Hi guys, yesterday while driving in my mk1 Octavia VRS I noticed that through a journey of around 25 miles, the exhaust had begin to blow very slightly by the end of it. The exhaust I have on the car is a whole blueflame system - downpipe and sports cat with a cat-back following it. Anyway I didn't think much of it, just a normal small blow I thought, so was planning to get it booked in to the garage the next day. But within the last 2 or 3 miles of the journey, an engine management light came on - its orange and the best way I can describe it is that it looks like a tap. Don't have an owners manual at the moment so unsure where to check. Does anyone have any ideas what it is? havn't looked under the car yet but it sounds like its coming from near the downpipe / manifold end of the exhaust system. If it helps, in neutral if the engine is revved, you can hear a 'whistling' among other noises as the revs come down.

Thanks a lot for any help - as I have no clue if I should be using the car still or not, so atm it is as good as out of action as I don't want to cause damage to anything else without knowing.

Hi guys, yesterday while driving in my mk1 Octavia VRS I noticed that through a journey of around 25 miles, the exhaust had begin to blow very slightly by the end of it. The exhaust I have on the car is a whole blueflame system - downpipe and sports cat with a cat-back following it. Anyway I didn't think much of it, just a normal small blow I thought, so was planning to get it booked in to the garage the next day. But within the last 2 or 3 miles of the journey, an engine management light came on - its orange and the best way I can describe it is that it looks like a tap. Don't have an owners manual at the moment so unsure where to check. Does anyone have any ideas what it is? havn't looked under the car yet but it sounds like its coming from near the downpipe / manifold end of the exhaust system. If it helps, in neutral if the engine is revved, you can hear a 'whistling' among other noises as the revs come down.

Thanks a lot for any help - as I have no clue if I should be using the car still or not, so atm it is as good as out of action as I don't want to cause damage to anything else without knowing.

Sounds like the engine management light! Where are you? Do you know anyone near you with Vag-com who could scan it and see if it has a fault code? I'm in Portsmouth and can scan for you if thats any help! Best not to drive the car till you have it checked out. The engine management light can mean anything, some bad some not so bad! HTH

Edited 23 November, 201015 yr by SCVRS