Lee01

Fantastic!! Love that set.

Hi and welcome to Briskoda @Searider 👋

Wow MkI Octy. There's so much stuff about them on here about modding them. Peter Drury, Bowders, Delcac, Beryl's Chief Test Pilot, Monkhai......

? IIRC there's never been a Fabia with a 1.7TDi motor. 1.2, 1.4, 1.6 and 1.9 but not a 1.7.

Hi and welcome to Briskoda @Stoicspeaks 👋

Hi @Hillybill 👋and welcome to Briskoda proper

Sorry about your app problems @Aspman but reading about them (and another member today- Kodiaq IV) I just want to find a MkIV Ford Cortina Ghia and avoid all the technocrap

Yeah, always starts his show with 'wotcha' lol And yeah, updating HU's has gone backwards and sideways and any which way!

G'day or whatever time it is down under and welcome to Briskoda @xlot After the ' Wotcha!' intro I thought you were gonna say your name was Robert Peston 🤣

Hi 👋and welcome to Briskoda @fmartine21

@Scotty68 that's because people search for the heater resistor which have a long history of failing on the MkI, II & MkIII Fabias (amongst other models) but I seem to recall a post saying the the MkIV Fabia has a heater controller ( @Breezy_Pete Might know more?) rather than a resistor. If you search for heater controller or heater resistor then you'll probably get more hits.

Most likely the recurring Skoda heater resistor/ controller issue.

Welcome back @reesky

Hi 👋 and welcome to Briskoda @Dode

Rockwool?

Might be worth a watch

I forget now mate but didn't he put a 1.8T in it? Doesn't matter but if it was his I'd have no qualms about the maintenance. He was spot on with everything.

OP says the jacking points in the pinch welds aren't useable hence my suggestion of the rear beam for the axel stands and jack the vehicle from the workshop lift points if you see what I mean. As you say, don't jack the rear beam but in my experience it's been no problem to use axel stands under it placed as close to the wheels as possible.

What yer man said ^^^ Breaker bar almost always required to crack 'em and then yeah, torqued up to 120Nm. Easier to crack when on the ground, parking brake on, go around all four with the breaker to initially crack 'em and then ratchet them out off the gound.

I noticed the same/ similar effect in a Kia Cee'd I rented. I'm not keen on it tbh. A little off putting in low sun.

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Evenin' @Sirward and glad you finally made it here

It's the bling and other lighting carp that annoys me most. Seriously, who needs a full LED stripe across the front and rear with LED makers logos? And the apps. The bloody APPS! And bring back big buttons/ knobs/ dials to adjust the cabin temperature.

White goods with wheels = much cheapness. Might as well put a 'Beko' badge on some IMO