SY-Pete

I’ve made inquiries with Ricky Evans Motorsport at Tamworth as they seem to be the only firm that say they can supply heated windscreens for the Roomy & Mk 2 Fabia. BUT, they have none in stock & need a minimum order for 5 to get them made. Is there anyone out there who wants to upgrade to a heated windscreen? They cost approx. £250 each plus fitting & the additional electrics. Not cheap but what a safety feature to have when all else are scrapping the ice away or pouring hot water on a freezing windscreen! If you’re interested, please give Ricky Evans Motorsport a ring on 01827 283688. If he can get 4 orders mine will be added automatically.

You’re a star Breezy_Pete. Most excellent info. I shall be contacting a heated windscreen manufacturer shortly & I’ll post a reply to let you know how I get on

Excellent, I suspected it was & I appreciate the confirmation. Anybody out there know which Fabia has the same windscreen as the Roomster?

I am looking at changing my standard clear windscreen on my 64 Plate Roomster 1.2TSI for a heated version. Now before any of you say you can’t get a heated windscreen for a Roomster, it appears you can. They were never fitted, as far as I can find out, as standard or an option on the Roomster but the windscreen is the same as the Fabia (haven’t found out which exact model yet) & there are companies out there who manufacture heated windscreens for Fabias to order. Before I make any further enquiries, I would like to know what the thin metal looking line is down the middle of the windscreen as this may have a bearing on upgrading to a heated screen.

I’ve spent a lot of time recently scouring this forum for information as to how you can measure the wear on the cam chain with no success. So, if anybody can point me to an existing thread on the subject, I would be most grateful. I have a 2014 1.2 TSI Roomster (CBZB engine) with 45K on the clock. From what I have read this version should have the beefier cam chain & sprockets fitted as original, but it had the infamous cold start rattle. The dealer (not Skoda) I bought it from insisted that the rattle was normal & nothing to worry about. I had my doubts & investigated this on the web & found you guys. Very interesting reading but, I was unable to find anyone with a detailed procedure to check the cam chain wear. I have been quoted £750 for a cam chain replacement by a Skoda dealer) & didn’t want to shell out that sort of money without being sure it was really necessary. I found one thread that mentioned wear should not exceed 74mm but where exactly is this measured from? I have obtained a new chain tensioner (Febi Bilstein Part No 40379, VW part No 03F 109507 & fitted it myself. An easy job only needing a 27mm socket (& a cold engine!). With this new tensioner fitted all is now quiet. So, the logical conclusion is that the original fitment is either faulty or of poor design. I did measure the overall length of the new part from underside of the sealing washer to the end of the plunger at 76.72mm. the original was 72.07mm. Could this 4mm make all that difference? The other difference I saw was that the end of the new tensioner is much larger than the original. Could this make a significant difference? Going back to the max wear @74mm could this measured from the face of the cylinder head, where the tensioner fits, to the pivoting chain guide? Any help would be much appreciated.