Breezy_Pete
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GSB is certainly a gearbox code, your car is 2006, right? GSB was used until May 2006 in Fabia. This is the equivalent ETKA page for 2006 Polo, with different oil part number recommended (item 6A) 6-speed manual transmission - Polo/Derby/Vento-IND(PO) [EUROPA 2006 year] (7zap.com) Not sure what the difference is, but maybe google can help you find out something. Doesn't even say 75W next to that part number in ETKA.
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This bearing seems to be a weak point in the 02T gearbox design, so an oil change may reduce the wear rate of that item by removing oil with tiny bits of the bearing suspended in it. There is a magnet which should take out such particles but there's probably a minimum size below which the oil hangs on to these contaminants. GENUINE POLO / FABIA / IBIZA / AUDI 02T 5SP GEARBOX TOP BEARING CARTRIDGE (O2T) | eBay Tomorrow I may just get round to stripping the end off an old gearbox that I removed from our Fabia after it started to get noisy. This video shows a guy stripping one down and finding bearing problems: https://youtu.be/OM53XdT56wo
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Nothing useful on the bottle, as you suspected. I seem to remember that ETKA suggests different oils for the same gearbox codes on VWs and Skodas. Do you know what your gearbox code is? It will be on build data sticker. Might be able to get more info by cross-referencing.
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Don't know, all etka says is 75W. I'll have a look at a bottle for you, but I don't think it says much.
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Yes. It's not very expensive in the UK when bought directly from Skoda dealers, or genuine bottles via ebay etc using that part number. 2 litres required. Just check aftermarket oils for compatibility with that part number if you want to buy something else. Do you know where the fill and drain plugs are?
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You're looking at the auxiliary belt. Timing belts and chains are always under covers, oil-tight covers in the case of chains.
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Spline are 12-point, Torx 6 point, should be easy to spot which?
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I think that was the key piece of information that was missing from your first post. Obviously, it would need to be brighter red to be daylight visible, which is what I think most of us assumed you meant. I'll try to remember to look at ours in the dark one day soon.
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His profile says 2005 vRS.
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The fitting at the inlet manifold, where the EGR output flow joins the airflow coming down from the throttle body, would still be the area I think you are most likely to find blockage. Ringed in red here: BTW, it seems like your engine code is BLF, and the diagram I linked before is the wrong one. Here's the correct one, showing the EGR valve looking more like your reality: intake system; vacuum system; activated carbon fil... - Octavia(OCT) [EUROPA 2008 year] (7zap.com)
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Those first two pics do look like an EGR, but not a type I'm familiar with.
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Neither of those sound right for your engine code. Check the stickers. The diagrams in etka are sometimes a bit generic, but what you are describing sounds more like the throttle body. Photos always useful.
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They wouldn't write nonsense like this if they really knew their stuff: "If the EGR is not working effectively or blocked the amount of exhaust gases passing through the DPF will be increased potentially speeding up the DPF blocking." The fact is that EGR is not for recombusting anything, nor cleaning up exhaust gases. It's a way of introducing incombustible gases into the cylinders to reduce excess oxygen and reduce peak temperatures. This in turn reduces the amount of nitrogen oxides formed in the combustion chambers, which is the whole point. Unfortunately, this also reduces combustion efficiency and increases soot production. Check with google if you don't believe me.
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You may well find that the valve itself is pretty clean (they run very hot); but there may be some blockage at the throttle-body end of the metal pipe coming off it. That may be much easier to get to. When I say engine code, I mean the 3 or 4 letter code that precisely defines your engine type. More specific than 1.6 FSI. It's on the build data sticker in the boot and/or the service book.
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Engine code BGU? If so it (item 31) looks like two nuts, one electrical connector and a hoseclip to remove? throttle valve control element; vacuum system; int... - Octavia(OCT) [EUROPA 2008 year] (7zap.com) The nuts/studs will likely be rusty, so penetrating oil applied a day or two before trying to remove will be wise. Wire brush them too if you can get a small brush to them.
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^ You don't understand how EGR works.
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The oil won't get very hot in this situation, because the engine will be doing very little work. Do a search; this question about what oil temperature you should not exceed, or similar, comes up quite regularly.
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In addition to any high-rate charging that may happen during overrun/braking (foot off acc pedal).
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I was just wondering if the corrosion evident on no.5 was the result of moisture that had also tracked inwards and damaged the flexible wire. Seems not though.
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Did that connect to connection numbered 3 or the number 5 one?
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Look (on your car) at the temperatures shown for the cat in the two measuring blocks that I logged, 034 and 043. Compare with my numbers. Does the car get used mostly for short journeys? Some engine vibration at idle is normal, but should smooth out with a little more accelerator pedal.
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Not quite clear to me what you were doing there. The non-coil contacts of the relay (the wide pins) are just a switch, there's no power source there, current goes in from the fuse on one of them, out on the other to the screen elements.
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Couldn't resist getting some better info before dark and before the engine cooled right down again. Log attached. Max cat temp around 650C, which isn't far from red hot according to google. That was with revs held up at about 2k, cat temp drops back by about 50-75° to 585-ish when engine is left to idle. Coolant temperature showed 90 on gauge when the VCDS temp was only 60 which is a bigger fudge-factor than expected. Never got higher than 84 in VCDS, even after a further 11 mins of running, which makes me wonder if a new sensor is due. Cat temp log Jan 2021.CSV
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So, I warmed up the engine (1.2 12-valve 2005, code AZQ) whilst stationary, from an ambient of 0°C over about 12 or 13 minutes. Held revs higher (around 2000) for some periods when I got a bit impatient after 7 or 8 mins. Coolant temp showed 90 after about ten minutes. Highest temperature seen on IR thermometer was 270°C, pointing at manifold next to oxygen sensor and at cat body just below heatshield, same in both locations. Reached that temperature within about 3 mins of start up. Unfortunately, when I look at the IR thermometer, it has a upper range maximum of 270! So that wasn't the best tool for the job. No sign of glowing red anywhere under the heatshield though. I'll try reading some temps with VCDS next time I start it up, I think there are some measuring blocks that can estimate the manicat temp via the resistance of the oxygen sensor heater.
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I'll go out and observe ours shortly, maybe even point an IR thermometer at it while it runs for 10 or 15 mins.
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