Hey,

discovered why you don't see many vRS's in Ireland.

Was up the Wicklow mountains yesterday going over Sally's gap.

Taking it real easy, already scraped the front spoiler on a rock,

come around a corner and BANG. Hit the deck with the sump.

Nothing too bad, thank God, more a shock than anything else.

Checked it a few mins later, and there's some scrapes on what looks like the

sump and the gearbox housing.

Problem is, that plastic engine cover underneath got a whack, and the

offside mounting on the suspension got shredded to pieces.

Any ideas about what to do?

Cable-tie it in place, or is it just as easy to replace it?

Oh and to add insult to injury, leaving the house this morning, and offside front wheel was flat as a pancake.

No visible nails or anything, but changing a wheel at 5:30am on a

Monday morning in the pi**ing rain is not my idea of fun!!!

Stephen.

Metal sump guard, it's a skoda part and if you ask a dealer about it they can get you one and fit it. Is about £200 total, but no inconvieniece of having the car off the road when the sump cracks :S

Metal sump guard, it's a skoda part and if you ask a dealer about it they can get you one and fit it. Is about

TaviaRS has one of these fitted but I think he said you're more likely to ground it because it hangs lower but..as said...at least it protects the sump.

Sounds pretty heavy, would it not cause the front of the car to run lower than the standard sump guard??

Only a small bit, and as said it is a skoda specified part a dealer can order and fit it for you.

We were looking at getting a group buy around on here, however waiting on some feedback from somebody who was going to try and get one fabbed for less.

..... however waiting on some feedback from somebody who was going to try and get one fabbed for less.

That'll be me then I have the pan and rear mountings sorted, just need to finalise the front mounting (the difficult part). Its in the pipeline but should be a DIY fit and will come in under the parts cost of the Skoda guard.

That'll be me then I have the pan and rear mountings sorted, just need to finalise the front mounting (the difficult part). Its in the pipeline but should be a DIY fit and will come in under the parts cost of the Skoda guard.

Phil,

once you've sorted the details PM me or Mike (Flatfourburble) and we'll go through the gb process.

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discovered why you don't see many vRS's in Ireland.

Was up the Wicklow mountains yesterday going over Sally's gap.

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Yuo're just not looking the in right places!!!

Sally's gap is notorious for potholes. You were lucky you didn't loose your sump completely.

discovered why you don't see many vRS's in Ireland.

Was up the Wicklow mountains yesterday going over Sally's gap.

I never had any problems with the Wicklow mountain roads whne I was working over there. My rented () car soaked up all of the potholes that were thrown at it!

Having said that, the most frightening straight I've ever driven along was in the mountains there. It was so bumpy thought I was going to get bounced off the road!

Maybe we are just moving too quick for you to notice us.

A couple of years back I seen a guy in a Golf GTi polishing it in a workshop in Blessington, the next day he was back fitting a new sump. He cracked it while heading back over the mountains.

That housing under the gearbox linkage in my old car was scraped to bits from spins to Donegal.

Myself & Bpm went over the Dublin mountains a few weeks back and the Mk2 felt a lot more comfortable to drive as there was less chance of bottoming out due to the height.

Molls Gap on the Ring of Kerry is hard on vRS Octavias too. In fact the whole Ring is :mad:

Must get a sumpguard before this years holiday :D

What car for Irish mountain roads? One of these?

nah, one of these:

1.4 litres of sheer, er.... Hire car!

Is it just me or are there a lot of burnt-out cars up there? It must be a hell of a walk back to Dublin for the scallies who leave them there....

I replaced the plastic sump cover thingy on my old RS, think it was under

SWMBO has promised to buy me a sumpguard for my 21st wedding anniversary present :(:(:( She wants a new engagement ring :eek::eek:

Ah well as bad as the roads seem to be over there I'm sure the scenery makes up for it!

Was over there a couple of years back and it's gorgeous.

Scenery around a wee remote inn called the fox and hounds or something in Dublin are great too!

Hope you don't do anymore damage to the motor:thumbup:

Scenery around a wee remote inn called the fox and hounds or something in Dublin are great too!

You talking about Johnny Foxes?

The scenery is nice,

not that I could enjoy it,

Was trembling with terror that I'd either rip the front spoiler off or whack the sump

again around every corder.

Most harrowing 30mins of my life.

Never going on that road again......

You talking about Johnny Foxes?

The scenery is nice' date='

not that I could enjoy it,

Was trembling with terror that I'd either rip the front spoiler off or whack the sump

again around every corder.

Most harrowing 30mins of my life.

Never going on that road again......[/quote']

I hope you made your passenger get out and carry everything from inside the car as a precaution ?

I once made my wife push the Octavia in a muddy field

You talking about Johnny Foxes?

Thats the exact one!

Ha Ha see there is a lot to be said for sitting in the back of your girlfriends mam's car even if it's a purple corsa!!

I loved that wee place up there good grub too

Most harrowing 30mins of my life.

Never going on that road again......

Ah there's your problem mate... It only took you 30 minutes to get over that road? You must have been hitting the road in spots! Thats a road that you should take really handy especially in the RS.

There are some cracking places up there, it's a great part of the world.

Have you noticed, though, that up there every road sign is for Glendalough (often in 2 different directions!) and that the closer you get to it the further the distances written on the sign

Ah there's your problem mate... It only took you 30 minutes to get over that road? You must have been hitting the road in spots! Thats a road that you should take really handy especially in the RS.

That was 30 mins just between stops, I think it took over an hour and a half to get from Glendalough to the Blessington road.

I was doing about 10mph with a train of cars behind me. English reg Rovers, muppets in S'class merc's beeping, boy racers in their corsa's, the works.

One thing that did help though was to get the passenger to sit in the back.

SWMBO didn't like it at the start, but she said she could get used to being carted around like a queen.

(I had to sell it to her somehow)