Idiot buys car ( Octavia Mk1 Estate )
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Mercdriver said:
Not an idiot then bungz! Sounds like you got value for money, hope it keeps going for you, keep posting about it.
I am jealous, at 77 I can no longer work on cars, knees and back are shot the days of rebuilding cars are over for me unfortunately.
Im 41 and at times I dont feel so hot after a day under cars, definately no more exhaust work on the drive I will ship that off to someone else in future!I am jealous, at 77 I can no longer work on cars, knees and back are shot the days of rebuilding cars are over for me unfortunately.
Had ithe Octavia a year last week! Thats flown by. Rolled over 61K too.
Since the oil change the sump plug was leaking and when I went to use fresh plug it became aparent that some muppet had stripped it and used a oversize plug.. Easily done on the alloy pan I guess...
New pans are dirt cheap on ebay so went with one of those.
And while the pan was off ordered a new oil pump as they are under £30, the original was a bit whiny but i didnt know if thats just a characteristic of them.
This is what I found in the pick up
All the old sump threads and some silicone from when the sump may have been off before in a past life as it has had a crack welded. Why you would do that when a pan is £19 delivered with a tube of silicone and a new plug god knows.
Sump off sans oil pump. Easier to keep the old sprocket for the pump in situ so just swapped it off the new pump.
New pan!
Sorry no picture of the new pump in situ.
New pan and new dogbone mount while I was at it. Fun fact the dogbone bolt that goes through into the gearbox will piss fluid out unexpectedly as its not a blind hole!
Drained all the fluid ( was new a few K ago ) and used some loctite thread sealer on the bolt.
That made a huge difference to how the gear change felt, the old dog bone had gone really soft.
Fluid was quite dark, will prob change that again in a few K was only cheap stuff.
While I was waiting for the sump RTV to cure I did the front brakes too.
The original discs came off it, impressive at 61K but they were warped but sported brand new pagid pads on them...
Next job is to change the thermostat as this one isnt closing all the way, not getting upto temp on cold days and that effects MPG.
And a couple of tyres.
Then maybe give the AC system some attention for the summer!
Getting there tho!
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