Barney95

I know you're all dying to hear how this is progressing... Garage looked at the drive shaft, nothing visibly wrong as expected . I test drove 2 1.4 TSI octavias today and they also have the same sort of vibration. I think it's just engines... I'm not going to replace the drive shafts as its almost certainly not that. I've mostly fixed the problem with some £5 Wilson vibration absorption tennis handle tape, placed on the "driving for 5 hours down the M6" position of the steering wheel. I realised my last car may have felt smoother as the whole wheel was wrapped in the stuff as the plastic in the wheel had perished. Does the mk3 octavia have a steering wheel vibration dampner? If it does i might swap it out as it just might be worn, or maybe fit an aftermarket one?

Ah I've found the 150 hp this euro6 versions. They have way too many engine options...

I was looking at the 2.0 diesel. I didn't realize the fix caused issues, just done some googling and it doesn't look great. I guess I have 2 main questions: 1) Going for a pre-facelift does the 1.2 TSI have and reliability problems above and beyond normal old petrol engines. 2) Post facelift - there's a lot of 108 bhp diesels around, i was looking for the 138 or 168. Is the 108 fine? I would prefer the 6th gear that comes with the higher power engines for motorway runs

Hi all, I've always wanted a yeti, and now I finally have the money to buy one. Would people recommend the face-lift over the original? I prefer the quirky looks of the old one, and why should I give up on my very achiveable dream of an old yeti? I guess it depends on the servicing and condition, but is there any major reason to buy the face-lift? Sorry if this has been done before, happy to be directed to previous posts 🙂 Barney

It's going to the garage on Thursday to have the drivers side lock motor replaced, I've asked them to check the driveshaft for any buckles or wear. We'll see if they find anything 🤞.

Is there part of a steering rack that absorbs vibration? The steering all seems fine otherwise.

This is my worry 😞 I've tried at stationary and in other gears. No vibration at stationary and nothing worthy of note in the other gears either. Is it possible to wear out 1 gear? The car doesn't normally drive at that RPM, if you're doing 50-60mph in 5th or 6th the rpm is lower, with the lower gears you normally just pass over 2-2100 RPM. Maybe the previous owner just sat at 70 mph for 80,000 miles in 6th?

Hello, long time reader first time poster here! I've had my mk3 Skoda Octavia estate (2017, 2L diesel, 6 speed manual, SE L, 94,000 miles) for about 1.5 years now and have had a continuous problem with engine vibration at 2000-2100 RPM. Annoyingly this is 70 mph in 6th gear so hard to avoid. The vibration comes through the steering wheel and pedals and feels more like a buzz, kind of like driving an electric toothbrush. It is completely smooth above and below these RPMs (65 or 76 mph in 6th gear). The car is completely smooth if i put it in neutral at 70 mph so it isn't the wheels (more below). I've done a number of things to try and fix it including: 2 new alloy wheels (the front ones were buckled), all 4 wheels balancing, 4 wheel alignment - there was an improvement when the buckled wheels were changed but not to the engine vibration. Garage has checked the suspension and CV joints and all were fine. I asked the garage to replace all 4 (or 3?) engine mounts - this did make a big difference which furthered my suspicions that it was the engine/drive train. I also added some sound deadening which also helped, presumably by absorbing a lot of the vibration throughout the body work. The vibration still persists, its not bad enough for a garage to notice on a test drive (I have been to several) but its really obvious if you drive for >1 hour on the motorway which was the whole reason I bought the car! I really like everything else about the car but this makes me want to get rid of it. Surely this can't be a feature of all Octavia 2L diesels otherwise no one would have keep them for so long? I'm out of ideas, has anyone else experienced this? Barney