radio isn't on. Anyone else experienced something similar? Or have I been a fool and fallen for the market hype?

Oh btw much difference between alloys and steels? I feel my citigo on steels is pretty nimble and agile. Maybe it'll be even more so with lighter wheels? And I might give the not going into 5th so quickly thing a go. I have noticed that engine struggle noise when in 5th below 40

pretty sure my tyre pressure is fine given it's 32psi. when getting off the line i tend to keep just under 2k rpm. Gonna get fuelio and do a long term test. anyone worked out an "optimum" motorway speed?

Hi all I'm driving a greentech 59ps SE citigo and I've noticed that I've been getting very very poor mpg. I tend to be soft with my accelerator around town though I do go at around an indicated 80 on the motorway (which according to my phone's gps is actually barely over 70mph). I've been rather confused as even with the best of attempts (no fast motorway driving, sticking to all speed limits) I've not been able to get over 54mpg (this is actual mpg based on running the tank from full to when the fuel indicator comes up and looking at how much petrol I put in rather than PID readout) People seem to recommend shell v-power on various forums and against my better judgement I gave it a go. And so far, it's not yielded any better economy though I do admit the car seems to run smoother. So I was wondering, do you think it's the steel rims causing such poor mpg? People with the greentech model on HonestJohn seem to be posting 65mpg. Surely steel rims won't reduce MPG that much? Or is it just that I need to do more fill ups with v-power to get all the old fuel residue out? Only been a couple of tanks with v power. Thanks y'all

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Hey guys. Was just wondering if anyone has any recommendations for a nice cheap citigo roof rack. I was looking at this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/151617178658?adgroupid=13585920426&hlpht=true&hlpv=2&rlsatarget=kwd-75951450666&adtype=pla&ff3=1&lpid=122&poi=&ul_noapp=true&limghlpsr=true&ff19=0&device=c&chn=ps&campaignid=207297426&crdt=0&ff12=67&ff11=ICEP3.0.0-L&ff14=122&viphx=1&ops=true&ff13=80 and then adding a bike carrier to it. Was thinking about using it for bikes mostly and maybe for a roadtrip keep the tent on the roof. Thanks Guys