Zebedee2001

@Wino - not wanting to hijack a thread...but I did replace the oil seperator - it wasn't actually that bad & looks like it had been replaced before. I did think about taking the sump off but haven't ventured there yet! In some ways we have learnt to ignore the rattling! It was helped by the knocks fromt he suspension but I have since replaced the bottom ball joint one side & both the drop links. The vaccum pipe is bizarre. I don't understand the point in it & it looks like it is bodged in using various bits of pipe etc...

Hi gallaghermartinpaul.... My wife has an auto BKY engined Fabia too. It sounds like a diesel how rattly the engine is yet it has only done 60K. There is a thread on here about it.... how does yours sound? Also, in neutral or park if you rev the engine & try to hold 2000 revs do you find the revs drop off & it's difficult to control as though there is a dead spot in the throttle? That pipe on the airfilter is a pain, it is really difficult to fit with the grommet. It always worried me that it will fall off & affect the braking performance!

Thought I would have a look at the brakes on the wives 1.4 16V Auto 56 plate Fabia. Took them off & cleaned them up. Went to put one of the calipers back on & the bottom thread stripped in the lower strut/wheel bearing housing. The slide didn't fair much better either. I thought I would temporarily solve the problem by rethreading & fitting a helicoil. Stupidly I thought it was a M10x1.25 thread. Well it isn't. I now have a much bigger threaded whole in the wheel bearing housing. How do I get out of this one?