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It's a 2001 Fabia MK1, 6Y2 engine code, 1.4MPi, 44kw/60hp. I read it's the last Czech made engine before VW started putting theirs in. Oddly enough googling servo oil 6y2 in my country or looking by car type/engine gives me slightly different results, https://www.autodoc24.ro/piese-de-schimb/ulei-servodirectie-12303/skoda/fabia/fabia-6y2/15106-1-4 so I want to be absolutely sure not to ruin anything. But since you posted that info, I'm guessing any oil that has G 002 000 in the desciption will fit just fine. So thank you!

My power steering oil reservoir is almost empty. I've read it's an issue, since it shouldn't burn/consume itself, so it's leaking somewhere. But no one ever mentions what type of oil should I use, I found a few brands that match the engine code 6y2. What info from the cap should tell me the type? Thanks

It doea feel like a rally each day dodging idiots that cut in front My bad, i meant aftermarket, the filter is oem I plan on buying a new car but right now a house is in the plan, i can't stand living in an apartment anymore, and i'll be just as far from work, houses in the city aren't for medium wage people like me. The car might be an electric if in a few years they'll get cheaper and have more range which seems like it. Those will check a lot of marks feom my list. Until then I'll either buy a smaller car like a Swift 1.4 turbo, hyundai i20, something with low fuel consumption, i've read about a few models that also aren't slow and petrol thirsty like my fabia or just endure using it 2-3 years longer Can't I make a jdm car out of it's engine? xD

Which could be some easy or cheaper modifications for this? Injectors were cleaned recently. Maybe an oem air filter? 98 petrol all the way? I'm not good with technical aspects. A new ECU or remap? That is costly i've heard. I live in a city where if I'm not fast I might end up being 30mins late to work even if I leave early.

1. I first tried to stick the mat under the vent but it looked too forced. So I ended up using a box cutter after marking the curvature with a pen and the rubber cut so nicely it almost looks like it came from the factory that way (joking). Picture with how much water it would gather when raining attached 2. I also sealed the rear doors today with some sanitary silicone. Somehow I couldn't pull the panels all the way off (I used a leverage to hold them up while working on them, cleaned with dish soap, dried, then applied the silicone with my gun a fair amount and smoothed it out leaving no gaps (didn't take pictures but happy with the result, at least until the first rain) 3. Now I'm looking on how to improve this car's performance. Better gas didn't quite help, I've tried for 2 months using OMV maxxmotion 100. I noticed the air intake being quite narrow, would modifing this with some sort of a wider different end help burn gas quicker? 4. What is that small thing on the right side of my dashboard? A sensor? The locking mechanism for when it had it on a remote? Now I can only close/open by putting the key in the lock. There's also a rattle coming from between the dashboard and the windshield

Hello again, after all these second hand mechanics (4-5 of them I went to) voiced their opinions on the issues, especially the gas smell and abnormal fuel consumption, my father in law came this weekend to visit, also the toolbox i ordered arrived friday so it was the perfect time to check the engine cover and guess what, after we changed a gasket to thicken the seal, changed one bolt that was loose, now it doesn't rattle anymore and the smell is gone. It was because that engine cover was loose after all, and the gases were escaping the oil pit or whatever you call it (not good at english). This didn't make sense to me as to why a recipient that holds oil would release petrol gases, still doesn't, but whatever at least now it's fixed, will have to check if the fuel consumption also drops. I only have to clean my injectors and change the 2 lambda sensors to be sure i'm on the track, even though the sensors most likely will fail again after a few months. So i kept the engine cover after all @TMB and also thanks for the video that covers how to seal my rear doors, after this rain stops I will get to work now that I also have new tools (including torx) @GordonSuperbmk2 that was the my decision after all these "mechanics" didn't know the issue, to go to a skoda dealer and have the actual tester used that shows everything, but glad i didn't have to now All that remains are the air vents from under the front seats, facing the rear passengers feet. I really wanna improvise something, maybe like a bend made out of plastic, so the mats don't block the vents anymore and they're actual functioning..

I did yesterday, they checked and no broken exhaust. He told me the smell comes from unburnt fuel because the injectors are dirty, even though i change gears at 3-4000rmp, but who knows what the previous owner did. Then because they're clogged, they don't spray anymore, they leak drops of fuel which don't burn properly, they get pushed out the exhaust and because air currents at the back of the car and the down facing exhaust they get pushed back up to the cabin. This is coming from an old school mechanic and he also use the diagnostic tool to tell me both my lambda sensors were burnt, which I already knew, and that my catalythic converter was most likely empty. Also seemed like a dash light is not working and the passenger airbag sensor also not working. This is what the errors said, but didn't ask if they're fixable

But if you seal them up where would the water go? Just sit inside the doors until it evaporates? Surely the engineers would've also made a hole for the water to drain outside the car @KenONeillhow do I find that pipe myself to check it?

One other thing I forgot to mention, the check engine is always lit on my dash. This is most likely because 2 years ago, I took it to a shop and the guy said it's the lambda sensor, replaced it, then after 6 months or so, the check engine light up again, so I left it that way, reading it's a common fault in skodas and not worth replacing every few months anyway. Not sure if related to this, but when starting up the engine, and this doesn't happen every time, but no matter how high I'd rev the engine (like 3-4000 rpm, not killing it) the engine dies suddenly. So not because it's under revved, just dies and not sure why

Hello, since I got this car second hand, I've had to put a lot of money into it. Alternator, distribution sensor, brake fluid, suspension, water pump, recently gas filter and a few different things, probably around 1000 euros in total. 1. Smell of gas or exhaust gases in the cabin. This happens especially when idling at stoplights. On top of that the car seems a bit more sluggish. Some said it could be the gas pump failing, others that the medium exhaust might be punctured, some that the plastic engine cover is not stable and leaking gas from the oil bay. (Sorry my english is really bad) In fact the last one might be possible, as even if the plastic engine cover is fixed with 3 screws or so, it still gets loose on the top left corner and vibrates under the bonnet, haven't found a fix, maybe drill a hole and tie it to something internal, or as other users wrote on the forum here, get rid of it entirely and replace the oil cap with something that fits from another model. I plan on going today to a shop to check any errors on the cars computer and what not, or maybe straight to someone who deals with broken exhausts? 2. water getting in the left footspace of back passenger's seat, This happens once in a while, not every time it rains. I've tried to see if the windows were up (and they were fully) checked the door seal and it's intact every side. Also, there's no sign of water along the door to show the leak, it's always dry even when i checked right after the rain. It somehow gathers there on the rubber mat, as if it emerged from the floor. 3. related to issue 2 above, I noticed two air vents under each front seat, leading air probably to the passengers in the back, but right now they're covered by the side of the rubber floor mat (original one) so there's no air getting through to dry the carpet. I thought of cutting out a hole on that side just to let the vent outlet free, but then I think if water would gather on the rubber mat, it will also get into the air vent because it's at the same level with the floor. Some of these issues have been talked about on the forum and I'm here posting after reading all the answers, which were mostly just letting others know they exist. I am here wondering if there's a fix to these, like I said, maybe a modification for the vents to go above the rubber mat without cutting and damaging it, maybe somehow to seal the leak at the rear left door because older posts had image links that expired and don't know most of the terms to try and see what's wrong and maybe fix it myself. Thanks for the interest if you've read so far and hope we can find answers together that might also help others in the future.