DariusHey

Hi everyone, I believe I have some excess movement in my tie rod ends, and some vibration that is noticeable at pretty much every speed although no clue if that's from tie rods or bent hub because my new brake rotors keep warping (I don't drive like a racer btw). Mechanic changed my tie rod ends probably a year ago and it's kind of weird if they are already shot so maybe you guys can confirm if that's normal or not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyVJnQ4a-ps

Thanks for these tips, will definitely have to try them out too.

I actually replaced fan/temp switch that sits on the right side of an engine. I've seen these fans switches that go on radiator but for some reason did not take a look, will definitely have to do that too. These skodas do have fan relay under the battery and it looked good but it's hard to say if actually it works. About fuses, I checked them all with a multimeter and on every fuse was fine and legs weren't corroded. My gauge needle slowly climbs to 90 (5mins in summer and about 10-15 mins in winter) and it kind of stays there all the time, even with my older fan/temp switch gauge needle wasn't jumping or reacting to speed like hills that you mentioned.

Oh forgot to mention it is 1.9 TDI 66kw it does have a remap done to 90kw but same problem was way back I assume because fan could have been stuck for months.

Thanks for a warm welcome ! I have skoda octavia mk1 year 1999 without an AC. I read some more and some websites say that it could be thermostat's fault, when it is stuck open engine never even gets to right temperature where it should be so I might have found my problem. Although it does not make this fix easier haha

I forgot to mention fuses were fine and whole fuse box on battery seems to be in good shape.

Guys, is it normal that my radiator fan never switches on and temperature needle is always in the middle (normal temperature). Recently I replaced my radiator fan because older one on my skoda was pretty much stuck and had burnt plastic smell (I realise that few day ago when it was really hot outside) and then I replaced my fan/temp switch, even though older one, as I said, showed normal temperature I thought it might be broken and could be reading bs but as it seems it is not the case. I never seen my temp climb over 90 degrees even while sitting in traffic on hot day for 15mins and fan never kicks in... Is there a problem or these older skodas use radiator fan if temp is going over normal ? Thanks !