just got a good second hand low-mileage MPI felly 1.3 to replace an old SPI.

I am finding one problem this has as the old one did, is that the thermo switch is tempramental - on the old car, I had to rig up a manual bypass switch, which I may have to put in the new car, and yes, i have tried all the low temp thermo switches from Butts and Co !

On this car, the front struts are rusting on the cups - it is a V reg - so I'll have to look at those soon - the ones on the previous car let go in the middle of nowhere.

anyhow generally happy with the car which BTW is a 135, as the old one was (this is an L - the old one an LX)

Do you still have the SPI? Scrapping or selling? If scrapping whoop out as much as you can. The shocks will be good for the new car. Ads will lots of other bits.

I didn't think a 135MPI existed :confused:

On the thermo switch not working, have you ran the engine with the coolant cap off, and massaged the hoses to try remove any air that might be in the system?

unfortunately had to scrap (for £50) - but I am going down the yard to get the struts off when it is up on the stack

really didn't think anyone would have been interested in the other bits.

all felicia 1.3s were MPI the same time that the 136 changed from SPI to MPI - no more power, hopefully more efficent distribution.

I think they did two versions which are identified by the colour of the skoda logo on the block of the engine. Red and Yellow I think, one being the 54bhp version, and the other 68bhp.

Only two version of engine low compression 54bhp and high compression 68bhp. However i think that the 54bhp engine is refered to as a 135 and the 68bhp a 136. The spi with the low compression engine has more poke i am led to believe because of no catalyst.

my spi had a cat.