Michaelp60

Thanks mac11irl, I will have a look at that tomorrow and can hopefully get it sorted. Michael

.Thank you so much for your help/advice nige8021, and thank you very much to everyone else who has posted with reply's of help and advice. Regards and thanks to you all Michael

Many thanks for your replies, I will double check that in the morning, if there is air in the tranparent pipe and it needs bleeding will I be able to tell which cylinder is #3/ Thanks again Michael

So does the engine still need to be bled? Michael

Is there likely to be a hole somewhere close to the CD changer where the water is getting in? Michael

Cant say I have noticed any sounds. Michael

Just checked V5 form, engine number starts with ALH Michael

Thanks for replying, sorry but I cannot understand your reply. Michael

I have tried a lens cleaner already infact that was the first thing I tried, i havent checked for water/dampness where you have said but I will check tomorrow. Thank you both for your quick replies. Michael

Thanks for your reply I had a look at the clear pipe just before and i think there might be air in the system, unfortunately I cant open the file you attached for me, after the engine cover is removed which cylinder is #3 and what is a non PD engine? Sorry for the questions but as you will have guessed I know nothing at all about cars, I only just managed to change the fuel filter earlier. thank you Michael

Hello all, Am i correct in thinking that the Cd changer in the boot of my MK1 Octavia is factory fitted? I ask because it has started displaying the word 'Surface' on the display in the car and it wont play any CDs whichever slot I put them in, I even tried them back to front but still the same, It was working fine the other day. Has anyone else had this problem? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Michael

That sounds fairly easy even for me, I am assuming that the supply pipe fixing will be very tight, is it easy to get at? As a matter of interest, why #3 cylinder? Michael

Yes the car did fully run out of fuel, this happened a few weeks ago. I got some fuel and after some cranking over the engine started and ran fine for about three weeks or so then the problem that i posted about started. I changed the fuel filter today and again after some cranking the engine started and again is running fine, during the course of today the engine has been stopped and started a few times and has never missed a beat, I don't know how to bleed a diesel engine but would be wary in case I did anything wrong if I found out how to do it. I am a firm believer in leaving well alone. Michael

Hi, thank you very much for your reply, I will get a new filter today. Please forgive my ignorance but where would I find out if the fuel does need bleeding? Michael

Hi all, My Octavia recently ran out of diesel recently, after I put fuel in it started after a bit of cranking, now the problem, it has started running poor especially when cold, the engine wont pull and there is a lot of smoke and a sort of a fast rattling type of noise, after a few seconds the engine seems fine and no smoke or noise, switch the engine off for literally a few seconds and it all starts again then clears. Have I damaged something by running out of fuel or was I supposed to do something before I attempted to re start the engine after running out of fuel. The fuel filter hasn't been changed for about 3-4 years! I didn't know it had to be changed periodically, could this be the problem? Any advice would be much appreciated Thanks in advance Michael