Friend has had this car 15 years main dealer serviced regardless of cost.
couple of months back it started cutting out randomly, i had a look and one rad hose was hot other was cold even though gauge was up to temp so i though ah temperature sensor will be getting wrong info and not fuelling right. so new thermostat complete with housing and new temp sensor from ecp was fitted.
didn't fix problem, she needed car fixed quick so it went to local garage, he tried various things cleaned tb and fuel tank breather checked wiring for rat bits and pee but couldn't find what was wrong.
It has had egr valve fault putting engine light on for last 2 years but both me and the local garage know about this and just clear the fault its a 1.4 petrol so that fault wasn't causing this problem.
Local garage was investigating for free but in his own time between jobs as he didn't want to ripp my friend off, but she thought best take it to skoda as they would know what it was and fix it quick she told them we knew it wasnt egr. after a number of weeks she got car back and a bill for about £600 including fitting a new egr valve :bang: also new leads coil and relay 109 (iirc) but the fault it went in with was still there
friend has now bought a newer version of the same car (not from the main dealer)
but she didn't want to just scrap the old one, so we have still been trying to fix it, we have changed all the relays now, new spark plugs, various sensors including the temp sensor again, changed fuel pump and fuel rail (but not injectors as they not the same on donor car mk4 golf)
cant find tdc sensor unless its one of the things ive already changed, arrowed in photo.
I don't know where the ecu is on this car y reg skoda octavia or where it is on the mk4 golf.
Edit:- its looking like Vw skoda ecu are under scuttle panels,
couple of months back it started cutting out randomly, i had a look and one rad hose was hot other was cold even though gauge was up to temp so i though ah temperature sensor will be getting wrong info and not fuelling right. so new thermostat complete with housing and new temp sensor from ecp was fitted.
didn't fix problem, she needed car fixed quick so it went to local garage, he tried various things cleaned tb and fuel tank breather checked wiring for rat bits and pee but couldn't find what was wrong.
It has had egr valve fault putting engine light on for last 2 years but both me and the local garage know about this and just clear the fault its a 1.4 petrol so that fault wasn't causing this problem.
Local garage was investigating for free but in his own time between jobs as he didn't want to ripp my friend off, but she thought best take it to skoda as they would know what it was and fix it quick she told them we knew it wasnt egr. after a number of weeks she got car back and a bill for about £600 including fitting a new egr valve :bang: also new leads coil and relay 109 (iirc) but the fault it went in with was still there
friend has now bought a newer version of the same car (not from the main dealer)
but she didn't want to just scrap the old one, so we have still been trying to fix it, we have changed all the relays now, new spark plugs, various sensors including the temp sensor again, changed fuel pump and fuel rail (but not injectors as they not the same on donor car mk4 golf)
cant find tdc sensor unless its one of the things ive already changed, arrowed in photo.
I don't know where the ecu is on this car y reg skoda octavia or where it is on the mk4 golf.
Edit:- its looking like Vw skoda ecu are under scuttle panels,
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