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i spent 10mins driving up and down through 1 of our main compounds to get 200000miles and 200002 (for symmetry) in my mk1 Octy so i wouldnt end up on the motorway getting it (pic is waaaay back in this thread somewhere, about 2014/15, i even lit 2 candles in a muffin for it )

stopped in lane 2 of the motorway for the photo?

i see where you were going @MikeTheThinker but the lights are the wrong shape for a colt of that era. looks more like a Citroen

just a quick flick down his twitter... ya k ow what, he and his wife clearly have good fun with it, and it doesnt hurt anyone (other some low iq spiteful anti- everything morons' feelings) so plough on i say! maybe we all need to learn to let go in "unusual" ways.

yes, given the conversation is about Boss Fox in a costume...

i missed 250000 in donkey 2 on Monday by 7km while i was on the motorway 🤦

if it is a wheel bearing your previous post saying it was there at 30 to 40 and again 60-70 does tally. the reason its worst at those speeds is that the drone resonates at those frequencies thus making it louder. it changing speeds can be due to further wear changing that resonance point, but it will alway be harmonic - 30 and 60 and 120 (if you got there ), 45 and 90, etc.

are the ones marked as VW also Skoda compatible for the same headunit?

F Type is a very aesthetically pleasing car. more so than the m3 tbh, even if it doesnt have the performance ztats to match it. sometimes looks win...

try Petes suggestion first. sometimes a good thump knocks it back into line and it will open. at least then your in and can replace the mechanism. ive done several post in the octy 1 section about how open the lock mechanism when the door is locked. dont for the love of god take a hammer or chisel to it like so many have done. its not necessary. when you press the button to unlock, is the door getting power? can you hear the motor spin or is it dead? if no power check the loom going through the rubber gator from the A pillar into the door for breaks or corrosion and the pins of the connectors at each end.

i had one go recently too, 2 days before its booked in service that ended up including... front shocks and springs, roll bar bushes and drop links front and rear (i supplied all those as i knew they were gone) and then the mechanic found... wishbone bushes that were like jelly, a seizing rear caliper, and something else i cant remember. that became an expensive service.. i think it was failing for a while though as my mpg has improved markedly since it was serviced in July. though im pretty sure the egr valve is dying currently, as i can get easily get an eml and flashing glowplug light if i want while driving. ive also figured out how to avoid it coming on

are the vw sd cards for the rns 315 compatible with the skoda or do they have to be the exact one? if so anybody got the correct Skoda part number for it? im also looking at replacing the antenna unit so part number for that would also be great

i think its sticking open, as the fault code comes up after lifting off completely and coasting for a few seconds, when the throttle goes to 0, i would expect the egr to close. and thats when the coil light starts flashing. if someone could give more info on what the egr error percentage relates to it would help narrow it down. in other news, i took out the 3 month carista sub, the 7 day trial seems to be gone, and so i ive played with the extra settings, and so as i am a child, i now have the needle sweep on start up activated but i also found the headlights voltage was up to the max. im wondering if this is why i seemed to be blowing bulbs quite quickly, so ive turned that down 12.5v, see if the life expectancy increases!

So, as mentioned elsewhere i reckon i have a sticking EGR. ive been having a flashing glow plug issue after a very specific set of conditions and then the EML comes on, but not every time. those conditions are - engine fully warmed up so the egr comes online. drive at a consistent speed for a few mins with very little throttle change, typically speed over 50mph. then lift off completely, and let it coast in gear for a few seconds (slowing down handy when coming up on traffic as an example) then accelerate again.... ping, flashy light. fault scanning gives a yellow mass airflow sensor error code "pending" if just the glow plug light, or a red error if the eml is on too. so, some live carista data shows the following while cruising at 130kph on the motorway, 5th gear, 2500rpm - my question is, given the speed, does the air volume look right? to rule out the maf (no other symptoms of a dodgy maf, so i dont think its that) And... given the negative error percentage compared to the commanded, is that pretty obvious that the egr is stuck? and if so, am right in assuming its sticking open? as the error kicks in after lifting off the power, when one would assume the valve would be closing. but that said, i reckon it runs more efficiently when the light is flashing which would say to me its stuck closed as its getting a cleaner burn with out the recirc'ed gases 1.6cr cayc engine.

****e forgot thats in the freedom section 🤦

@cheezemonkhai could you move this to the "Ask A Tech" section? it may get a better response there

hi alex, Welcome to Briskoda 👋 if you have a scroll down through the home page list of sub forums, there is a section for the clasix skoda includi g the Felicia & Fun pick up. if you have a search there, you might find it

oh joy.... its all built into the radio antenna isnt it?

okay, i posted this, kind of, in the chuckle thread last week, but i do want to look into solving it. over the last few months the gps hasn't been worrking correctly at all. it spent quite a while showing me in the middle of the sea with no land visible even at full zoom out. last week i flicked it on to see if it was resolved and it showed me as being around Marlborough. i live in the South of Ireland, so a misposition of about 500miles East... i havnt updated the maps as i do t have the SD card that came with the car. so, would getting a card off internet and doing the update make a difference or is this a problem with the antenna?

as a new member, there is a very short time limit on how long you have after posting when you can edit a post.. like a few minutes...

my mk2 octavia, 2013, among the last out of the factory, does this.. it does make it sound louder but its just the movement of the airflow source when the baffle moves.

Hello neighbour, from a Tipp Octavia owner and long time briskodian

main problem with this is that by the time that happens my body will potentially be too old and breakable to do alot of the stuff i really want to do now

sometimes we have to accept that time does not exist in enough quantity to fulfill all our desires... wait until you have kids and free time becomes a distant memory of a past life time

i remember WAP....