Kharl

All looks good There was a small very quiet noise of bearing i guess, similar to a "white noise" From two weeks ago. The car was veey good then, suddently the battery light came up and instantly the engine felt lighter (without the load of the alternator) and that's why i thought the belt was broken again

12.4 and decreasing

M.. no, ut if that battery has an internal ahot, is it posaible to run? I mean, the car is perfectly running on it's battery of course.

Alternator you mean? The alternator is one year new. But the output is 9.07v i know that is not normal, but i am measuring it right. I put one probe at the engine block and the red one at the bolt in the rear of the alternator

Hello guy! Remember when the belt jumped twice, and the broken tensioner... Well. This time the battery light just came up, and when i lift the hood.. the belt was there, the tensioner too and the alternator was spinning (internally too) But no electricity at all No blown fuse... any help?

The weird thing is that it has fre play and the pedal is returning, but a ittle bit harder. I already quotate abrake servo.

Brake hoses replaced, and brake lines air compressor cleaned. Brakes fells very good but still getting stuck, even without pressing the pedal, just for turning on the engine. We accidentally discovered that the brakes gets free when we loose the bolts that attach the master cylinder to the vacuum booster.

No brake when the pothole.

Thanks for the reply, no, i use the car for way long trips, but not for heavy weights

Yes, if i open the bleed valve it release the wheel). The rear brakes are working fine

But this car has not ABS. Would be the same case?

We removed both wheels, no visible damaged to any brake lines. The deflated tire is not bend or damaged, and the wheel is ok The mechanic says he wants to replace both hoses. What i fund weird, ok, that could be the cause, i had a car years ago that had the same symptoms: brakes stuck after breaking and some minutes to release but in this case why and how, after a hole?

Good morning guys. Yesterday at night while driving (75km/h) I got into a damn pothole, i got a puncture and i immediately park to change the tire. But after that u felt the car underpowered Then i stop to inspect and i got that smell of hot brakes. Both front tires are with the brakes stuck, the left one (the side i got the pothole) more than the right side. What could be?

an update. I installed a voltmeter, i am not expecting to run on battery again (which a voltmeter would be extremely useful so i know when to stop) but it i do lot of camping where i need to power many devices using the car, so, a voltmeter is very useful for me. uhmm.. thats actually the fog lights switch, in the small blank space at the right of that switch i installed an even smaller switch for the voltmeter. i got a voltmeter screen the thinnest one in the market, and i fit it in another blank button and then put a tinted plastic over it so it looks like a small screen, it is powered by the first contact of the key, so it is off if the key is out. (yes, the ac vents are still pending)

An update, i did a flush, twice, respecting the cool down times between clycles... and fill with destiled water and ag13 concentrated, small leak first days, no more leaks so far.

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uhm.... has somebody uploaded a tutorial about how to replace the head gasket? 🤣

Dominican Republic

Wo bad i can not express how i would like due language limitations... Today i travel to the city to talk with two friends (no mechanics) who used the same coolant, they are not the type of "trust me bro", one is my ex boss, which two of his cars are a perfectly working 2008 Octavia with 120k km on it, pristine conditions, and a diesel Fiat Panda... he says i am lucky that i only had that leak because he had to do that, both of them leak badly, badly to the point of overhead due missing coolant. then he remembered me a story about a problem he had with some coolant that Rotax suggested us for our fleet and he refuse to use that and asked for an alternative, i said yes i remember that situation, then he said, it was the g12, and because what happened to my two cars, i didn't wanted to use that in the planes And the other friend is the official importer of Mannol, it is an old German guy with lot of experience, the first thing he said after i asked him for a G13 was: "leaking problems with your Fabia? He mentioned about severe falsification of Motul and Mobil oil in this country (it comes altered from overseas (purchased form Mexico) and the coolant, he suspect i it is happening the same... The rest of users that had the same problem, solved the situation changing to another coolant, they didn't change hoses, seals gaskets... the most cautious like my ex boss didi it because he can and he have a different concept about taking care of vehicles... What you says have sense, but... i am sorry about that but i beg to differ, it was not a confirmation bias because THE ADVICE WAS THERE before even using that coolant, it would confirmation bias if without knowing anything about before, i do a thing then something gets wrong, and then, in a narrow thinking only focus in one thing and star looking for things to support THAT. and... i dont thing that getting that information from REPSOL, Wolflubes.com, and a trusted ex SCT employee which now is the official importer to this country and it is a close friend... i don't think those are unreliable sources... anyway, thank you for your help and time, this night i started the flushing process, the coolant came out almost in perfect shape, color, odor and consistency, no a single trace of oil, but with a little sediment... i will continue tomorrow then will keep updating after couple of weeks.

is this a joke, right? i have notice an intention to insist, the car had the problem before... i even ignore some sarcastic comments nothing to do with understanding there is a problem further more away from what you know... i know you all assume a posstion where you have seen everything, good luck with that, but i disagree and i found strong sources to believe is not my car the problem. The most i investigate specifically about that coolant the most i get the answer. ok, lets asume my car had the problem, what a coincidence that just couple of days using the g12 then the gasket leaks, i used two different coolants for a week and 15 days and no single problem, the g12 stuff was in the trunk when the mechanic saw it and adviced me not to use that. But what a coincidence, several cases here in this are, and what a coincidence, that the same former dealer confirmed that issue, i guess those new cars also had bad gaskets.... i even read that at the Repsol webpage, i didtn know how i got there but i was trying to find the link to post it here but now i am not interested anymore to show that link... But, since i have nothing important to do with my time like suggested lets continue with the game, my headgasket is bad, and was bad all the time... iluminate me and help me with the signs of a bad blown worn headgasket.. lets see if my car has one of them... the coolant leak,... i dont know you are the experts, in my humble experience i have no seen any bad headgasket with coolant leak without burning it or having bubbles or oil in it... but it could be... why not... what else?

all the coolant changes i meationed earlier were done with a complete flush, termostat out, demineralized water, and even wait hours for the engine to cool down to protect it from thermal shocks, with an outside temperature of 35celcius, the engine can take up to 8 hours to completly cool down while qith an outside air temperature of 25 only take two hours or 3 at most... about the colors you mention... i suggest not to rely in that anymore, not now a days. in fact the OAT g12 coolant is pinkish or redish, while the HOAT, which is COMPLETLY ethyl glycol free is violet and redish sometimes, depend on the brand, and the concentrate of the same brand and the same HOAT is blue

Dont get the point, Color is not a rule to know which type of coolant is, many brands follow a standard but many others dont When i bough the car it had green coolant, but i swapped engine, which also had green coolant, the coolant the dealer suggested is a G13, which is the same as g12 and g12 plus BUT without the ethyl glycol and and WAY better rust protection,, that btw the g12 is not good in that part. you can continue using your OAT coolant but the most i do a targeted search, most information i found against OAT.

I am aware, different cars different era, similar sympton, called to the former skoda dealer here and they told me they dont sell OAT coolants for skodas in this country for that reason.... Is what the dealer say... Btw the outside air temperature of the car reads 35 celcius, the car ia under a tree

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