Hi im Steve,

I'm from the east midlands and im 22, I recently came into abit of a predicament i needed a spacious reliable diesel after a few weeks of looking around i came across a 99' octavia estate glx 90 bhp abit battered full service history and it wasent an ex taxi but high motorway miles 225.000 roughly, it was advertised for £700 ono with 9 months mot and 3 months tax bargain however managed to get him down to £465

it had the following faults

* Its white

* Rattling dmf .... i resolved this with a new dmf from andrew paige for £218 for the full kit i did look at the smf conversion but they were not much cheaper... it took me about 6 hours with my friend on my driveway

*rust on rear arch from a badly repaired dent (rust causing the filler and paint to bubble ) - not resolved due to being winter months and its too cold to repair myself

* Alternator tensioner/clutch worn out over time - not resolved yet its not that noisy yet

* rear window wiper didnt work - went to the local breakers couldent find one of the same year so i took one off a 2002 octy estate however i had to change the wiper arm and re route the washer fluid pipe upto the 3rd brake light and change the 3rd brake light to suit the new motor i also got a bag full of goodies things that may brake or need changing bulbs interior lights newer radio antenna as mine had perished and other odds n sods £15 happy days ( Spring lane now known as coopers in lambley,nottingham)

so overall a bargain and i must say its very practical and does everything i ask it to do i cant see me ever going back to the likes of any other car makers that arent german superb build quality and its a basic model ! ive reacently came across a few niggly faults which if i could pick somebodys brain for abit of advice please ?

these faults are

* instrument cluster failiure - i have removed fuse 15 to enable me to have a speedo again after resoildering the vaultage regulator on the pcb board inside the cluster this worked for about a week the failed again :(

* ABS light on but goes off intermitantly - i have had the car on diagnostics it was the drivers front sensor so i changed the sensor and the fault still occurs

many thanks the newbie steve

Hello and welcome.

Hi and welcome aboard.

Hello Steve and welcome along, stick your questions up in the relevant Octy forum, you'll get answers and suggestion there