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Hi all

I`m really hopeing someone can help me here. With the Octavia now being my weekend car and with me being so busy at work recently i`ve had no time to play around with it. It`s been sat on the drive for a month and hasen`t been started.
When i got to the car the LED bulb which normally flashes blue was on a static blue so straight away thought there was something wrong. It unlocked ok, when i got in the car the dials didn`t show anything.
I connected the Vectra and Octy together with jump leads and nothing happened apart from the fans came on and the starter motor was just spinning instead of cranking the engine. I tried this twice and on the 2nd attempt it drained the battery in the Vectra and there was a smell of burning in the Octy`s interior.
I`m really hopeing that this isn`t going to cost the earth as it`s a fantastic car and put`s a smile on my face everytime i drive it.
I`m thinking of maybe trying a new battery and a new starter motor as everytime i`ve started the car over the past few months it`s made a screaming like sound when the engines fired up. I believe this is a well known problem in the MK1 Octavia`s.

Any help would be great

Regards

Phil.

Hi all

I had the engine managment light come on yesterday and straight away looked under the bonnet. There is a leak on one of the hoses which seems to head underneath the manifold and thins off at the end. Does anybody know what it`s purpose is? I`m certain the car isn`t pulling as hard as it normally would. With the car being used everyday and covering around 35,000 miles a year i always keep well on top of servicing and repairs so if anyone could help me out that would be great.

All the best
Phil.