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Quick update.... I purchased a Varta A7 (E39) Dynamic AGM battery and installed it. After a couple of mis-steps due to a flat key battery all seems well; all warning lights extinguished and car starts and runs fine. No need for recoding (hopefully) and best of all the alarm isn't sounding all the time... it's VERY loud! Thanks everyone for your help.

Sorry Dog with a bone, The parts catalogues show: Period Handbrake lever Early Mk3 5E0711301B — plastic handle Early leather version → 17 Aug 2015 5E0711301C From 17 Aug 2015 → 5E0711301D Clearly issue with pre Aug 2015 handbrakes. Those that had issue, was your Octavia built pre August 2015. Can any one who had issue post Aug 2015 build post please, so that I can discount it. Mine was registered Jan 2015, and yes only done 58k miles. Very really parked on hill.

Hi Unless im mistaken, golf mk8 lever (image below) is totally different to mk4 vrs lever, so it wouldn’t fit.

105 or 90 what? Is that 105 or 90 bar? Both are more than enough to keep the car running. My car had a failing HP fuel pump once (around 2015?). Without that HP fuel pump I could still drive the car to the garage, with only the fuel pressure of the pump in the tank, around 6 bar.... If you still have 90 bar, the fuel pressure is not your problem.

Ridex I believe are autodoc own brand they purchase from other manufacturers. They are budget/cheap parts. Fine if its to get it through an MOT etc but personally would fit something better. Try https://www.partsinmotion.co.uk/ been using them for a few years and prices are generally a lot cheaper than ECP plus delivery so far has been within 48hrs. Have had a couple of problems due to delivery surcharge to my address but normally ok. Alasdair

I've used a couple of Ridex parts on my Fabia, mainly smaller items, and honestly haven't had any problems so far. Fit was good and they've been working fine. For £40 compared with £100, I'd probably give them a try for non-critical parts. I wouldn't necessarily choose them for brakes or other safety-related stuff though.

Anyone running standard suspension with wheel spacers, looking to do mine 10/12mm but wondering what it looks like non sports/lowered

Seems to be planning that hold things up alot. Perhaps a different approach needed ie fast track for some project as national priority circumventing local permissions or different parameters which are automatically accepted.

Hy, I have exactly the same symptoms with my Skoda Fabia. Everything works perfectly, and from time to time, the clutch pedal becomes completely soft and doesn’t disengage at all. It’s very strange because you think you’ve disengaged the clutch, but in fact the gear remains engaged and you often end up stalling. And strangely, after one or two poppies on the pedal, everything goes back to normal for hours... Did you get the explanation about your issue? Thank you in advance.

I’ve used Ridex parts from Autodoc a few times and honestly haven’t had any problems. Had a service kit from them on an older car and everything fitted fine and worked as it should. For a Kodiaq with 100k on it I’d probably go for Mann or Bosch for the filters, or Ridex.

I was thinking of Smokey and the Bandit. Never a truer thing in a song. The UK needs to get a move on with things.

As it is just an location location location thing and usage. Maybe more necessary seaside or where winter salting is more common. And if you own cars as keepers and not rent / lease them and hand back or trade in every 3 years. Then lack of use or low miles might mean more surface rust on discs when they are moved. A manual hand / parking brake can mean user to get some rust off discs than cars with e-brakes. PS, untill 2019 Skoda UK servicing still showed 'remove wheels' remove Drums'. Some inspection of drum brake cars were done without wheels off. Right they used inspection hols on rear drum plate. Not. So mBy cars never had the alloys off in 3 or more years that it was an effort to get them off. Many a sad tale at puncture times.

Picked up the new car yesterday, first impressions are very good. So much more fun to drive than the Superb. It was indeed built quite recently. It came off the production line in Japan on 07/06/2026, pretty impressed on how quickly it got here!

The bought-from-new cars owned by me and my wife have included 6 VWs and 2 Skodas. All of these (and the other makes of vehicle we've owned) were all serviced by their manufacturer's main dealerships and - to the best of my knowledge - none of their brakes were ever stripped down, pins greased etc. Brake pad thickness and brake disc condition were checked and reported on, but this was only using a visual inspection and without the road-wheels being removed from the car. That doesn't mean that our cars' brakes were never stripped down, as I used to do this myself on my cars and on my wife's last VW (a Golf diesel estate), but this was primarily when I was replacing the pads to try to improve the brakes' performance rather than me feeling a pressing need to do this. Do you know which car manufacturers have included (or now include) a brake strip-down as part of their standard servicing? I expect a VW/Skoda main dealership would include brake strip-down/pin greasing as a supplementary task during a service if an owner insisted (despite the pads' thickness being adequate) but current labour charges would bump up the cost significantly.

The alarm code could be a failed siren but I assume the alarm is controlled via the BCM which I believe also controls priming of fuel pump. Apart from that i dont think they are related in any other way unless they share an earth? Did the indicators flash but no alarm siren? Alasdair

Been using https://www.partsinmotion.co.uk There prices and delivery are pretty good apart from random things that incur a delivery surcharge as I am in Inverness. If its skoda genuine parts then probably dealer or there is https://www.skoda-parts.com/ as well as https://www.lllparts.co.uk/ who also have original manufacturer parts diagrams and you can narrow it down with VIN. Alasdair

Is your car chugging during normal driving/operation? Mine only does it for 2-3 seconds, when it's restarted after already being warmed up. Normal driving is fine, idle is smooth, and performance is generally strong. With regards to parts... I haven't bought many myself, but have used Autodoc and AwesomeGTI in the past. Both recommended. Autodoc is often cheaper that garages quote for parts, but takes 2-3 weeks for delivery to the UK.

@lol-lol Yes, I know about Electric Forecourt, just a few miles from me, and it can cope with that load, as there is a tap into the main 275kV or maybe even 400kV grid powerline just metres away from it. The place is run by Gridserve and has on-site 2 massive transformers to provide the power. But a couple of swallows does not make a summer. If we are to go electric, we need far more of these centres, but however, they are not geared up to accept HGVs. The same national grid powerline that serves Electric Forecourt, also runs close by the Fastned site in Colchester.

Oh dear, My issue sounds very similar - if not exactly the same - diagnostics reveal nothing. Just back from short drive to hospital and engine is now chugging away - somebody said it sounded like a diesel ! I am an old school petrol-head serviced my cars own for many years rebuilt engines etc. My diagnostic is that it is a fuel issue (too rich ?) Rather than change the car - change all the fuel system parts ? (and the metal cam belt?) But the problem then is obtaining the parts - can anyone recommend a good parts store UK/EU ? Good luck,

It was a split evap pipe and belt tensioner all good now 👍🏻

Hi, I am writing to update the product details I posted recently. The correct product should be BMW Carbaflo KSP 105, or Krytox GPL 105 as a plan B. Sorry for the mistake.

Not accurate. In Essex, for one example, the wonderful Electric Forecourt over in Braintree has 30 chargers but also 6 MWhs of battery back up. My lad used my Scenic at the Gatwick has two 3.6 MWh battery pack, Norwich 6 MWh also, not sure about Stevenage as not yet published. The Fasned charging site at Colchester has solar canopy, one of their smaller sites and looks like the solar is just used Green light for Fastned’s west London ultra-rapid charging hAn ultra-rapid electric vehicle charging hub will be built by Fastned in west London. The joint venture between Fastned and Places for London, Transport Fastned's signature yellow solar canopies will provide shelter in inclement weather, alongside lighting and CCTV to ensure safety on site. With around 64% of outer London households lacking access to off-street parking, many drivers rely on public charging infrastructure, particularly in urban areas. Fastned says it has designed the Hanger Lane hub, ensuring it meets the needs of local residents, commuters, visitors and commercial operators such as local businesses and taxi or private hire cars. The hub provides accessible charging for vehicles of all sizes, from cars and taxis to vans and smaller trucks, helping address the limited opportunities for private charging at homes or commercial depots due to London's space constraints.

Cylinder 1 glowplug came out pretty easily after blowing the crap away and 24 hours/50 miles with a quarter inch of GT85 spray in the plug well. Took tightening a few degrees then >25Nm to undo, engine was cold at the time and was expecting it not to work and to have to do it later with a hot engine. Ceramic grease on thread and stem and reinstalled at ~15Nm I didn't clock actual values/units, but approx 100 fold higher resistance of failed glowplug on multimeter testing.

Welcome to the forum. Isn't there a USB-C socket mounted on the rear-view mirror?

This is from the workshop manual.