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The garge im potentially purchasing has suggested a 300 pound discount t but I'd be financing the car so would have to fork out for th servicing items straight off the bat

It hsnt been done at all m8 thanks for the help by the way, so by the lolooks of things the car has literally only had two oil services with filters a pollen filter and one brake fluid change!! Not good imo

Thanks for the reply, those were the items that were listed by the main dealer it was serviced at , yeah the garge rang me back just now and ive suggested the work be done b4 I buy the car thanks for the help yous, as previously stated ive currently got a mk2fl and have used briskoda alot for its ownership and here I am again excited to buy a mk4!! BTW any info on the reliability of the clutch on the mk4 manual?

Thanks for this, ibe spoke to skoda dealer this morning we're it came from and they have confirmed there are no outstanding recals but also that its over due diff service spark plugs and brake fluid change which is a bit of a red flag to me. Do you know if the clutches are still weak on the manual versions as this is a manual, yeah im aware of the software issues ect hopefully the recal would habe had them sorted, thanks for the help

Hi davegr, thanks for the reply, cars lovley ad seens mint, no marks on wheels and body work that o coukd see, just wanted to check prices, has full main dealer history from a main dealer that is literally 5 miles from me so I'm thinking of ringing up and seeing if they would release any history of the car, and its spec! Its a Manuel one which I believe is quite rare! Are the infotainments as bad as im reading? Thanks for any help again

Hi there i currently have a mk 2 fl vrs and have just been to look at a mk4 pre fl with 40000 miles on for 21k, could any owners tell me if thats good value and also how I can tell what spec it has? Thanks for any help in advance

Thanks alot for the replys, I'll try some sealent 1st b4 I go and buy new👍🏻👍🏻

Hi everyone, hvnt been on here for a while as my Skoda has been trouble free up untill now! Any help with this is much appreciated, I've a fl Octavia mk2 vrs hatch and I've noticed in the spare wheel well there was a puddle of dirty road water, after a bit of testing with a watering can and also using the rear wash system I've narrowed it down to the rubber grommets that sit in the spare wheel well, please see picture, what im wanting to know is are these grommets replaceable or is it possible to just run some sealent round the grommets to stop the water coming in, interested to know if any other users have had this problem and how they rectified it!! Thanks again for any help I may receive

Cheers,👍🏻

Hi everyone, could someone tell me the exact specs if the 17 inch mk 1 Octavia spiders please? Et, width ect, much appreciated cheers

Hi everyone been a while since I've been on here due to purchasing a seat, still got the Octavia though and bought the charista dongle and started doing some customisations, I just wanted to know has anybody else played with these settings using the Christa dongle via obd2? Thanks in advance for any help

Hi, any help with this much appreciated, I own a dsg equipped mk FL Octavia vrs, I'm wanting some paddle extensions like the title suggests, with so many to choose from I'm wondering if some of the forum members could share with me which ones are the best to get? Obv I don't want no cheap tat as these will be a present from my wife so don't want to waste my money on cheap nasty ones, I would like carbon effect ones if possible as my car came with the carbon effect inlays on the doors and dash, I would be appreciative of some links to the products fellow forum members are currently using on there dsg equipped cars, thanks again for any help with this

Hi thanks alot for this, will pick one up from eBay, thanks again

Hi there, sorry to hijack the thread, I'm having this exact same problem, how much did the tailgate lock cost and is it dealer part only? Thanks

Hi m8, hope this helps, https://www.myturbodiesel.com/d2/1000q/a6/intake-manifold-removal.htm I believe the inlets are all pretty similar

Thanks alot m8, yeah I've seen that video b4, the engine is different to mine with the oil filler being at the opposite side although the intake looks very similar👍🏻 thanks for the advice, going to attempt it on Sunday if weathers ok, when the car is idling I'm sure I can here air escaping, but with the leak appearing to be on the timing cover side of the inlet I wsnt sure if it was the belt wizzing round causing the sound, it defo sounds like it's escaping though, one had erg mapped out so should be no issue if it does fail👍🏻 when I run my fingers around the left hand side if the intake there's oily residue from were the black plastic manifold bolts down to the ports so suspect it's the gasket leaking or the garage who done swirl delete hasn't fitted new gasket, am I right in sayin a new gasket should be fitted if inlet has been off? Thanks again for help

Ah thats great m8 thanks, it does list my engine, I dont suppose you could help me out with my other thread I've just posted could you? Bloody inlet is leaking after having swirls removed, thanks again

Hi there, like the title suggests I am looking at taking my inlet manifold off my cega engined 170 TDI, the reason being is I recently had a swirl valve delete kit fitted from a so called garage recently and when I have got the car back its emiting an oily smokey vapour coming from the left hand side of the intake manifold njust behind the hp fuel pump, my suspitions are that they either hvnt used a new inlet gasket or they hvnt fitted it properly!! In pretty sure I can here air escaping too! Could anybody who has removed and refited the intake on a cega engined 170 tdi offer any advice? In know the fuel rail makes it tricky to get to the inlet bolts, does the fuel rail need to come off? I've read somwere that the car engine needs to be cycled to releave pressure in the fuel system? Any help or links to guides on this is much appreciated, whilst I'm on I'm going to clean egr and Inlet out, what is the best product for this? Once again thanks for any help with this

Hi again everyone, just wanted to add a little to this thread, egr has been mapped out, car drives much better low down, and just altogether better tbh as it had stage one map put on, I took jrs advice and looked at the diagram listed with the emulator on eBay, the picture of the engine is different to mine, I believe my engine is a gen one and had the Oil filler on the left-hand side if your looking at engine from the front!! So its looking like I will blank the egr from were the pipe comes off the egr valve, annoyingly my egr blank plate has not turned up and they have sent me a refund, could any of you fine people send me a link for the correct blank plate for my car?? Struggling to find one tbh!! Thanks again for.your help yous👍🏻👍🏻

Ah cheers, that would help👍🏻

When I've looked and tried to trace the pipe it just disappears to were I crnt see where it goes!!, Looks as if I may need to take some bitz off to see were it leads!!?

Thanks very much for this, clears it up for me, for sure I will use the blank plate I have, I tried to trace the pipe that connects to the egr and runs towards the the engine it's self as someone mentioned to block it off were it meets the engine but it seems mine disappears to were I crnt see were it goes, so would it be best to blank it were the pipe meets the egr? Thanks agin for the replys, this forum is full of helpful people 😃

I know this, it's not getting removed

Hiya, just a bit of background to this, I had a swirl valve position sensor fault that was bringing the EML on intermittently so decided to have a a tuner fit a swirl valve delete kit and stage one remap, egr and dpf left in place, when I got the car home from the tuner the EML came on and stayed on! Took car back were they diagnosed that the egr valve was now thowing up faults! So this is were it brings me to asking the questions about were to fit the blank plate, I've lost trust in the tuner who originally done the work so have some else who is going to map out the egr and dpf! I've been told off the new tuner I won't need a blank plate!! Which brings me to another couple of questions, will the egr be mapped shut? Or should it be mapped open and also after the egr is mapped out would I be able to then slot my blank plate in without any EML coming back on? I'm wanting it in as I know the crap will still be circulated back into my intake, or is that not the case with the egr being mapped out? Thanks very much for your replies and time, cheers

I know, it's getting mapped out, I was wanting to know we're to fit the blanking plate, thanks