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I got it fitted at last and works perfectly I can confirm the JXY gearbox fits a BSW engine and pulls through the gears very well, got nice bottom end torque and a longer overdrive in 5th. for those who have a BSW engine and looking for a compatible gearbox I can confirm JXY and JXZ fit. So from my understanding looking online the JXY gearbox is more of a sports feel so higher rpm and JXZ gearbox is more low end high torque ideal for toeing and under load.

Thankyou for your help alasdair1 I have been out today looking over the rocker cover and I was about to do the epoxy glue fix with some JB-weld plastic adhesive (2 part) but I had to clean up all the oil and diesel off top of the engine as I hadn’t got around to cleaning it since it had the new injector bolts installed. I pour some gunk (solvent free) degreaser over the rocker cover and all over the injectors and where all the oil is and then soaked off with 2 buckets of cold water and then I noticed that the water on injectors 1,3 (original ones that blew) the water leaked down implying the seal around them injectors on rocker cover are warped or something I momentarily turned the engine over and saw all the water bubbling around injector 3 and it was obviously leaking so I turned the engine off and called my mechanic who did the repair work on the injectors and he’s going to come out next week and replace the whole rocker cover. I’ve ordered a new rocker cover for it off eBay (parts in motion) a febi cover for £88. And I’ve been quoted £50-£60 to get the new cover on and the injectors fitted back on and torqued etc. I’m very lucky I saw the leak as if I hadn’t been bothered to clean the top of engine I may of never noticed the leak. This would explain why my acceleration was poor in third gear onwards. obv the vacuum pipe being broken off doesn’t help either with the brakes and whatever else the vacuum pipes do. il keep you updated next week how I get on. still if this car don’t work out I still got my trustworthy 2008 1.9 TDI PD fabia2 105bhp hatch, other than the bodywork being poor (rust on boot handle and around rear plate) and lacquer coming off over roof. she’s my old reliable both cars done around the same mileage 126k-128k I paid £1400 for the 1.9 in 2024 and £1570 for the 1.6 in 2025. Mind you with the prices of oil going up I may need not worry about the cars for too long lol 😸

Photos of damage originally

Skoda fabia2 estate 1.6 CR 2012 105bhp engine CAYC

Hello everyone I was driving out over last weekend on the m20 and I was cursing in 4th doing 3000rpm for around 5-10mins to do a DPF RE-GEN and I had my injectors 1,3 blow out my engine head due to the injector bolt failing, I pulled over and popped the bonnet and the engine cover was cracked and had come off its mounts, the engine was smoking white and extremely hot and I had a small fire on the back of the Inlet manifold which slowly died out due to the explosion of diesel spraying all over the engine bay and self combusting since then I’ve had my car toed back home and a local mobile mechanic come out and drill out the old injector bolts and upgraded for M9 stud Torx bolts with helicoils they done a nice job £300 for 2 hours work. however on driving the car after i noticed my brakes where shockingly bad! So stoped and opened the bonnet and had a look around and then noticed a small 3-4mm rubber hose had snapped off flush with mating half connector still lodged inside the end of hose. it connectors to the rocker cover on the left hand side of the rocker cover. now I’m no mechanic but with what limited experience I have I’m guessing this is to do with the vacuum system that aids assisted braking and egr actuator etc? is there anyway I can glue this back on or drill a new port and then seal this damaged one up? I’ve just spent £300 getting the injectors done and now I got to spend more to have them all removed and rocker cover replaced and all put back. any suggestions would be appreciated. after looking back on all the events that led up to the blowout it was me being a cheapskate using a so called mate did a engine service on the car a month or so ago and did a oil change and poured 5 litres of oil in the engine and didn’t check the dipstick level properly I drained 2 litres of oil today by using a oil syringe kit to suck it out through the dip stick tube using a long 6mm pvc tube. He had put so much oil in it had gone over the whole plastic dip and ran about 5cm up the steel wire!!

Hello my gearbox bearings packed up other week and I require a new gear box for my car, from my understanding there is several gearboxes that can fit my engine Gearbox codes JXY (fitted to my car when brought) JXZ JEJ JEP HZP All are 5 speed manuals, I’ve brought a JXZ gearbox with 100k on it I’m hoping I’m correct and I’ve brought the correct one and it will fit my engine? My car spec Skoda fabia2 (2008) hatch 5J Elegance trim 1.9 TDI PD 105BHP engine code BSW original gearbox fitted JXY CX58MTV Michael

Hello all, my first post on here I believe, so go easy on me. I have a Skoda Fabia mk2 2008 1.9 TDI PD. I have a transmission fluid leaking from what appears to be the NSF drive shaft rod where it enters into the driveshaft. I have had a few friends and one mechanic look at my car and the mechanic said the drive shaft bearing has failed along with the 2 seals and not just to assume it’s just the seals. Now considering my car is 16 years old and the engine has only done 124k I’m going to assume the gearbox is most likely due a recon as well as the clutch? The car pulls lovely and drives fine I love my car but in the meantime I’ve had to buy another car to get to and throw from work. I picked up a Skoda fabia estate 1.6 TDI CR that’s a 12 plate and it’s done 126k with one owner from new. But came with only one key and no paperwork whatsoever ever. I paid £1570 for it, only down side is the car stinks of cigarette smoke whoever owned it originally must of been a chain smoker as all the roofline is stained yellow. 😂 I’m aware the 1.6 TDI CR engines are notoriously bad for injectors failing and premature fuel pump failure as well as the cost of replacing EGR valve when they clog up and the DPF. but given the second car was cheap I just went and got it. the plus side it’s £20 a year to road tax and good on fuel I’m getting 45mpg real world MPG. Anyway back to topic, what’s the chances that the 1.9 TDI PD just needs new seals and bearing can I get away with just doing that without having to get the gearbox reconditioned and clutch done?

Ok thankyou for your help I won’t bother then I will just strip the car down and sell off for parts. Shame the 2.0 engine has only done 108k.

The 2.0 is non DPF 2.0 8V TDI PD The 1.4 is DPF 1.4 8V TDI PD

The Octavia is the estate and the Fabia is a hatchback.

Hello all I’m new to the community so please bare with me. I have a Octavia mk2 2008 that has a 2.0 TDI PD 140bhp engine I would like to take the engine out and put it in my fabia which is a 2008 mk2 1.4 TDI PD model. the reason for this is the Octavia is a write off the engine is still fine so I’m going to strip the car sell what I don’t need for parts and the engine I was hoping to save. question I’m asking is it even possible to fit the engine and gear box and whatever else I would need to consider from the Octavia to the fabia? Michael.