Hi

A friend of mine has been told he needs two new Lambda probes, one before and after the cat.

Symptoms are an intermittent engine warning light and sluggish acceleration below 2000rpm, only when the warning light is on however.

He has been quoted over

Interesting you've said that. I have a 2002 2.0 Octavia and I have just had my car in the garage this morning after a warning light came on. That was the lambda probe before the cat that had failed. Fortunately my car was still under warranty... just... so no cost to get sorted. The chap did say that this is a common fault on the 2 litre engine and I've read in another thread that they seem to go after 30,000 miles. My car has just done 28500 and so that looks to be pretty accurate. The guy at the dealership also said that the probes weren't very expensive and so for the

Lambda probles vary between

But can they be fitted easily - on the driveway by me, for instance? And if so, would the ECU need to be reset or would the engine light go out automatically?

ATG