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I'll give it a whirl. The good gents at Unit 18 were pretty categorical that it's fuel pump noise but as you probably know, it's basically a cam belt job to replace the fuel pump ... a recon unit is about £350, another £350 in labour, plus the other odd parts needed along with way, there's not going to be a lot of change from £1k total and the car has got just shy of 225k on the clock now, so I want to be 100% sure before I spend the money - it'll be the last big spend on this one I think. If I can get it through another year (30k miles), great, but ...

Cheers, I'll take a look at that!

Yes, sorry mistype of engine type. One thing that we've tried is the fuel pressure regulator valve, new one fitted which made the problem quieter for a short while (still there though). 1500mi or so later, it's back, same volume as before. Next suggestion is to replace the fuel pump with a recon unit (probably not worth the £1k plus fitting for a new unit) but, will this fix the issue? Open to suggestions from anyone that's seen this before. Currently, it's the only thing that's wrong with the car apart from an occasional sticky gearshift ... Finding another example of this car that hasn't (like mine) been to the moon and back is a current project because I like the car - a lot - and the engines appear mostly bomb-proof but until the the right car appears, I'd like to keep this one on the road and not sounding like a cement mixer in traffic :-D

I'll check that - TY!

Hello, fellow Briskodians ... Before I run off to the invariably brilliant but always busy Unit 18 in Milton Keynes, I have an irritating sound that's appeared and I can't decide if it's serious or just that - irritating and no more. It's a bit odd in that it doesn't line up exactly with anything I've seen or read about before. The best way I can describe the noise itself is like a belt tapping the inside of a housing, or maybe a set of slightly loose bolts that secure a part & let it rattle against something else ... it's not a harsh rattle and I don't think, tappet / valve lifter noise. More like meshing noise on a chain ... It's in the engine compartment, I think on the left but I may be wrong. So, I'll do my best to describe how it occurs: The car normally idles when warm at about 800rpm, normal idling noise, in gear clutch in, or in neutral, clutch in or out. Idle is smooth, no "lumpiness". Increase revs to maybe 950-1000, the noise starts. Go beyond about 1100rpm, the noise cuts off quite abruptly. The noise is there with the car moving at very low revs (creeping in traffic) and only cuts off once that 1100rpm-ish threshold is reached. If I put the clutch down and let the revs drop, they only drop, as long as the car is rolling, to about 1000 or so & the noise occurs as the revs drop through about 1100, then persists until I bring the car to a very close to, or actual, stop. Only when I am at a full stop (or v close to) do the revs fall to "normal" idle of 800 and the noise disappears. Originally I though it could be the DMF - but it's a relatively new clutch (45k miles or so) and it doesn't appear to matter whether the clutch is in or out - which also (I think), removes a worn thrust bearing as a possibility. I wondered if it was the swirl flap actuator but IIRC, the swirl flap actuation was mapped out some time ago, before the new clutch went in & this issue has only been happening for (maybe) 3000mi (I do a lot of miles). Current car mileage is 217k, mostly (since I bought it at 90k) motorway / autoroute / autobahn. Open to ideas before I hand the keys of my piggy bank to Ali, Adam & the boys at U18 ... Thanks all!

Damn, just seen this is in the wrong forum and I can't see how move it or even if I can - will re-post on Mk 2 Forum.

Hello, fellow Briskodians ... Before I run off to the invariably brilliant but always busy Unit 18 in Milton Keynes, I have an irritating sound that's appeared and I can't decide if it's serious or just that - irritating and no more. It's a bit odd in that it doesn't line up exactly with anything I've seen or read about before. The best way I can describe the noise itself is like a belt tapping the inside of a housing, or maybe a set of slightly loose bolts that secure a part & let it rattle against something else ... it's not a harsh rattle and I don't think, tappet / valve lifter noise. More like meshing noise on a chain ... So, I'll do my best to describe how it occurs: The car normally idles when warm at about 800rpm, normal idling noise, in gear clutch in, or in neutral, clutch in or out. Idle is smooth, no "lumpiness". Increase revs to maybe 950-1000, the noise starts. Go beyond about 1100rpm, the noise cuts off quite abruptly. The noise is there with the car moving at very low revs (creeping in traffic) and only cuts off once that 1100rpm-ish threshold is reached. If I put the clutch down and let the revs drop, they only drop, as long as the car is rolling, to about 1000 or so & the noise occurs as the revs drop through about 1100, then persists until I bring the car to a very close to, or actual, stop. Only when I am at a full stop (or v close to) do the revs fall to "normal" idle of 800 and the noise disappears. Originally I though it could be the DMF - but it's a relatively new clutch (45k miles or so) and it doesn't appear to matter whether the clutch is in or out - which also (I think), removes a worn thrust bearing as a possibility. I wondered if it was the swirl flap actuator but IIRC, the swirl flap actuation was mapped out some time ago, before the new clutch went in & this issue has only been happening for (maybe) 3000mi (I do a lot of miles). Current car mileage is 217k, mostly (since I bought it at 90k) motorway / autoroute / autobahn. Open to ideas before I hand the keys of my piggy bank to Ali, Adam & the boys at U18 ... Thanks all!

Hi Thanks for the note! I've since had a deeper look & actually, I think I agree, now - I think it is repairable. Initially I had my doubts because of the length of the crack along the underside. Having had the car up on a ramp so I can see properly, I think I can stitch the plastic work together & if I can figure out what plastic it is (I assume it's a thermoform of some sort), I can probably do some plastic welding on the inside ... I've had the bumper off once before to blow in a big scrape. It is a moderately major faff because it's a headlamp-modules-out-job and got all headlamp wash-wipe gubbins and fog lamp mounts attached - but it's not too scary. I'm still tossing up whether it's worth just replacing it (in which case, I'll use up one of my three "NCB lives" and do it on the insurance, as the excess would more than balance out my time for doing the repair), or whether to do the repair as an exercise. I'm a service engineer dealing in high precision mechanical engineering product (though not on cars) so the practicality isn't too daunting, though I do hate not having *all the tools to hand* 😄 I'm also very concious that "cars ain't my thing" even if I do always preach that mechanical skills are transferrable! I have to shout out (again) to the boys at Unit 18 in Newport Pagnell - they got my demolition of the wash-wipe system mostly sorted (one little glitch that I don't think was their fault anyway) and zip tied the debris neatly enough - while I waited - that I could blast down to Italy yesterday ... thanks Adam, Ali et.al. that is many beers I owe you!

Hi there I hit a fox on the motorway last night, 70 ish mph, front bumper on by 09 Octavia VRS fairly thoroughly trashed & (possibly weirdly), the wash-wipe pipework, I assume to the offside headlamp, ruptured. I think this is the OE part # for the bumper itself: OE 1Z0807221 — SKODA / VAG There's a couple of trim pieces gone walkabout as well, they're spread down lane 1 now ... but they look relatively inexpensive from what I can see online. Bumper prices, though, seem to vary wildly according to manufacturer if not OE ... I'm just trying to get an idea of parts and labour cost to rectify the mess that poor old Foxy left ... I'm assuming that this bumper is not going to be repairable! Thanks for any input ...

Seems pretty common, especially rears. Just broken one on my 59 plate Okty VRS - had one go on the 51 plate Elegance I had before that, and 2 go on the other 51 plate Elegance I had before that. I do carry some load in the car - my tools get hauled about a lot in the boot but even though they're collectively maybe 70 kgs, that's considerably less load on the rear axle than 3 passengers plus luggage - so it's a bit annoying. As ever, the guys at Unit 18 in Milton Keynes will no doubt sort it for me in their usual, efficient and friendly way - can't recommend Ali, Adam et al highly enough!