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Yes, you're right. I tried to find a solution again but I could not find any on the internet forums, but I found some BSE owners with the same problem... So we can say that it is not an EGR-related problem, since BSE has no EGR system. I know someone with BSE above 100.000 km without any problem with idling. How this can be that noone knows anything about the solution at that ancient engine? I browsed Audi forums, I found complaints of SEAT owners, VW owners - nothing, just the problem description. Not even a suggestion. Not a hint from someone working at VW engine factory, not from a workshop where successfully corrected this... Is this engine that complicated?

Although question was 1 year ago, I have not been here for a long time, so I can tell the differences now: - 1 HUGE radiator fan on BSE instead of the double set of BGU (where the smaller one always goes wrong, mine worked for 4 years, the cheap aftermarket had already done more and the price was quarter of the original replacement part). - EGR system was thrown away (oh those lucky ones with BSE...) - one oil sprinkler less inside the cylinders of BSE - no more oil cooler above oil filter on BSE - noone with BSE ever complained about uneven idling, shaking of the whole body of the car...

Hi! I have a 1.6 MPI Octavia2 and have had the same problem. I have no ESP but ASR only. My friend's Octy2 1.6 MPI has ESP. We both experienced this and the smell too... :-) I think the problem is that ASR takes back the engine rev too early, even before the car would start, so You will not be able to start only the clutch plate is burning. With less rev the engine chokes, with more rev You'll start but with a burning clutch. I tried this with ASR turned OFF and no problem or burning or smell anymore! My friend called me in dispair from Greece that he might burned the clutch on his new Octy because he tried to park reversing up on a steep road. I told him this trick with turning off the ASR, or ESP, since he has ESP. It worked! Maybe, the programming of ASR is not optimal, since my car is MY2005 and his MY2008. With ESP or ASR turned off the car behaves like a "normal" car without any electronic intervention and You can surely find the right point where the clutch pedal should be held to move out.

I'd really appreciate it! Thanks!

Here in Hungary we've heard about 1.2 TSI engine problems in the past few days. Mainly turbocharger failures but whole engine replacements too. Not only on Yeti but other Skoda models like Octavia. Is this true? If You had any problems with this engine or you've been using it for a long time flawlessly, please let us know! My friend has almost put an order of a 1.2 TSI DSG but now he's confused. He is planning with this car for 7-8 or more years and does not want to buy a bunch of problems. Thanks for any real, own experiences You'll share with us! If any of You have info on launch of Yeti 1.4 TSI with DSG gearbox, also tell us please! :-)

"Skoda Auto introduced the New Octavia Tour, which is a pre-facelift, Classic level Octavia 2 with the original headlamps and tail lights, but with facelifted interior. Uncoloured door handles, wing mirrors and bumper stripes, missing fog lights and side protection stripes are for the exterior. The car is available with sedan and combi (estate) body. Trim level consists of two airbags, electrically controlled wing mirrors, ABS, power steering, central locking and height adjustable driver's seat. Engine choice is poor: for EU countries 1.4 16V 59 kW (80 PS) and 1.6 MPI 75 kW (102 PS) petrol engines, for non-EU countries 1.6 MPI 75 kW (102 PS) petrol and 2.0 CR-TDI 81 kW (110 PS) diesel. All units are EU5 conform. Price is CZK 282.500 (GBP 10.000) for the sedan and CZK 312.500 (GBP 11.000) for the combi version." source: www.octinfo.com, browse to date 01.10.2010. Well, previous Tour was a Classic with some more options, with Ambiente level dashboard and bigger wheels. This Tour is a Classic with less extras than original Classic level and old engines for EU residents...

Hi Skoda fans! I've managed to open my own Octavia site, where You can read the whole story (extended with the museum part) and other interesting information! Visiting Skoda Museum and Octavia2 assembly hall in Mlada Boleslav, home of the Skoda in the Czech Republic

You mean the 240 bhp (177 kW) 2.0 TSI? No, it won't get. Maybe, next model year... I wonder what the RS version will look like?With this new face it's not easy to look sporty...

Hi Neil!I'm as sure as one can be who read the official Skoda equipment list of the refreshed Octavia 2 model. L&K level already exists, anyway.They say in the official press literature that 2.0 CR-TDI (170 bhp/125 kW) engine will be available only in the RS (vRS) version.It's interesting: Skoda itself refers the Octavia sports model as "RS", but they mention "vRS" in brackets too... although, as far as I know the RS referred as vRS only in the UK. Nice...

I gathered all the information on changes of the facelfited model presented at Paris Motor Show 2008. Trim levels will be the old ones: Classic, Ambiente, Elegance and L&K. - New colours: Arctic Green metallic (8B8B) Aqua Blue metallic (3U3U) - Also available earlier colours: Anthracite Grey metallic (9J9J) Flamenco Red metallic (2L2L) Black Magic pearl effect (1Z1Z) Satin Grey metallic (5T5T) Storm Blue metallic (8D8D) Capuccino Beige metallic (4K4K) Brilliant Silver metallic (8E8E) Dynamic Blue (6D6D) Corrida Red (8T8T) Candy white (9P9P) - Colours no longer available: Island Green metallic (3K3K) Highland Green metallic (7A7A) - 17" "Flash" alloy wheels (for use with snow chain too) and 4 more new alloy wheels: 6Jx15" "Deimos" 7Jx17" "Cepeus" 6.5Jx15" "Pyxis" 6.5Jx16" "Crateris" - New steel wheelcap: 15" "Gaspra". 15" Castle (Classic) is no longer available. - New front grille. - New front bumper with Superb II style fog lamps equipped with a corner function up to 40 km/h and daylight function. If no foglights are installed, the daylight function remains integrated within the main headlights. - New headlights with "Octavia" sign inside. Xenon lights are able to swivel during a change of direction. - Plastic protective stripes are removed from front and rear bumpers. - New, taller wing mirrors with index lights in higher position than before. - New roof antenna, if the vehicle is fitted with a radio which can take a GSM telephone, navigation, independent heating or any combination thereof. The base of the antenna forms a fin. - New rear lights. The red reflectors replaced by a strip with chrome effect. - Side mouldings are re-shaped and coloured to the body. - Reflectors integrated into the rear bumper. - New model name logo (font type changed). The engine type is shown on the opposite (left) side of the boot lid. - New, fully coloured rear bumper. - New carpets and door linings. "Twinkle" at Classic, "Variety" at Ambiente level. - Small net on the centre console of the passenger side to store small items. - The armrest in the centre of the rear seat now comes with a storage compartment. - Rear passengers can now find optional heated seat buttons on the rear of the front armrest instead of the swivel switches. - Parts of the centre console, such as the ashtray lid, radio and air-conditioner control panel frame and the frame of the gear lever mounting, are kept in the same decor as door and dashboard trim strips. - Reading lights for the rear passengers with independent switching. - New shape and layout of front headrests (whiplash optimised head restraints - WOKS function). New WOKS head restraints on the front seats with improved backrests standard on all Octavias have replaced the original active head restraints, which were previously only available as an option. - 7-speed DSG gearbox accompanied with turbocharged engines. - Air conditioning control panel changed for automatic dual and semi-automatic system. Dual system's swivel wheel is replaced by finger switches, semi-automatic system's swivel switches also changed, push buttons' layout is also different. - New Audio head units: The basic equipment is the 1-DIN radio "Blues" with a CD MP3 player. Customers can opt for the 2-DIN audio system "Swing" with an integrated MP3 CD player. The most advanced Bolero radio (CD,CD-MP3,CD-WMA) with 6,5" colour touch screen, SD/MMC card reader. "Amundsen" navigation system (CD, CD-MP3) with 5" touch screen, SD card slot with navigational data. Both has input for connecting a hands-free device. The top range model is the combined "Columbus" radio navigation system with a 30 GB hard disc space. - MDI (Media Device interface) - a new connection for iPod, MP3 players, USB devices to the car entertainment system, Information from devices display on the MaxiDOT screen. - New Bluetooth hands-free kit (GSM III Premium). - New steering wheel with gear shifting levers behind it (for DSG gearbox). - New dashboard with engine cooling liquid temperature gauge in the rev counter and fuel gauge on the odometer. The dashboard (gauges and pointers both) have white underlight. MaxiDOT is still not standard equipment. - Rear mudflaps removed, the lower part of the bumper is now unprotected from small stones, while it's fully coloured from now. (Maybe, it will be serial equipment at countries where they're required in national traffic law.) - Steering column is taken from Superb II, the steering wheel setting lever is on the left side of the column, not on the lower side of it. - Newly shaped front seats (similar to the earlier ones in the sports package). - 5th generation parking sensors - better optical display on the screen and new sound signals for better perception. - 4th generation immobiliser - better protection identical to the system in the new Superb. - 4th generation Haldex clutch in the Octavia Estate 4×4 and Scout. - Petrol engines: 1.4 MPI 59 kW (80 bhp) 16V 1.6 MPI 75 kW (102 bhp) 8V 1.4 TSI 90 kW (122 bhp) 16V turbocharged 1.8 TSI 118 kW (160 bhp) 16V turbocharged 2.0 TFSI 147 kW (200 bhp) 16V turbocharged (vRS) - Diesel engines: 1.9 PD-TDI 77 kW (105 bhp) 8V turbocharged 2.0 PD-TDI 103 kW (140 bhp) 16V turbocharged 2.0 CR-TDI 125 kW (170 bhp) 16V turbocharged (vRS) - Length decreased by 3 mm (4569 instead of 4572) at front bumper. - Width (from mirror to mirror) increased by 45 mm (2018 instead of 1973). - Front wheel track increased by 2 mm. - Rear wheel track decreased by 14 mm.

Interesting, I do short trips (2x3 km = 2x2 miles to work and to home) in town, and computer always said before my 1st service that it will be at 30000 km or when 2 years achieved. At 21000 km I had to make the first service, because the first 2 years passed. Now, I have 6 months till the age of 4 years and computer says service will be after 6 months or at 51000 km (21000+30000). Maybe I'm not killing my car at all? :-)

I was not allowed taking photographs at factory site.I only have a photo of my Octavia 2 with Skoda Gate B8 in background.Picture was made from the outside...

No, because they use differently prepared looms for different equipment levels.That's why, if You buy an Ambiente level car without Xenon lights and You intend to install washer fluid warning later, You also have to install the wires of the level sender and lead them to the instrument cluster, then install them into the connector of the cluster. Originally these wires are missing from the loom!Another example: if You buy an Ambiente level car with rear seat heating, You must also order rear power windows because the don't use that many kind of looms (manufacturing costs...). They have a few loom configurations but not all the variations of the option list.

Here it is:http://briskoda.net/octavia-ii/visiting-factory-octavia-2-assembly-line/122229/#post1425119(sorry, I had to translate to english first)

Visiting Skoda factory at Mlada Boleslav Since the first time I saw it, (1996) I wanted to own an Octavia. It took almost ten years to make my dream come true, and ordered one from the second generation. I also wanted to see the assembly line, where my car and other Octavias were manufactured (except Scout and 4x4 models). When I heard that in these days at Mlada Boleslav (CzechRepublic), where the base plant resides, visitors of the SkodaMuseum can have access to the assembly line, what’s more, the Octavia 2 assembly line, I decided to go and see… We spent 3 days in Prague, but it’s not enough, if you want to see all the beauties of this city! I planned to spend a few hours visiting to Mlada Boleslav being in 60 km (38 miles) distance to the capital of CzechRepublic. Not enough time! Count a whole day to spend there! I arranged the factory visit by e-mail with SkodaMuseum, I also asked for en English guide. Entry fee to the museum and the factory visit was CZK170 (about GBP 6) including the cost of an English guide! English guide means, that a beautiful, young Czech girl working for SkodaMuseum will spend about 3 hours with You and will answer to most of Your questions. Even technical questions! The building of the Museum was an assembly hall till’ 1964, when a new plant was built for a new model, Skoda 1000MB, less than 1 km away from this site. Museum visit starts with seeing 2 small movies (about 20 minutes together). The first one is introducing us Vaclav Laurin and Vaclav Klement, two men who established a bicycle factory in 1895. The second movie shows moments from today’s car making processes. Our English guide took us all around the exhibition halls. She introduced almost all the displayed cars to us. I hardly had time to take photographs! I suggest everyone who wants to read the signs and stories related to the vehicles to take another round in the exhibition halls without a guide. This story is about the assembly process of the Octavia 2, so I’ll skip the details of the cars on display, but You can see 50-60-70-80 years old cars with names of “Superb”, “Felicia”, “Favorit”, “Octavia”… After the tour in the Museum, our guide asked me to go to my car and take our way toward the current factory site. It was easy to pass the security check, when the guard saw our guide beside me. The factory site is huge, we were driving several hundred meters form one hall to another. Taking photographs is strictly prohibited. I tried to ask our guide for about three times to let me take a photo of my car with trains in the background fully loaded with brand new Skodas, or the engine workshop or the Octavia 2 assembly hall in the background, but her heart was cold and refused my request. While I was driving, our guide was talking about the thermal power station that supplies even the town of Mlada Boleslav, the Foundry, where steel and aluminum parts are made (engine block, gearbox housing, trailing arms). We passed the Fabia assembly hall and parked outside another large hall that was the engine and gearbox workshop. I saw long trains loaded with new Skodas. After entering the workshop we arrived to “Quality corner”. It was the starting point of our tour. All the gearboxes are exposed to noise test, switch test and leak test. These units partially exported because they are built into other VW group cars too. The engine assembly line switches engine types in every 2 hour. One orange coloured robot arm staves the engine ID into the engine block, the other gives the engines the initial oil fill. We also saw a small chamber, where optical engine test is made. A small camera checks that the engine has all the parts installed. 35% of the engine building process is automated. 5% of small engines (1.2, 1.4, 1.6 litre) and 10% of large engines (2.0 litre) exposed to “Hot test”. These engines are connected to a battery, cooling system, fuel system and ECU (Engine Controller Unit), started and ran for 5 minutes. Large displays show the units (engine/gearbox) expected to produce by that time in that shift and the number of units already made. They were 2 units ahead of plan and that shift started 2 hours before. This was about a 15 minutes long tour. After we returned to my car, we headed for the Octavia 2 assembly hall; I was so keen on seeing for years then. It is the youngest building of all assembly halls. It was build directly for the first Octavia in 1996. At that time 350 cars were made per day, now it’s upgraded to make possible to manufacture more than 900 cars per day! Production of an Octavia 2 takes about 24-26 hours. 10-11 hours for laser and spot welding the chassis parts together. 11 hours for applying and drying 5-6 coats of paint. After these processes the empty chassis (without doors) arrives to the assembly hall where it becomes a brand new car in 4 hours during a 1 km long journey. The assembly line has “U” shape. The empty, but fully painted chassis arrives to the end of one stalk of this “U” shape from 5-6 meters height. The chassis only has the bonnet and the trunk lid installed, doors are assembled in another workshop, they’re united with the proper car later. The chassis is lowered on to the assembly line. All the vulnerable parts of chassis is covered with protective plastic foils to avoid injuries while the car is built. At this early time it’s already known, what type and equipment level it will be. First the door seals are installed, then the safety belts. Roof rails come, if they are on the order list (they are not default on wagon chassis at every market). Finally the trunk lid locking mechanism is installed and set up to close properly. The body arrives to the end of the stalk of “U” shape. Now it’s moved to a platform. This platform transfers the would-be car to the beginning of the other stalk of “U” shape assembly line. Visitors use stairs to pass this platform underneath, employees are free to walk while the platform is not in transfer mode, but when it is, barriers are lowered and warning lights are flashing. Visitors are allowed to go only few meters beyond these barriers, then they must climb some stairs to reach a 4-5 meters (12-15 feet) high platform (look-out tower) built specially for them. We were not allowed to walk beside the assembly line or go in further into the hall than this platform. The next step is installing the whole dashboard. Dashboard is assembled in another workshop by specialists. They’re not Skoda employees, but the company that builds dashboards. A robot arm brings the completed dashboard and pushes it into the car through the left front door opening! Centre console with climate controls, radio head unit, glove compartment, switches, instruments, heating/air system are all in one unit! Only the steering wheel is missing! 4 or 5 workers fastening the dashboard into the chassis. The dashboard unit is also equipped with the complete wiring loom of the car! The loom is divided into smaller looms running toward the rear part of the chassis on both sides on the floor, the roof and the engine compartment. The wires are fixed to their prepared places. After this stage another workers do their job in the engine compartment. Installing the brake fluid reservoir, windscreen washer fluid tank and other accessories, like climate system hoses. Meanwhile the chassis keeps on moving! The floor is moving continuously with the chassis and the workers on it. Workers are forming brigades. While the chassis moves through their territory, they have to finish all their jobs. One brigade is working on three cars simultaneously. Workers are often changed for a special task in the brigade to avoid being the job too boring. Average age of the workers is 27 years! Another brigade installs the roof lining, the inner plastic cover of the trunk lid and all the glasses (including the windscreen). From our platform we cannot see the installation of the fuel tank, running gear, engine, the whole interior (seats, carpets, doors) or programming of the electronic systems. How lucky, that the second short movie at the Museum shows some moments of these procedures. The next thing we can see by our eyes is checking the lights, starting the new car for the first time and rolling off the assembly line on the stalk of the “U” shape right before the point empty bodies arrive to. Our guide said that a new car is finished in every two minutes. She was right! Large display shows the planned production of the actual shift, the number of cars already made and the plan of a 24-hour workday (3 shifts, starting at 10 o’clock pm). All the assembly halls (Fabia, Octavia) have their own test course and rain chamber, where the water-proofing of the car is tested. All of the cars are taken to a test route of at least 5 km-s (3 miles). All the assembling brigades have part containing boxes with VW marks. All the boxes have bar code on a label. When the stock of one part is running out, one of the workers shows the bar code label to a reader and the supply must be there in maximum 20 minutes. Logistics department has 2 weeks to fit in one customer’s order into the production plan and ensure that all the parts needed to make that particular car will be in the boxes of the brigades when the properly coloured chassis gets there. Driving out of the factory site our guide showed the Press workshop where the body elements are made out of 4 km (2.5 miles) long steel rolls bought from Germany and Austria. We also saw the pressing tools workshop, here the tools shaping the chassis elements into the steel sheets are produced. They also manufacture shapes for the Foundry. Press workshop is the only where production is 24 hours per day and 7 day per week. It produces 15000 parts per day and 2 days ahead of production. The operation of the whole plant depends mainly on the Press workshop. When all final checks passed, new cars driven to a 4000 place car park. 70% of them exported. 4000 car is 2-day capacity of the plant. Driving our guide back to the Museum she showed us the Skoda offices, the quarters of the workers, and the management HQ. Design center is on the other side of town. When we dropped our guide at the Museum, we went back to the gate of the factory, parked my car to have the gate with Skoda logo in the background and took a photograph. I could spend all my day beside the assembly line, I’m really happy I saw the birthplace of my Octavia!