Further to post below, pictures of my engine cover. It doesn’t sit right and has been cable tied on - presuming this isn’t right.

 

garage told me that oil dipstick was missing a rubber seal around the top (or something similar). 

 

Any comments welcome... is the only fix a new cover?

I don't run the engine cover on mine. It's purely cosmetic and serves no function other than to obscure things I want to be able to see and have access to more easily.

 

Mine looks like this...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second piccie in this eBay ad shows the underside.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SKODA-FABIA-6Y-MK1-1-4-MPi-PETROL-ATZ-PLASTIC-ENGINE-COVER-047119516D/263992368724?epid=1331110535&hash=item3d772bde54:g:RcUAAOSwtMNbxZlU

 

Info from Workshop Manuals site.

https://workshop-manuals.com/skoda/fabia-mk1/drive_unit/1.0/37;_1.4/44;_1.4/50_kw_mpi_engine/engine_assycylinder_blockcrankcase/removing_and_installing_engine/removing_engine/

 

J.

Edited 4 November, 20187 yr by vindaloo
Workshop manuals

@Wench - Unless it has a function relating to the oil filler (and your's doesn't seem to) the top cover is cosmetic and/or sound deadening.

6 hours ago, KenONeill said:

@Wench - Unless it has a function relating to the oil filler (and your's doesn't seem to) the top cover is cosmetic and/or sound deadening.

 

On the 1.4 mpi the cover is used as part of the oil filler and has its own rubber seals because the VW type cap actually fits to the cover itself and the cover also seals to the rocker cover oil filler hole. A Felicia type oil cap is clipped to the underside of the cover in case you want to run the engine without the cover fitted as the VW one will not fit directly in the rocker cover hole. That's what you use if you want to do away with the cover altogether. Sometimes the cap is missing but they can be bought on ebay. You can see the Felicia type oil cap in my pic.

 

The rubber tube thing that has fallen down the dipstick in her pic is meant to be pushed into the dipstick hole in the cover. 

Edited 5 November, 20187 yr by TMB

You can see one black circular cap for a cover fixing bolt. The other is under the Skoda badge which levers up to reveal the bolt hole that goes into the spare hole in the rocker cover. On mine that threads in the hole in the rocker cover were stripped and I found a slightly bigger bolt and re-tapped the hole in the rocker cover to fit. This did away with the need for the cable tie. In the top pic the rubber dipstick boot wants to be removed from the dipstick tube and re-inserted in the plastic shield from above. I would hope that if properly bolted on the shield would not be cocked up at the rear driverside corner and the rubber tube would lie better on top of the dipstick tube.

@TMB - So it's like the 1.9D except that the diesel has the dipstick run through the cap.

On 04/11/2018 at 20:10, TMB said:

I don't run the engine cover on mine. It's purely cosmetic and serves no function other than to obscure things I want to be able to see and have access to more easily.

 

Mine looks like this...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally got around to having another look at mine. One of the bolts won’t undo, so I think it’s simply going to be a case of ripping the cover off and throwing it away. 

 

What mk Felicia oil cap do I need to get?

The oil cap you need is part number 047103485A

 

They usually come without a rubber seal, so you need one of those too. Part number 047103487

 

 

There is supposed to be one of those caps clipped to the underside of the engine cover but sometimes they are missing. Worth checking before you buy one.

Edited 28 November, 20187 yr by TMB

4 hours ago, TMB said:

The oil cap you need is part number 047103485A

 

They usually come without a rubber seal, so you need one of those too. Part number 047103487

 

 

There is supposed to be one of those caps clipped to the underside of the engine cover but sometimes they are missing. Worth checking before you buy one.

Just double checking the oil cover part no starts 047, not 049. (eBay brings up loads that start 049, but not many with 047).

047

 

You may have to get one from a Skoda dealer as there doesn't seem to be any on ebay.

 

https://www.skoda-parts.com/spare-parts/105-120-130/047-103485a.html

Edited 28 November, 20187 yr by TMB

Just checking. the driver side rear corner being cocked upwards might be because actually the passenger side rear is pulled down too low. There should be a thick rubber spacer under the points where the two bolts go through, the spacer being a sort of grommet pushed into the bolt hole in the cover. If it was missing from the rear bolt mount it would do what you see. Alternately if the mounting point it bolts into at the rear passenger side had somehow become lower, plenum on crooked or the mount was bent down it would have the same effect. Could also be the plenum is on the throttle body too high or not far enough.

I’ve ordered the oil cap cover and seal from local dealer (had forgot about them, as never use them, but only 5 miles down the road).

 

ive put the cover back on myself now and it looks much better than the bodged up version you can see the garage did.

On 28/11/2018 at 10:34, Wench said:

Finally got around to having another look at mine. One of the bolts won’t undo, so I think it’s simply going to be a case of ripping the cover off and throwing it away. 

 

What mk Felicia oil cap do I need to get?

Finally got around to trying to put the new rubber seal and oil cap on today, and it doesn’t seem to sit right, I don’t think it’s going far enough down. It did also pop out after I’d tried pressing it down.

 

any tips for getting it to fit properly?

Have you put the seal on the right way around? Can you post a pic of it?

I tried the seal in both the cap and the “neck” of the oil well, neither seemed to work 

Not gonna be able to tell without pics of the cap and seal.

I could take a pic of mine for you.

Can you clarify - are you doing away with the engine cover and just using the Felicia type oil cap straight onto the rocker cover oil filler neck?

6 minutes ago, TMB said:

Can you clarify - are you doing away with the engine cover and just using the Felicia type oil cap straight onto the rocker cover oil filler neck?

Yes.

 

i will (hopefully) be able to get photos tommorow when I’ve got some light to work with!

Make sure the seal lip is at the top of the cap.

 

 

 

Thanks 

Sorted now thanks very much