I'm looking to buy an Octavia Elegance 110 TDi [haven't found one yet] and I have seen quite a few references to an ECU fault, the most detailed being

Skoda: Octavia (1998 to 2004)

"Power loss on TDI 110s down to same problem as on Golf Mk IV. VAG acknowledges a fault with the ECU (038 906 018 BM) and specifies an upgraded unit (038 906 018 GQ) at

I can't find the 'BM' ECU listed in the parts list (ETKA) for the Octavia. VAG-COM will read the ECU part number for you and of course a dealer can do this too.

Thanks, Denis

I asked a dealer today and they wern't aware of this, so perhaps HJ was generalising a little and this unit hasn't found it's way into Skoda's parts bin.

Thanks again for looking...

Cheers

Guy