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The fuel was a dirty blue / black colour loads of small black particles floating about. Certainly not right! I'm thinking I need to get a hand vacuum pump and suck all the crap out then fit a new tandem pump then suck clean fuel through before I start the car. As usual skoda genuine parts seem pricey so next search is for a genuine new pump from another source. Dark side seem to do one for 250 quid plus gaskets. Gonna see what my fav auction side has to offer next I'm hoping some thing under 200! Hopefully it's not the injector seals too!

That sounds promising, I picked up a new fuel filter yesterday and there was loads of black floating bits in the filter bowl so it definitely needed changing. When you say air was being drawn in from the tank, are we talking the actual fuel tank or something else? I will have a look at mine and see if they seem problematic.

Let me know how you get on.

Thats really helpful info thanks for helping. I will have a look into the tandem pump and fuel filter!, I will let you know how I get on.

Ah its good to know I'm not alone! hopefully yours will get fixed today! let me know the results!

I'm having some annoying issues with my 2006 Octavia 2.0TDI 140 at the moment. First the cruise control became sporadic , but I followed a thread on cleaning the circuit board and that's fixed that issue today. Next problem concerns me more...What's happening is when i'm pottering along around 30 mph in say 4th gear with my foot at a constant throttle opening I think revs at 1600 rpm...ish the engine acts as if i'm quickly taking my foot on and off of the throttle making for a jerky ride! if I drop to 3rd gear and keep speed at 30 its totally fine. The car runs fine at motorway speeds. Anyone else experienced this? One other thing it does... maybe or may not be related is when its parked and out of gear at tick over the engine feels to shake a bit.. very much as though the engine mounts are loose or knackered, there's no knocking sounds or anything, just a slight wobble to the car. Anyone else experienced this? Thanks for reading hope someone can shed some light! Cheers Rich

Hi I realise this is an old thread but did you ever get to the bottom of the problem? my octavia is doing the same thing, generally around 1600rpm then it clears as the revs rise.