after speaking to my dealer yesterday i was informed that " some models did'nt have them fitted as standard "

so i am just wondering how many of you vrs owners have these fitted

I've never seen one without.

I wouldn't even think about driving a VRS without one bearing in mind how low the sump is on it. The plastic one is pretty useless but as said on the previous thread it stops sensors getting soaked and the alloy ones stops you needing a new sump every time you go over a crap road surface.

Mine has one but it doesn't cover the sump. It bridges the gap between the front bumper and the sump. I was told by Skoda that all the petrol models came with this and the derv's have a full cover.

I think the dealer is talking 8ollox. He is possibly confused with the metal sump guard for the Rozzer cars.

There are different ones for the petrol and diesel.

I think the dealer is talking 8ollox.

:iagree:

i don't suppose anyone has a tidy photo of one in place they could post so i am armed correctly for the dealers on monday

My plastic undertray decided to break into several small chunks while driving along the motorway today. Where it wraps up and around the engine it was rubbing against the belts which had me slightly worried. My local Skoda dealer have quoted me

My plastic undertray decided to break into several small chunks while driving along the motorway today. Where it wraps up and around the engine it was rubbing against the belts which had me slightly worried. My local Skoda dealer have quoted me

From new (03) i have never had one on mine........Perhaps the stealers stole it:mad:

Phil

I think mine went missing possibly when I had the cambelt done, had no problems since (9 months ago)

Don't be mistaken the tray doesn't really cover much it only just sits behind the bumper really, then you have a big hole where the derv variant's cover would sit at a glance you would think you have no tray. I was very confused by this for a while till my chassis number confirmed that I only had the smaller one and not the whole shebang like the derv's do

Vrs phil's desription is correct for a petrol engined octavia

HTH

Hi ive had a 2001 octavia vrs..untill i wrote it off ooopppssss and when it was serviced by skoda they always said it was missing ? and i now have a 2002 one and they say the same thing about that one so who knows ??? xx:P

Both my Octavia RS's had the plastic covers, and both have been pulled to bits on poor road surfaces, must order another one.

guys

give up and do like me and get a steel one fitted:)

yes I have hit a few time but still a bit more reassuring than hitting the sump:eek:

on a side note you can have the fun of watching the dealer trying to fit the thing:rofl:

whats the part number? and rough cost?

Iain Where do you get these steel ones from incidently, someone must make themfor both octavia and fabias

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/items-sale/octavia-mk1-vrs-sump-guard-fixings/81489/

Try here

HTH

got mine done by the main dealer it was about

How easy is it to access the sump plug/oil filter with this fitted?

Not easy, it needs to be removed for service.

Is removal (once it's been fitted the first time) a pain in the behind then?

sorry guys been away for a week.

on the question of removing it. no it is just a few extra bolts to undo.

the painful bit is fitting the captive nuts to attach it to. for this you need a special tool I was told.

anyway I am glad I had it last week in scotland as hit it a couple of times with a real bang