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Ah, so THIS is the famous thermostat housing??? See, for some reason best known to myself, I thought that was bolted to the offside of the engine. I think because it's belt driven I assumed it was located, well you know, where the other belts are... So where is the belt for this driven from?! Well anyway, this waa replaced at a main dealer 18 months ago at the last service. Reckon they'll replace it for free this time? I mean failure after 18 months isn't reasonable really, is it? Thank you so much for your help, really appreciate it 😊

Ok been looking over the Internet, for some reason really struggling to find out what this thing is. The only picture I've found so far is this one. It looks like it's the green thing in the middle of the pictuee. The pipe that the radiator hose connects onto is at the bottom, it's escaped the green tint and it's grey but you can see it. So, anyone got any ideas what this green thing is? It's the thing that seems to be leaking coolant. Cheers!

Heya. It's EA888 yes, no idea what gen, the car is 2014. The engine number is: CHHB****** Cheers!

Not sure...can't really see it but what I can see looks like a black plastic something, with a round metal cover on the very bottom about 15mm across, which looks like it's held on by 3 bolts. It has at least two outlets on the front at the bottom, one of which is where the offside radiator hose (the one with the temp. sensor in it) connects to. If anyone has a photo of the front of this engine, I could point to it? Cheers!

Heya. I've had a look at these on the Internet, not sure it is this? Amy other ideas?

Hello everyone! I have a 2014 Vrs TSI 2.0 petrol. I recently had to have the water pump / thermostat assembly replaced, but I have yet another coolant leak. Long story short, I was sure it was the bottom radiator hose, so after a fight and grazed knuckles replacing it...of course, it's not that. It's coming from whatever the hose clips onto. It looks like some kind of unit bolted to the front of the engine, underneath the inlet manifold. I've tried looking online, just can't find out what it is! Or if it can be repaired, how to remove it etc. As always, I'd be ever so grateful for some help please! Along with having to have the sump replaced for an oil leak last month too, I'm gonna christen this car 'the sieve...' Really having a sense of humour failure with it now. Thanks again everyone x

Just as an aside - if the fake engine noise is undesirable, the unit that makes the noise is easy to disconnect. It is located under the plastic scuttle panel beneath the windscreen wipers. Do a search on here for a 'how to', It's easy to do, takes about 10 minutes. It's the first thing I did to mine when I got it. Cheers!

Mine looks exactly the same as yours. It's not a fault, that's normal.

No worries! Yes, my vrs is 2014 with a black pack. Cheers!

Looks to me like a standard car with the factory 'black pack' option. Wheels have been painted / powder coated, and the lower door trims are available from Kopacek / SUperskoda. HTH!

Are there maybe resistors contained within those plugs?

I did get the message, yes haha! Ok so spent a nice afternoon fitting my new Brembos. Apart from the swines of hidden M14 bolts holding on the carriers, it was all pretty easy to do on the driveway. The sliding pins were all fine, but I cleaned them out and re-greased them anyway. Calipers in nice condition, no signs of seizure, pistons wound back nice and easy. The Brembo parts are visibly better quality than the OE stuff in my opinion. One thing which is nice is that there is like a hammered metal finish grey paint on the parts of the disc which aren't contact surfaces. So they shouldn't corrode. Pedal came up nicely after an hour or so's driving. Looking at the contact surfaces now, it appears the pads have bedded in nicely both sides. Cost for the Brembo discs and pads from Euros was £138 all in. Pretty good I thought. Best news of all was she flew through the MOT today at the main stealers. They didn't make any comments at all. So I'm well happy. Hope this info helps others. Cheers! ETA: You get replacement slider pin bolts and even the little screws which hold the discs on with the Brembos too...

Sure. Here: https://www.kopacek.com/skoda/octavia-iii/emblems//2?f=o:price-

Heya. I know the OE rear brakes are known for being a bit rubbish, but... Two years ago my 2014 VRS was in for an MOT at the main stealer. Brakes looked ok to me before presenting the car, but a phone call came to say it will fail on excess corrosion to the rear discs. Asked for £220 to replace, managed to haggle that down to £200. This was the second set the car was on, so they fitted a third set. It's done 60k. Anyway this week, with the MOT looming, the rear discs looked a bit flaky, so I cracked the wheels off to give them a good looking over. Christ, what a horror show! The outsides looked a wee bit ropey, but the inner faces? Resembled well-used boat anchors. Worse still, the pads were only contacting about 15mm in the very centre of the swept area. The rest of the discs were crusty, with pitting and actual holes. After just 24 months and 10,000 miles. Shocking. Apart from the poor quality, any ideas why the inner faces of the discs start to lose contact with the pads top and bottom? The calipers are in great condition. After giving them a clean, they are spot on. Was easy to wind the pistons back in. No sign of split rubber boots. And the floating pins on the carrier were equally good. Boots fine, lots of grease inside. nice shiny pins, no stiction. So I'm at a bit of a loss to explain why this is happening? Anyway fitted some nice Brembos now. They look to be better quality than the stock TRWs, but time will tell I guess.

Hahaha fair comment!!!