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Skoda Fabia TDI estate


Dave_Q

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Someone please save me from the car buying public.

 

The vehicle is a 2002/52 reg Skoda Fabia 1.9 TDI comfort estate.

Has been a great car but a bit small for me and I get bored easy, so have decided to upgrade* to a Citroen Berlingo.

 

Tax Nov 14 (£130pa due to low OMGCO2), MOT sept 14.

 

Mechanically fine, it's done 142k miles, engine has been remapped to approx 130bhp. It's not amazing but it's not bad for a dizzler. Can return to standard map if required. Console bushes replaced in Jan which is a common failure point. Comfort spec includes front electric windows, remote central locking (2 keys), and I've added cruise control. Despite being a small car it has a decent boot, have had a fridge freezer in the back with the seats down.

 

Cosmetically not good. It has been involved in a jacknifed caravan incident in the past, (not a write off) followed by some hammer and rattle can based repair. The previous owner who did said repairs preferred silver to it's original colour of bluey green, so all removable panels have been swapped with silver ones. P/o has then rattle canned the rear quarters, but not the roof for some reason. A weekend with some wob would probably make it look better and double it's value, but I've never bothered.

 

Known faults - an occasional judder when driving at 30 or 40 in 5th. No idea what is causing this, I just drive in a lower gear. Drivers window switch is tempramental. Most of the 'door closed' microswitches do not work so you get no lights warning buzzer and you have to open the boot with the remote. There is currently an issue with the vacuum pump providing low vacuum, I think I can fix this but alternatively a s/h pump is £30-50. 

 

Overall this vehicle is the sensible daily driver you promised yourself would never have to happen.

 

We are off to Glasgow in it this week so it is available from Thursday onwards.

Located in Huddersfield.

 

I want what I paid which is £600. 

 

Brace yourself for the fotoskillz.

 

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I have a Fabia SDI, I rate it quite highly apart from the relative lack of performance, shame all the TDI jobs are pump duese (GR0 4 VEG!).

 

 

Just as TDis on the older VW/Audi/Skoda were once regarded as totally unsuitable for veg until prices fell low enough for people to experiment, so I hear of VW guys with Common Rail diesels lamenting the passing of the PD system. Apparently, if your oil is filtered well (this doesn't mean Tesco's finest) and is suitably thin, you can 'get away with it' with one or two mods.

 

Having been the person who used a Lucas Epic pumped PSA on much veg through the coldest of winters in recent living memory, I have to declare an open mind - even if a modern diesel is the last thing I'd want, on account of its relative unreliability and massive repair costs (when running on dinodiesel), even if you can DIY.

 

i remember the total disbelief on a veg forum a few years ago, when a new member announced his Mercedes common rail diesel had been run on 80% rapeseed for the last 18 months. When stuff gets cheap enough, many will have a go. If it's not a Ford, there's always a chance.

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I've never experimented with Bio or veg in this, the Bio supplier over in Bradford tells me plenty of people run PDs on Bio, oil maybe with a twin tank?

The quarters are bad but could be made better, its priced accordingly, you'll struggle to find a tdi estate for less than a grand.

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