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Did they change the cam belt when they changed the water pump?

I've got an original 1971 version, and that isn't magnetic. The moral of the story is don't lose a 2p coin down a vent unless it's one of the later copper plated steel versions or you won't be able to retrieve it with a magnet.

...but 2p coins aren't magnetic if they were made before 1992 so won't stick to a magnet? During 1992 the composition changed from bronze to copper plated steel so became magnetic. So in 1992, some 2p coins were made out of bronze and some were made out of copper plated steel, but after 1992 all 2p coins were made out of copper plated steel...and hence became magnetic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_pence_(British_decimal_coin)

As you can see in the photos below, it's the style of that particular bump stop. It's the sports/lowered suspension version and has a height of about 56mm. The standard ride height version has a height of about 65mm. 56mm sports/lowered suspension bump stop 6Q0412301A https://www.autodoc.co.uk/car-parts/oem/6q0412301a?search=OEN+6Q0412301A 65mm standard ride height bump stop 6N0412303A https://www.autodoc.co.uk/car-parts/oem/6n0412303a?search=OEN+6N0412303A Skoda parts catalogue 3 6N0412303A rubber stop for shock absorber 2 PR-G01,G02, G05 3 6Q0412301 rubber stop for shock absorber for models with heavy duty suspension 2 PR-G03,G06 3 6Q0412301A rubber stop for shock absorber for sports suspension 2 PR-G04 https://www.lllparts.co.uk/catalogs/skoda/CZ/FAB/225/4/411/411011

When these four cylinder engines go into 2 cylinder mode, it's the outside cylinders that keep working, and the inside cylinders that are shut down. This might be to keep the two shut down cylinders up to temperature or at least warmer than if the two outside cylinders were shut down. Because the firing order of a 4 cylinder engine tends to be 1,3,4,2 either cylinders 1 and 4, or cylinders 2 and 3, provide evenly distributed power strokes. This is because cylinders 1 and 4 move up and down together, and so do cylinders 2 and 3. I would rather have a 2 cylinder hybrid car. The 2 cylinders (perhaps 75PS) being used for maintaining a steady speed, and a 75PS electric motor ready to cut in to give 150PS worth of acceleration. It's also safer to have two engine systems. If just the petrol engine or just the electric motor breaks down you can get your car to safety using the remaining engine/electric motor. Waiting for a breakdown truck on a smart hard shoulder isn't really smart at all.

As you can see in the charts below: The 1.9TDI 100HP has less power and torque than the 1.4TDI 105HP CR engine. The 1.9TDI 100HP engine has less power and torque than all of the remapped 1.4TDI 75HP/90HP/105HP CR engines. All of the 1.4TDI 12-valve CR engines are really good. Fabia MK1/MK2 1.9TDI 8-valve engine Pumpe-Duse PD 100HP/240Nm remaps to 140HP/320Nm 105HP/250Nm remaps to 140HP/320Nm 130HP/310Nm remaps to 165HP/365Nm Fabia MK1/MK2 1.4TDI 6-valve engine Pumpe-Duse PD 70HP/155Nm remaps to 95HP/195Nm 75HP/195Nm remaps to 100HP/245Nm 80HP/195Nm remaps to 100HP/245Nm Fabia MK3 1.4TDI 12-valve engine Common-Rail CR 75HP/210Nm remaps to 115HP/280Nm 90HP/230Nm remaps to 115HP/280Nm 105HP/250Nm remaps to 130HP/300Nm

There's a lot of incorrect information on that listing. They claim its an 8Jx19 ET41 rim that needs a 235/45R19 tyre for the Octavia MK3. It's actually a 7.5Jx19 ET51 rim that needs a 225/35R19 tyre for the Octavia MK3. X-TREM 7.5Jx19 ET51 alloy rim 5E0071499A JX2 https://www.skoda-parts.com/spare-part/5e0071499ajx2-aluminium-rim-19-x-trem-skoda-43496.html

These listings on autodoc (and elsewhere) are full of mistakes. For example, Bilstein B6 35-229872 front shock absorbers are listed on autodoc as being compatible with OEM part numbers 5Q0413023CP, 5Q0413023DA, 5Q0413023EB, 5Q0413023GG, 8V0413023C, 8V0413023E. But Bilstein B6 35-229872 front shock absorbers have a 55mm strut diameter, and 5Q0413023CP, 5Q0413023DA, 5Q0413023EB, 5Q0413023GG, 8V0413023C, 8V0413023E front shock absorbers actually have a 50mm strut diameter. So that's at least six mistakes in just one listing.

Bilstein B6 35-229872 front shock absorbers 5Q0413023CP 5Q0413023EB 5Q0413023GG 5Q0413031CF 5Q0413031CG 5Q0413031CH 5Q0413031CJ 5Q0413031CL 5Q0413031CM 5Q0413031EC 5Q0413031FQ 5Q0413031FR 5Q0413031GD 5Q0413031GK 5Q0413031HD 5QM413031E 8V0413023C 8V0413023E SKODA Octavia III Hatchback (5E3, NL3, NR3) (Year of Construction 11.2012 - ..., 86 - 245 PS, Diesel, Petrol) SKODA Octavia III Combi (5E5) (Year of Construction 11.2012 - ..., 86 - 245 PS, Diesel, Petrol) SKODA Superb III Hatchback (3V3) (Year of Construction 03.2015 - ..., 120 - 280 PS, Diesel, Petrol, Petrol/Electro) SKODA Superb III Estate (3V5) (Year of Construction 03.2015 - ..., 120 - 280 PS, Diesel, Petrol, Petrol/Electro) SKODA Octavia IV Combi (NX5) (Year of Construction 11.2019 - ..., 110 - 245 PS, Diesel, Petrol, Petrol/Electric) SKODA Octavia IV Saloon (NX3) (Year of Construction 01.2020 - ..., 110 - 245 PS, Diesel, Petrol, Petrol/Electric) https://www.autodoc.co.uk/bilstein/7522722?search=BILSTEIN Shock Absorber (35-229872) Bilstein B6 24-229890 rear shock absorbers 5Q0513029BQ 5Q0513029EB 5Q0513029EC 5Q0513029EK 5Q0513029GR 5Q0513029HH 5Q0513029HQ 5Q0513049BF 5Q0513049FE 5QM513029A 5QM513029AC 5QM513029M 8V0513029E 8V0513029F 8V0513029H 8V0513029J SKODA Octavia III Hatchback (5E3, NL3, NR3) (Year of Construction 11.2012 - ..., 86 - 245 PS, Diesel, Petrol) SKODA Octavia III Combi (5E5) (Year of Construction 11.2012 - ..., 86 - 245 PS, Diesel, Petrol) SKODA Superb III Hatchback (3V3) (Year of Construction 03.2015 - ..., 120 - 280 PS, Diesel, Petrol, Petrol/Electro) SKODA Superb III Estate (3V5) (Year of Construction 03.2015 - ..., 120 - 280 PS, Diesel, Petrol, Petrol/Electro) SKODA Kodiaq (NS7) (Year of Construction 10.2016 - ..., 115 - 245 PS, Diesel, Petrol) SKODA Octavia IV Combi (NX5) (Year of Construction 11.2019 - ..., 110 - 245 PS, Diesel, Petrol) SKODA Octavia IV Saloon (NX3) (Year of Construction 01.2020 - ..., 110 - 245 PS, Diesel, Petrol) https://www.autodoc.co.uk/bilstein/7543304?search=BILSTEIN Shock Absorber (24-229890)

According to the Skoda parts catalogue the Xtreme rims are 7.5J. "skoda eshop cz" also shows them as being 7.5J. A tyre fitter could refuse to fit a 235/35 tyre to a 7.5J rim. You might want to check with a local tyre fitter to make sure he would fit a 235/35 tyre to a 7.5J rim before making a purchase. 1 5E0601025AH Aluminium rim 7,5JX19 ET51 4 PR-CW6 XTREME - 5E0601025AHHA7 Anthracite metallic (grey) 1 5E0601025BD Aluminium rim 7,5JX19 ET51 4 PR-C8I XTREME 5E0601025BDJX2 black/bright chrome https://www.lllparts.co.uk/catalogs/skoda/CZ/OCT/753/6/601/601090 X-TREM 19" light alloy wheel for OCTAVIA III RS Rim size: 7.5J x 19" ET 51 https://www.lllparts.co.uk/catalogs/skoda/CZ/OCT/753/6/601/601090

The width of a 225/35R19 tyre fitted to 7.5J rim is about 224mm. The width of a 235/35R19 tyre fitted to 7.5J rim is about 230mm. Therefore, the sidewalls will bulge out by about 3mm more each side if you change from 225/35R19 to 235/35R19 on 7.5J rims. However, ETRTO don't approve the fitment of a 235/35 tyre to a 7.5J rim. They specify an 8J rim as the minimum rim width for that tyre size as shown in the chart below. ETRTO approved rim widths 225/35 7.5-8.0-9.0 235/35 8.0-8.5-9.5

The Superb MK2 owner's manual says that you can only use snow chains on the front wheels and that you can only use snow chains with links and locks no larger than 9mm. There are also limits on the tyre and rim combinations that you can use with snow chains. Permissible tyre and rim combinations that allow the fitment of snow chains (links and locks no larger than 9mm) on the front wheels are: 205/55R16 fitted to 6Jx16 ET50 rims 205/55R16 fitted to 7Jx16 ET45 rims 205/50R17 fitted to 6Jx17 ET45 rims Skoda owner's manuals https://manual.skoda-auto.com/004/en-com/Models

What tyre pressures are shown on the label inside the fuel filler flap? If it's just you in the car, 2.4 front and 2.5 back seems a bit high for the Scala. What size tyres are you using, as there's more than one 16" size on the Scala, eg. 195/60R16, 205/55R16, etc.? What make and model of tyres are you using? Some ride harder than others. Maybe put a photo of the tyre pressure label up on here.

What winter tyres have you fitted and in what conditions do you feel that the handling needs improving, eg. above freezing or below freezing, snow, wet, dry, etc.? What rim width have you fitted the 205/55R16 tyres to, eg. 6J or 7J, etc.? Are you going to fit snowchains at some point during the winter? If not, you don't need to use the narrow 6Jx16 ET50 rims. If you have fitted 205/55R16 to relatively narrow 6J rims, then using wider 6.5J or 7J rims will help the steering response. Skoda do list a 6Jx16 ET50 rim for the 205/55R16 winter tyre size on the Superb MK2 as this allows the fitment of snowchains.

Brake caliper carriers with OEM part number 3B0615125 will only work with the left brake caliper with OEM part number 3A0615123 and the right brake caliper with OEM part number 3A0615124. I can't be sure that they will fit the Fabia because they were used on the Octavia MK1 and not the Fabia. However, the Fabia and Octavia MK1 do use the same 288x25mm front brake discs so they might fit. I would use brakes that I knew fit, such as the TRW or ATE brakes that were actually fitted to the Fabia at some point, and not some old ATE brakes from the Octavia MK1 that were never fitted to the Fabia. If you use these old ATE brakes, you might not be able to find brake pads that use a wear warning contact. If you use the TRW or later ATE brakes that came out around 2011 you can get a brake pad set that has a wear warning contact or a brake pad set that doesn't have a wear warning contact. So you will have a choice, depending on whether your car is wired up for a warn warning contact or not. TRW GDB1472 Brake pad set including wear warning contact https://www.autodoc.co.uk/trw/2192093 TRW GDB1414 Brake pad set not prepared for wear indicator https://www.autodoc.co.uk/trw/2192029 ATE 13.0460-7184.2 Brake pad set including wear warning contact https://www.autodoc.co.uk/ate/956261 ATE 13.0460-7285.2 Brake pad set not prepared for wear indicator https://www.autodoc.co.uk/ate/7883740

1K0513029ET is the OEM part number for the rear shock absorbers on the Octavia MK2 estate 4x4 rough-road design, ie. Scout. 1K0513029ET is listed against Sachs 310950 and many other rear shock absorbers. skoda parts catalogue https://www.lllparts.co.uk/catalogs/skoda/CZ/OCT/419/5/511/511012 1K0513029ET Sachs 310950 https://www.autodoc.co.uk/car-parts/oem/1k0513029et?search=OEN 1K0513029ET&supplier[0]=32 If you want Bilstein B4 rear shock absorbers, then Bilstein B4 19-183749 might be suitable as it's listed against all Yeti 4x4 rear shock absorbers. However, 1K0513029ET isn't listed against this shock absorber. Bilstein B4 19-183749 https://www.autodoc.co.uk/bilstein/633905?search=BILSTEIN Shock Absorber (19-183749)

The problem with ICE engines compared to electric engines is that they can be very revvy, ie. very little power low down in the rev range. 40HP might sound good, but on the Kawasaki 300cc (296cc) twin cylinder engine , that 40HP is only produced at an eye watering 11,500rpm. Drop the revs too much, such as around town, and it could feel like a wimpy 125cc.

3B0615125 is a brake caliper carrier from an Octavia MK1. If you are changing from 256mm front brake discs to 288mm front brake discs, you will need the left wheel bearing housing with OEM part number 6Q0407255S and the right wheel bearing housing with OEM part number 6Q0407256S. This will allow you to bolt on either the earlier 288mm TRW brakes or the later 288mm ATE brakes, as they both use the same wheel bearing housings. The later 288mm ATE brakes came out around 2011.

The KTM390 (37Nm) has 44% more torque than the Kawasaki300 (25.7Nm). The Kawasaki is too revvy and has too little torque. The KTM (158kg) is about 10% lighter than the Kawasaki (175kg). KTM390 (373cc) https://www.ktm.com/en-au/models/travel/ktm-390-adventure2022.html

If they are Kodiaq steel rims the specification is 6.5Jx17 ET38 5/112 57.1, not ET50 205/55R16 are a much cheaper tyre size than 205/50R17. However, being a VRS you may prefer the lower aspect ratio. 205/50R17 tyres are usually fitted to a rim with an offset of ET50 on the Octavia MK2. So using ET38 rims is like fitting 12mm spacers to the ET50 rims, as 12mm spacers changes the effective offset of ET50 rims to ET38.

I could have said exactly the same thing about the pre-FL Octavia MK3 VRS 184HP diesel. That car used 340x30mm front brake discs and if I had said the smaller 312x25mm front brake discs would be fine no doubt you would be making exactly the same arguments. The fact is, Skoda did decide that the 340x30mm front brake discs were too big for that car, and come the FL model changed to the smaller and much less powerfull 312x25mm front brake discs. Another point to bear in mind, is that the Superb MK3 2.0TSI 220HP car uses 312x25mm front brake discs. 220HP is a lot more power than even a Superb MK2 2.0TDI 170HP 4x4. You wouldn't believe how long a fully loaded 44 tonne lorry takes to stop, and yet thousands are being driven on UK roads without being driven into the car in front. The brakes on those lorries would easily overheat if they were repeatedly used on steep downhill sections, so rather than use the foot brakes the drivers use the engine brake. I don't think any of these experienced lorry drivers would have a problem safely controlling a Superb MK2 even if it was fitted with the slightly less powerful 288x25mm front brake discs. They would probably be thrilled at how good their brakes were compared to their lorries' brakes. The main problem is poor driving skills. Imagine a Superb MK2 driver with the smallest 288x25mm front brake discs loaded up with a family of five, all of their luggage, and towing a heavy caravan over the Alps on the hottest day of the year. If the driver doesn't know how to control his speed down a steep Alpine descent without repeated use of his foot brake he could be in trouble. In the US this clueless truck driver didn't know how to prevent his brakes overheating with fatal consequences

If Suzuki changed the thirsty 1.5 litre petrol engine to a 1.5 litre turbo diesel engine (perhaps a Peugeot 100HP/250Nm engine) I might be interested in the Jimny, but 30mpg these days just isn't enough. Or maybe an LPG version of the Kei car version of the Jimny with its 660cc turbo petrol 3 cylinder engine. Caterham uses the Suzuki 660cc Kei car engine in its entry level model, although instead of the Kei car regulated 63HP it's remapped to 84HP. So with the 33% extra power, it's like having an extra cylinder bolted on as far as power output goes. https://www.caterhamcars.com/en/models/the-iconic-range

The 288x25mm and 312x25mm brake discs are very similar and they are both braked with exactly the same brake calipers. So maybe the bigger brakes can provide 10% extra braking power when the same brake pads are used. However, EBC's new Ultimax 2 brake pads offer 15% more friction than their previous Ultimax brake pads. So using EBC's latest brake pads (which weren't available when the Superb MK2 was being sold) would bring the stopping power of the smaller brakes up to the level of the bigger brakes. Many of us used to drive cars from the 1960's and 1970's. Those cars had far less braking performance than modern cars, and we managed to stop without having accidents. Most of the front discs weren't even ventilated so were prone to overheating and brake fade. In the real world, the limiting factor won't often be whether the front brakes are 288x25mm or 312x25mm but how much grip the tyres have with the road, or in the case of the Australian outback the dirt track that the kangaroos are hopping across. If someone fits 205/70R15 all-terrain tyres they won't have the summer tarmac braking performance of Ultra High Performance summer 225/45R17 or 225/40R18 tyres even if they could be fitted over the bigger 312x25mm front discs (which they can't). That will increase the tarmac stopping distances more than the change in brakes. If someone really did find the smaller brake discs inadequate, it would be an easy change to swap back...and if they changed from 205/70R15 to 225/45R17 it would probably be a good idea. Here are photos of both the 288x25mm and 312x25mm front brakes discs. As you can see they look very similar because they are very similar. Exactly the same 25mm width and braked by exactly the same brake calipers. Spot the difference competition

You've probably got 312x25mm front brake discs as that's what most Superb MK2 cars use, except for the lowest power models which use 288x25mm front brake discs and the highest power model 3.6 litre which uses 340 or 345 front brake discs. If you change to 288x25mm front brake discs you could use big 15" tyres with a lot of sidewall, such as 205/70R15. The interesting thing about the 288 and 312 front brakes on this car (which are both ATE brake systems), is that they both use the same ATE front brake calipers, so to change from 312 to 288 or vice-versa just involves changing the front brake discs (usually with new front brake pads) and the front brake caliper carriers. As you would be using the same front brake calipers there's not even any bleeding the brake fluid required to do this conversion. Superb MK2 288x25mm ATE front brake parts diagram https://www.lllparts.co.uk/catalogs/skoda/CZ/SUP/768/6/615/615025 Superb MK2 312x25mm ATE front brake parts diagram https://www.lllparts.co.uk/catalogs/skoda/CZ/SUP/768/6/615/615030 From 1968 the Jaguar E-Type was fitted with 205/70R15 tyres. Surprisingly, the 205/70R15 tyre size was too wide for the early E-Types and would rub the wheelarches as the early cars came with narrow 185/80R15 radial tyres and even narrower cross-ply tyres when the car first came out in 1961. Other big Jags were fitted with this tyre size up to about 1987. Some cars still use the 205/70R15 tyre size, including the Suzuki Jimny. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_E-Type#/media/File:Jaguar_E-Type_series_1_coupé_1964.jpg Suzuki Jimny (the below photo might show 195/80R15 tyres rather than 205/70R15, as I suspect that would be a more common OEM fitment on the Jimny) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_Jimny Yokohama Geolandar AT All-Terrain G015 205/70R15 96H https://www.blackcircles.com/catalogue/yokohama/geolandar-at-g015/205/70/R15/H/96/m?tyre=35841793

It's the Australian outback. They don't get rain there.