2008 Scoda Octavia 4x4 TDI (RRP) - Page 5

3L3M3NT · November 24th, 2018, 20:44

It seems like winter has started here as well, minus the little warm up we had yesterday and today. I can imagine now with winter tires you'll really be looking forward to what the car can do once you get a decent amount of snow. I'm sure having slightly taller tires will help a little bit with clearance.

I'm looking forward to seeing some new pictures of your car busting a path through the snow.

nokivasara · January 18th, 2019, 10:47

Still not enough snow to cause any excitement but that's nice for a change, makes my job easier.

Really happy with the taller tires, been getting 37-38 mpg with studded tires, if I did the math right when calculating the difference in tire size. Seems like the odometer reading didn't change when I calibrated the speedometer for the larger tires so the distance reads 2-3% too low.

nokivasara · February 5th, 2019, 08:34

Despite the Skoda Octavia mk2 being based on a mk5 Golf there are some areas that differ quite a bit. The boot space is one.
Here's how mine is laden most of the time:
*chainsaw
*snowshovel
*jumper cables, tow line and misc tools in the black box
*clothes and istruments needed in my work as a forester. Blue box
*a box of flagging tape¨
*snow shoes
*first aid kit
*50l backpack
*an axe
*misc small stuff
In the summer an insulated cooler for food and water.
All this with room to spare!

nokivasara · August 16th, 2019, 13:28

No new pics but it has rolled over to the 300k km side

Have some service planned, rear diff, haldex and timing belt to start with. I'll change the t-stat too, I think the temp was a bit too low last winter.

casioqv · August 16th, 2019, 14:17

This is such an incredible car, I also wish we had something like it in the USA. The Touareg TDI is the closest thing, but is comparatively big, complicated, and heavy.

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Originally Posted by nokivasara

It's not a skid plate but it does add protection to the fuel lines and the floor itself from stone chips and such.

On my TDI Golf I always worry about that fuel cooler... it seems extremely vulnerable, and could lead to running out of diesel in a remote place if punctured.

Quade · August 20th, 2019, 12:40

Skoda Octavia is one of my favorite car. I love to see your car but can't find its picture. Please share its picture.
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nokivasara · November 25th, 2019, 10:40

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Originally Posted by casioqv

This is such an incredible car, I also wish we had something like it in the USA. The Touareg TDI is the closest thing, but is comparatively big, complicated, and heavy.

On my TDI Golf I always worry about that fuel cooler... it seems extremely vulnerable, and could lead to running out of diesel in a remote place if punctured.

Yes, the Octavia is much smaller than a Touareg, it's basically a mk5 Golf, which is good when we have one of each. I only need to learn how to work on one to fix them both

The fuel cooler location is nuts, I have thought about making a steel skid plate that covers it. Even better would be to relocate it to the front or maybe the firewall area...

nokivasara · November 25th, 2019, 10:42

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Originally Posted by Quade

Skoda Octavia is one of my favorite car. I love to see your car but can't find its picture. Please share its picture.
copymachinereviews.com

Photobucket ate my pictures, there are some in the last pages of this thread. More pics to come

nokivasara · November 26th, 2019, 09:20

Took some pics of todays tinkering with the mighty Skoda, sorry for the low quality, my phone is showing its age...
First a comparison with our mk5 Golf, a bit unfair since they aren't on level ground. I may set them up on a parking lot sometime for better pics.

Then I went on to mount my cabin heater on the side of the centre console panel. That's pretty much standard up here, everyone has one, they are in series with the inline coolant heater and gets power from the same outlet.
I removed the side panel to check that there weren't any wires behind it. Apparently I didn't get a picture of the mounting hardware

Lastly a picture from the source of an water leak I've been chasing for a while. I get a puddle of water on the trim inside the door opening after heavy rain and thought it was from the door seal but today I found out that it came from the inside of the door card!

Drilled out the rivets on the bottom of the inner door panel and found that the seal was in pieces. Did a temporary RTV sealant fix and called it a day.