[Weird breathing sound]

I bought a VW Polo 1.2 TSI + 7 speed DSG and I hear this hissing sound every time I switch off the engine. The sound is very similar to what the suspension makes while crawling over speed bumps, may be I will record it and upload the video. But it seems many of you have already been facing it. Any luck with this hissing sound after engine switch off? Any tips?

[1.8 TSI engine failure]

Sadly, I bumped into this thread today!

I am in India and I drive the Octavia II (FL) 1.8 TSi (bought in Feb 2010). So far I have done 35000km and it's an absolutely trouble-free car and a joy to drive. But this thread shook me a bit. Any signs of the timing chain trouble I should watch out for?

[HOWTO: New Octavia - Headlight Bulb Change]

I changed the left headlight bulb (low beam) following the steps in the first post back in February 2013. Had a tough time disconnecting the wiring harness connector at that time and somehow pulled it out but it took 20 min or so -simply because I did not know what I was doing - I was wrestling with it. Now, 2 weeks ago, right headlight low beam bulb went kaput. So I searched online for some easy way to disconnect the wiring connector and found this:

It's for Audi, but the Octavia 2 also has a very similar connector and using this method (open the side latch by turning a screw driver), I could disconnect the connector in a few seconds. Though of sharing it here in case it's useful.

Regards,

Anand

[HOWTO: New Octavia - Headlight Bulb Change]

I have produced this guide to show how I changed the headlight bulbs on my Octavia MkII Elegance (not Xenon).

I am not sure whether it will also apply to other non-Xenon Octavia MkII models, or the Octavia MkII vRS.

There is already a very useful guide to changing the lamps on an Octavia MkII with Xenons on VRStu's website at Octavia-vRS.com - Changing Front Lamps - Octavia II

Tools Required: None

You undertake this modification at your own risk. Neither I nor Briskoda can be held responsible for any loss, damage injury or malfunction arising from this modification howsoever caused.

Note: The Skoda Owners Manual that came with my car states "Changing certain bulbs is not something which you can do yourself, but requires to be done by a specialist. Other parts of the vehicle must be removed in order to change the light bulbs. This applies, in particular, to bulbs which can only be reached from the engine compartment.

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Edit: October 2009 - Its coming up to 3 years since I wrote this guide but I'm glad people are still finding it useful. I would also recommend having a read of FriendlyFire's Top Tips in http://briskoda.net/...avia-ii/158978/

Hi,

Thank you very much.

I am from India and I have the facelifted Octavia 2 (Feb 2010 make). My left low-beam light stopped working today and I will try the procedure as you have described.

BTW, do you know if it's easy to check if it's the fuse that is blown or the bulb? Is there a separate fuse for each lamp?

Thanks again,

Anand