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Mine just seems to be hard to get into gear sometimes. Its had a new clutch recently so all new parts internally. I have heard about the linkages drying out of grease because its above the exhaust or something? Anyone heard of this ? A chap at a main dealer told me that gear box is normally filled for life from factory and is rarely changed. Dont know if theres some truth in that ?

Ok cool. I'll pop to Murrays later then. Thanks

Magic !!! Found and ordered. Thanks

Whats the correct gearbox oil to use please for my 1.6 petrol 2003 mk1 Octavia and how much of it do I need? Thanks

All sorted. Turns out it was a dodgy thermostat failed open. Wide open actually. Thanks for all the help guys. On to the next problem now gear change notchy....

Hello all Probably a done question on here but where could I aquire a full workshop manual for my mk1 1.6 Blueline petrol Octavia please. It's the in depth one that talks about vag tests etc and modules Thanks guys

Sorry I made an error in the above post but im unable to edit it for some reason so ill post here: Whie i was driving and the instrument gauge was dropping, the live data also dropped on the coolant temps so i know the sensor was working and tallying up with the indicated gauge. Assuming the ECU is seeing all this thats why it goes into limp mode because the engine is getting too cold thus causing the map to changing the fueling. I have also flushed out the heater matrix and now i have heat coming through the vents which is nice. the was gunk within the matrix. I do have a LOG report from VCDS on my laptop if you want a full report on what it picked up

Hello sorry for late reply. Here are some updates for you as I've found them. I plugged in VCDS and got several fault codes: Coolant Temp. Sensor(G62) The others were a load of central locking faults because I had been previously looking at the doors silly me. I've bought a whole new thermostat sensor plastic housing to go on when I have time, which includes a thermostat. This brings me on to my next question. I did an instrumentation output test and made sure all the dials were working and that's all fine. This included the coolant gauge also. I cleared the codes and started the engine and allowed it to get to temperature which was around 90 indicated. The fans cut in when they were needed. Great everything appears to work but we know the fault is still there somewhere so I went for a drive.... Straight away after about 5 mins driving the temp gauge starts to drop and it continued to drop all the way to 50 which is the lowest reading on the gauge physically. I pulled over before it went into limp mode again and waiting for engine temperature to increase once more then I drove it back home. I did a live reading whilst driving too of the rad outlet temp and engine outlet temp. Nothing went above 95 degrees. I also had the duty cycle of the thermostat. This stayed at 0%. I assume the thermostat operates at a higher temp somewhere and fluctuates between 0 and 100% as specified by VCDS. I've concluded the stat must be partially open as it's pumping through the rad all the time. Theach thermostat housing to fit has all the bits in one lump so I'm hoping this will cure it Thoughts?

Hi all. Im new to this forum and it looks great for the knowledge factor so ill jump straight in with a problem. i am pulling ones hair out so any help or guidence would be greatly appreciated. Car is a MK1 Octavia Blueline 1.6 petrol 2003. Firstly im not sure how to read codes as of yet as my code reader wont work on the port as perhaps the protocol is wrong i dont know. I have whats becoming a major cooling system issue. Maybe its common to these engines i dont know. Wish i had bought i diesel. Symptom 1. The temperature gauge on the dash works at random times, sometimes when the revs are higher it will register but at lower revs it wont read at all even after a long run. Symptom 2. The heater is not producing the correct amount of heat into the car and only luke warm heat comes out at randoms times. Symptom 3. The engine takes a while to rev when stationary and splutters a bit then revs all of a sudden. Driving condtions puts the engine into limp mode sometimes! Symptom 4. The cooling fans stay on all the time shortly after starting the car and if left to their own devices flattens the battery when engine is off as they wont stop running. Things that i have done and my mechainc has done so far: New electronic thermostat (including plastic pipe manifold assembly as well). New water temp sensor. New water pump. Coolant flush. Limp mode resets etc. As i understand it the cooling system on these 1.6 enignes are electronically controlled via two sensors which tells the ECU to open or close the thermostat. My mechanic has told me that one was reading 98 degress and the othert was reading 35 degrees so he changed the sensors but the problem(s) are still here haunting me. Can anyone help me ? Thanks guys. Andy.

Hi all just thought id introduce my self. This forum looks like the place to be for knowledge so ive signed up! Currently own a Mk1 Octavia 1.6 petrol Blueline. Nice car really enjoying but it has problems where by ill post in the correct area shortly. Anyway glad im here and look forward to getting to know you all Andy