Chrisrpal

I am a ex VW mechanic. I can confirm it will be your carrier pins at fault, They have to be serviced regularly. Also the rubber boots have to be checked for pin holes. Water gets into these and rusts them solid which causes brake failure. Same for the axle pressure valve on the older cars like mk2 golf. It will be recommended to remove all carrier pins, front and back. Clean them and grease them up before putting back.

Hi Guys, I have faulty rear parking sensors on my Lemon Yellow RS mk1 that went wrong last week. The speaker comes on in reverse but gives just one long beep and that's it, regardless if I am close to an object or not and then switches off. The sensors on this are dealer fit DIY as in bumper strip and wire crimped into reverse light wire. The same skoda has a Dealer fit DIY sunroof with white headlining. I herd that's RARE, sunroof in white headlining. The sunroof controls are 5 buttons not a turn dial if anyone wanted to know or interested and the glass is same make as OEM Skoda Splintex. I have two Lemon Yellow Skoda Octavia RS with rear parking sensors and sunroof, one OEM and one DIY dealer fitted. The OEM one is a donor car that has a blown turbo and gearbox. The other RS is a fully modded stage 2 and way too much work to swap over all the bits. lol.. Anyway, first question, anyone had similar faults with dealer DIY sensors going wrong? I have tried cleaning them. I know I can pick up new cheap kits off ebay but would rather try and fix what I got first. Secondly if I cannot fix how easy is it to put OEM sensor/kit into my stage 2 RS? I have all parts from the donor car. Its pretty much stripped now as needed the electronic heater flap motors and other interior parts. I have read the speaker is in B pillar and that the sensor module is connected to vag-com, also reverse sensor connnected to gearbox. Am I correct? I am on a few VAG forums and skoda facebook groups but no one on the facebook groups can help me. Thanks for reading

OK. I am new here, so please be kind I have been in the vw scene for over 20 years. I am on many VAG groups/ facebook groups and go to a lot of the shows (VAG at the manor was a blast last year). So I may have bumped into some of you at some point. My pride and joy is golf mk2 GTi 16V I have owned for 17 years (fully rebuilt by myself) and was mag featured in 2012. Anyway I have two Skodas, a red Octavia VRS mk1 and a yellow Octavia VRS mk1. The red one is an 03 reg has 86k on it with FSH with 3 previous owners. I recently did cambelt, water pump, all pulleys and drive belt change myself. I used a Gates make. I had no issues fitting the parts but that engine mount was a pain to remove. I also did an oil change, air filter and spark plugs. The red one has bad paintwork and a lot of stone chips. I bought for cheap. The red one drives 101% perfect. The yellow is an 02 reg one I bought off a club member on a skoda facebook group for very cheap. Its a rare sunroof model with rear parking sensors. It has 137K on the clock and paintwork way better than red one. Sadly it needs a lot of love. The gearbox leaks oil and wines, the engine smokes and uses oil so probably valves guides/stem seals and there are two faults with electrics, driver front window reg and passenger front central door locking model I think. So I am thinking of doing an engine swap and replacing the clutch at same time. I have removed and replaced/ rebuild a few engines in the past. Both engines are AUQ 180 hp models. How easy is it to remove the front end of the car? And likewise the engine? Do I sell the red one as is and buy a second hand engine or rebuild the yellow engine or just swap engines? The red engine goes perfect and uses no oil. I have all the tools and space just having the time. What would you guys do? Costwise in rebuilding the engine I think, £60 headgasket kit, £100 on new valve guides (fitted) head skimmed £40 plus £180 on cambelt kit (assuming not piston rings) I did a compression test and 13 bar as average on all four cylinders, I did a cold test and hot test with throttle fully open. The red skoda is probably only worth £1500 if that because of the bad paintwork. So if I took off what I wanted and sold as spares and repairs I might break even. Cost of a gearbox £150 - £200. Then I want to swap interior over. Or I could sell both a wait for a better yellow one. What would you guys do?

Hello I am a new member on here. I am a real piston head lover and own many cars, 2 of them are a red Octavia VRS Mk1 and a yellow Octavia VRS MK1. I joined to get some advice. I am a vw owner and Nissan owner too, some of you may also be on some of the vag forums and facebook groups I am on. Cheers Chris