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sammyhale30

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    2001 Skoda Octavia Elegance 4X4 1.8T
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    2001

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  1. Did anyone ever find which other vw/audi group seats can fit straight into the mk1 vrs without any serious modification? I want to go all black leather and also replace the door cards to get rid of the light fabric. Sam
  2. Sorry if dumb question. But what makes this car limited edition? It just looks like a white vrs to me with decals stuck to it?.. does it have 4wd or anything that makes it anymore special than the standard vrs???
  3. My local in Burton TL Darby. Have quoted me £169 for a set of genuine valve stem seals. Can I get genuine cheaper anywhere else?? I saw Elring ones on ebay,but they seem too cheap to be true. I obviously only want to replace once, so don't want to risk putting in anything other than genuine dealer recommended parts. Does anyone know who manufactures the genuine ones for Vw/Audi/Skoda??
  4. Ok after watching some more vids on youtube that go into more detail... I didn`t support the bottom of the bearing when pressing the abs ring hub in...so the bearing was pushed apart under the pressure. :(. We learn by mistakes i guess.
  5. Both the FAG bearings went in beautifully with my press so i can only assume the wheel hub/abs ring must be the wrong one for my car..? Really angry right now because money down the drain. The first Wheel hub abs ring i tried tapping gently in with a hammer as per the Autodoc videos... it got so far and wouldn`t go any further, so i gave it some firm smacks with the hammer and then the bearing started to come apart, it became loose like it was coming apart. The second one I tried a more gently approach, slowly easing it in with my press, the hub got so far then the fag bearing bottom just popped off!!! Am i right in assuming the hub/abs ring must be wrong?? It's almost as if it is slightly too wide for the bearing. I did notice the bearing has a groove in the middle between both halfs. The abs ring has no grooves, its just a smooth shaft. So annoyed now as the FAG bearings are not exactly cheap! Anyone any ideas as why this could have happened.. just wrong part?? I applied plenty of the proper grease that came with the FAG bearings to all surfaces. Just seems as if the abs ring/hub splined shaft was too wide. Cheers, Samuel
  6. anyone else had this issue? Its a 2.5" downpipe i bought from ebay for a 2000 octavia 4x4 elegance, it is in constant contact with the start of the prop shaft, the vibration dampener part. You can see on the pic it is scuffing it clean and the car sounds like a train chugging along! Wondered if anyone experienced this and has a fix for it.. without returning the downpipe? Cheers, Samuel
  7. OTT. 1. Unless the gasket is torn you don`t need to change it, so the throttle body does not need unbolting at all. Just pull the intake pipe off, a little spray inside with some wd40... then put your finger inside and push the butterfly to the full open position and wipe below and above it thoroughly with a rag, including the edges of the butterfly itself. Easy and quick. Then do the throttle body adaptation on Vagcom. Unless the throttle body is caked to hell, why over complicate a simple cleaning task by removing the TB then replacing gaskets that are perfectly fine!... Unless you have OCD and really do think removing the TB and replacing the gasket will be any different to just cleaning it whilst it's on, then fine. But in reality it makes no difference!
  8. I had a remapped 1.8T Auq with decat and some big mods like welly intercooler, I even had the big 3" downpipe, car made 259bhp and 280ib/ft torque on rolling road. I recently dropped the engine into a 4x4 chassis so had to use the twin cat setup and went back to standard diameter downpipe, Lost all of 2bhp when fitting the cat and standard downpipe. In the end I couldn`t be arsed to keep swapping the cat out for a decat come MOT time, so i left the cat on. Car still goes like s*** off a shovel and am I really missing the 2bhp, not really!.. because the torque went up slightly. In fact the car is easier to drive because it has more of a grunt lower down the revs now. Best mods I ever did to the car were actually the big intercooler and wide intercooler piping, the intake and turbo side of this engine benefits greatly from improved flow. The exhaust side just needs a 2.5" system and it's done. All the messing around with wider downpipes and decat's really wasn`t worth the hassle.
  9. The 4x4 Octavia is KX51 UHV. I contacted DVLA and they have asked me to email photos of the car showing the VIN etc. Then they will re-issue a V5 to me if they are happy and cancel the Certificate of destruction.
  10. Does this mean I will never be able to get my car back on the road? :(
  11. KX51 UHV So what happened is I had the VRS chassis scrapped but gave them the KX51 UHV reg plates with it and the V5 form :/
  12. Thanks for the help with this. It's just annoying that it takes DVLA 4 weeks to do anything. I guess I just have to be patient now and sit it out until I get some documentation from them or someone knocks on my door? When I search the original plate on the DVLA website it says it isn`t available.. which is a bit of a worry.
  13. The basic chassis itself has not been modified. I have put the doors, boot, bonnet, front and rear bumpers off my VRS onto it and also swapped into it the AUQ engine.
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