Hi y'all !

Recent Skoda owner. On a whim, I traded my BMW Series 3 [ long in tooth and mileage ] and got a Skoda Fabia 1.4 MPI Classic Estate 03 vintage. Very pretty but a cheap PX so no warranty. Expected problems and I got them. Car ran sweet but with a major thirst for coolant - expansion pot emptied in a day. Stage 1 - found a leak on rad - Ahah sez I and bought new rad [plus some other issues like wheel bearing and odd-n-sods. Fixed ? not a chance. Got to be head gasket when I "found" the missing coolant in sump but pressure test was good on all cylinders ! So, orf with his head ! Gasket was punctured, two small holes. Shipped the head to machine shop in Durham for pressure test and milling. Bought new head bolts and re-assembled. Sweet as a nut !

So, new convert to Skoda. Now I just need to hunt down a bonnet release lever.

[ Still miss the old autobahn burner tho' ]

Festival weekend at Thornborough Henge coming up and I hope to use Fabia as a "tent".

Edited 19 May, 201511 yr by NorsemanBernicia