Oh dear, my trusty Octavia that has had very little attention other than thorough servicing in 17 years has suddenly become a little needy as of late:-

• Clutch
• Rear drum back plate rusted through where the whole back plate assembly needed replacing including wheel cylinders, back plates, shoes, drums, springs, levers, fitting kit. This nearly wrote the car but found a site that did fully assembled back plates for 67 Euros! (Skoda wanted over £200 just for the back plate, not with any bits - each!)
• New Radiator
• New Top engine/gearbox mount
• Rear spring went boing (just repaired yesterday!)
• and now a coil pack as the car dropped onto two cylinders today (fortunately not far from base) - spot the problem(er large hole) - picture attached! Don’t think I've seen a coilpack like this before. Hopefully it hasn't spiked the CPU or the CAT. Wasn't driven far when it happened.

 

I suppose I can't complain but I'm worried this is the start of a chain reaction.

 

Now what to buy OEM or ebay coilpack?

 

 

Edited 1 September, 20187 yr by bigjohn

Coil pack from ebay restored full health - easypeasy fix. I was worried with the way the coil pack had "exploded"  other damage had been done. Hopefully CAT is OK as it was only driven short distance on two cylinders with the other two chucking fuel down the exhaust.

 

 

Are there any MKI Octavia killers I need to consider in the future?

 

 

 

 

Edited 5 September, 20187 yr by bigjohn