Hi all,

I've searched for he answers to these questions but haven't been able to find what I'm after.

First of all, I would like to get my coil packs changed under the recall, but am not sure if mine are original parts or not. I assume VW don't use Bosch coil packs? How do I tell if they are the original ones or not?

Secondly, I want to drain my power steering fluid so that I can make sure it has all the correct stuff in it, but am unsure where to drain from. Can anybody point me in the right direction to correctly drain my power steering fluid?

Thanks.

I asked the skoda techs about fluid change today, they said " undo pipe on bottom of steering pump, the pipe held with a small nut. Have car jacked up and when its finished running out go left to right lock and it will give you most of the rest." I did this and got 750ml out so 1 litre is enough to change the fluid

I asked the skoda techs about fluid change today, they said " undo pipe on bottom of steering pump, the pipe held with a small nut. Have car jacked up and when its finished running out go left to right lock and it will give you most of the rest." I did this and got 750ml out so 1 litre is enough to change the fluid

Ok that's great, thanks. Sounds easy enough. Is it easy to get to?

yes, 10mm ring spanner, when it comes out dont lose the rubber o-ring you need it on reassembly. right on front of engine on yours i think

Excellent, thanks for that.

bump for your coil packs

if you unplug and pull out a coil, you will see the part number on the part the electrical socket plugs onto.

if the part number is not there they are not genuine (so go get some vag ones off ebay and swap in)

a simpler way to do fluid is disconnect return feed and put into bottle. Then run engine for 4 seconds at a time to pump out old fluid while keeping header tank topped up with new.

Good chance they wont change them under recall if theyve already been changed by someone else.

exactly get some old revisions fitted (not R or D)

Ok so it seems all four of my coils are different.

If I had to hazard a guess I would say that one of them is genuine, the rest aren't. One had a code on it that ended in a 'K' (I assume this is an original), one had no marking on it at all, but did have a letter engraved on to the metal, one was a Bosch coil and the final one I have pictured below, I assume this is an aftermarket replacement?

This leaves me with two final questions, am I right in thinking every single coil, if original, will have the same markings on it? Finally, does anybody have some original coils hanging around they don't want?

Thanks again.

i couldnt tell you, but if you post for coils in items wanted thread you may get some. oh and this can be a complementary bump

the one in the pic above is def not genuine