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well, @@Lee skirted the closest with his comment... i am currently driving .... a 20 plate ****roën C3 Aircross. 6speed manual - just as terrible a gearbox as every other french car/van ive ever driven. and ill be telling them the wheels need balancing when i drop it back, theres a definite steering vibration at motorway speed, not terrible, but present. lane departure beeps near constantly on narrow scottish b roads, so thats getting turned off today, didnt get to look around for the setting last night. overall, i dint like it so far!

still nothing correct

noone is correct yet...

ill give until 8am tomorrow for guesses

its that time again... dear people... Edinburgh Airport, Budget/Avis SUV listed as MG ZS or similar. what have i got this time??

chunk of belly tray alright. if your lucky the clip points will still be there if its just age failure, if not, if it hit something, then its make some new ones or zip ties.

still good to have for someone else though.

i smell tax breaks...

ive just realised i may be one of those anonymous planters from the early days, as i cant sign in to website at the moment...

internal functionality could still very different. and 1 thing about all VAG cars... they are sensitive souls and very fussy about their sensors...

yup, theres a fuseholder on octavia battery. that youre getting 2 abs and one "battery" fault, id go with Pete's easy check first. check all the fuses. if its not those, ABS pump itself might be dying. whatthe details on your mk1? engine code, age, spec etc?

not always.... i had an injector changed with no codes showing just last week as it wasnt a full failure, just dying

thats brilliant news, yond Octavia lives another while

the Mk1 Fabia sub section of the forum. this thread was posted in the mk1 Octavia section, thus why you were getting advice on those above i had a feeling when you mention 1.9 litre, and coming from a Clio that you may have been talking about a Fabia instead, as there is no diesel Octavia mk1 vrs, only the 1.8T petrol, likewise the mk1 Fabia vrs was diesel only. Mk2 has the petrol and diesel options.

@DeanVRS20VT could you move this thread to the Furby 1 section?

you havnt clarified this yet, so may have an impact on some advice re parts/ fluids etc...

morning and hello! is it a 1.8T Octavia VRS or 1.9TDI Fabia VRS youre looking at buying? your post doesnt specify but says 1.9

aaand.... Donkey 2 will be staying with me for quite a while longer - full service done, and... new injector, new front dampers, springs, top mounts, arb bushes, droplinks and wishbones. Rear pads and discs, reaf caliper (1 seized, rear droplinks...) not more creaks rattles knocks etc. roll on to the next service interval and it will be due a timing belt and and water pump, and get the aircon rad replaced then aswell. couldnt afford to get that done aswell this time!!!

@FUBAR got a pretty decent android based HU and fitted the whole thing without too many headaches. GPS, handsfree, everything you can think of needing, and it wasnt a bad price either.

be really carefull when youre picking them out on alot of parts websites too. as they tend to lump alot of "compatible" part numbers together from Leons and Golfs etc where the weights and thus spring rates are different. theyll fit but the ride wont be what it should.

car dropped to mechanic for tomorrow's booking. pedalled home in the heat, nearly suffered heat stroke in 15mins across town on the bike. brought him out to listen the idle after telling him what had happened, and as soon as he heard the engine run, within 5seconds he just went.. thats an injector, stupidly common on the 1.6. (which i already knew from reading about it quite a lot on here. was just hoping id get away with another while!

anybody got a plumbing layout for the aircon system? friend of mine's mk4 isnt blowing very cold, and its going in for other work. wants to check for any obvious joints etc that may be damaged or loose.

vudeo, after i did the first cable wriggle and got the rattle, tried again and got nothing! YouCut_20230605_110638027.mp4 does it sound a bit like an injector dying?

okay, so neither carista or torquepro are flagging any error messages. live data from carista at idle - rpm and fuel rail pressure seem right? at 1870 rpm was aiming for a 2k hold,but my foot wouldnt comply i also pulled the engine cover off and fiddled the injector wires. injector 1(? first on left) did make an awful racket for a few seconds while i shut down. wriggled the cable again and started back up ok, but with the same slightly rough sound..

yeah, ill see if my torque pro dongle will connect later on (bit sporadic the last few times i plugged it in) and try for a scan. i am suspecting an injector though 😞