fitted it the 'right' way as base of piston to boost side and it sounded aweful like a 'ding' rather than tshhh so changed it back other way round

smashed the sterio yesterday! the volum button has been a bit iffy the last few weeks where as its sticks on the vol up, yesterday was the final straw when it blasted out at 5am on way to work! 5 seconds of agression seen the sterio landing on the local golf course!

so today ive installed the replacement . . . much better and DAB

well, finally the weather is bright and dry although still very cold. . .the time has come to do the oil pick up pipe

some you may have seen my other thread where ive been having problems with oil light keep coming on and im assuming its the common problem where the oil pickup become slightly blocked reducing oil pressure. ive not been driving it since this issue as dont want to dry out the top end or the turbo!

i will post up some progress pics later

wish me luck

Good luck!

I bottled out of doing mine and got my mate to do it on his ramp.....

Not too bad to do though, you just need to get the car up as high as possible

well what a day!

gathered my tools together ready to start and found an empty plastic 5ltr paint tin in garage so thought id use that for the old oil, but as its so cold the plastic was brittle so the lid broke and the screw driver took a direction into my left hand!

[emoji16]

finally decided to use a bucket instead, so drained off the oil, put new oil filter on, removed oil return pipe from turbo and unpluged the sensor then the fun started with the 2 bolts that are next to gear box! i couldnt get my 1/4" hex set in so went on a hunt for a 5mm ball point hex key, spent 2 hours driving round in mums car before finally finding a set for £7.99 at wilkos. got back home just as it was getting dark and just 2°c only to find the new hex kit didnt fit properly, ive put it down to the solid mass flywheel as the angle for the bolt was too great! set about hacjing up an old 10mm socket and 1/4" drive extension. finally got them out. by this time it was dark and absolutly freezing.

so far ive got the sump off and oil pick up off and its just about blocked!

had a good look into the engine from underneath and all seems ok, no scoring on the bores etc.

if weather holds up will get it back together tomorrow but have just put the sump back on with a few bolts to keep moisture out over night

Sounds just like when I do car maintenance! Hope the hand's not too sore.

Sounds just like when I do car maintenance! Hope the hand's not too sore.

so far its been one of those jobs that should take a couple hrs but takes couple days lol

yeah the hand is ok, just another scar to add to the list [emoji106]

got the sump back on this morning, just need to wait 24hrs for sealant to dry properly.

started with cleaning out the sump as it had burnt on oil!

not the absolute best but much better than it was

couple of shot of the internals although not much to see

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left the sump to dry in the house whilst i fitted the new oil pick up

then when sump was dried, sealed up the edges and refitted.

tomorrow when i get back from work, Ill add the oil and hope all is well

watch this space . . .

now for sale :,(

 

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/340760-for-sale-bobs-octavia-vrs-mk1-18t/

update to the oil pick up pipe. . . .all sorted. no more oil pressure issues and no more dry oil pump noises on start up [emoji41]

also replaced front and rear brake pads with good quality allied nippon parts.

along with new nsr calliper

followed by a full brake fluid change

and today, i finally got round to sortung the central locking issue. . .

new drivers door latch

unfortunatly couldnt get one of the latch bolts out and striped it on a previous attempt so had to drill it out today and replace with new

so thats just about it, will get it valeted this week then it ready for a propper sale and piece of mind for who ever wishes to buy

sold

Todays progress. . .

Calipers were in need of some paint. I was originally going to go with orange to keep with the theme, but managed to find some green paint that is a near perfect match. . .and only cost 5.99

Some 'before' pics

Removed the pads to ensure I didnt get and paint on them.

Started off cleaning them up with a wire brush, also good for adding a 'key' for paint. Then gave a good wipe down with 'panel wipe'.

Once the panel wipe had dried, I then went around and applied 1 coat to all calipers.

Then by the time I had done the 4th caliper, the 1st was dry enough for a second coat and so on.

This is after 2 coats and still a bit wet

Soon after began to rain but lucky enough the paint is quite thick so the rain had no impact on the finish.

Once the rain had passed, went on to put the headlights back in.

They allign up much better with the bumper now and thw indocators no longer have a great gap between them and the wings.

The grey and orange wheel I did previous was going to be kept as the spare, but having cleaned up the other 4 wheels, Ive found one to be quite corroded. So ive decided to use that as a spare and repaint the grey and orange wheel. Got the tyre swapped over this afternoon so can start on the wheels tomorrow

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DO YOU HAVE A PART NUMBER ON THE TIN FOR THE PAINT AND WHERE DID YOU GET IT FROM 

 

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DO YOU HAVE A PART NUMBER ON THE TIN FOR THE PAINT AND WHERE DID YOU GET IT FROM

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No need to SHOUT lol. sorry for late reply its been a while since looked at this thread.

hope this helps

got it from kens auto spares in nottingham

lol i work on computer in caps lol i forget good color match 

Stuff sticks well too, I now have this car and no signs of it coming off, has scratched a little on the inlet but thats were I been working on it