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Having had a rns510 go bad on me advice on here allowed me to determine it was broken sno now have a refurbed one...this thankyou is for a past thread I looked at on the dreaded heater blower not working...some mentioned glove box out and another piece of stuff out but someone mentioned it was possible to get blower out without removing anything and even posted pics.thought I would give it ago...I don't have the smallest hands but hey presto...blower out and almost not moving...good clean and gt85 and fins spinning like a trooper..so blower back in and working 100%..all done on less than 20 minutes..money saved and thanks to the input on this forum. Thankyou

For @J.R.& anyone else.

As much as the diy method of removing the motor is ‘fine’ it’s really not. when you use a diagnostic tool it winds the caliper off fully and clears the learnt values. when you reenable the handbrake after change it doesn’t just wind it on. It monitors current draw from the motors and winds the calipers on and off multiple times, this is to allow the car to learn the new values and prevent the motor from either not tightening enough or over tightening and causing premature failure of the motor or it’s housing. Yes it happens a lot, you’ll see cracks appear around the 2 bolts holding the motor on. I personally don’t recommend using the manual windback method but everyone is entitled to do it as they wish, just it’s good to know all the facts first

There are no fractures visible there, it is dry and oiltight, oil would leak from the tiniest capilliary fissure. There are no deep canyons/cracks to expand. I have read and re-read that, if it is not a typo then all are advising that they should repair something on an oil pan that they claim to have never seen before and do an oil change. If the above really is correct then they are taking you for a pigeon and exploiting your anxiety, the only way they could be repairing the surface marking would be to go over it with a linisher, £361 for an oil change and a quick polish up with an air tool, nice work if you can get it 🙄 Ignore it and them, drive your car and enjoy it!

Thanks all sorted the dealership I got it from paid for it as only had the car 6 week's

They will be getting Skoda / VW UK's Tecnical department on it, pictures, area manager inspection or any old crap they want to tell you. Or they need to. No re-using oil, no cost to you if a Design, Manufacturing, Material fault. As in a Warranty Issue. Reported to a Authorised Repairer ASAP, and now they can do what they damn well know they need to do. New Part delivered, if the car needs to come off the road now then a Courtesy Car. Skoda UK can not have a car drop oil all over the Kings Highway and they know it if the sump has fractures or the risk of failing. SKODA_Warranty_Terms_November_2021.pdf

Looks more like it's got some sort of coating on that's broken up

@SurreyJohnDo you think they are gritting or ploughing every non truck route road and back road every night, or Sunday or Bank Holiday through the winter because they are not. Even Police cars, Ambulances, Fire Engines, District Nurses, cares and Super Market Delivery vans, Posties get put out on vehicles with Summer / ECO tyres on.

But if you live in the South, and it snows, not uncommon to wait many days for a snowplough or gritter, they are sparse. In meantime summer tyres are useless.

I thought the same earlier, and curiousity took hold of me 🤣

It's this rule (yup, had to look it up) Amazing! But I guess in an accident you could be trapped.

@PetrolDave I haven’t had any noise issues with a couple of sets of UHP Summer tyres, Michelin PS4 and Goodyear Assy 5’s . We really just don’t get the same cold spells as much of the rest of the UK so All Seasons, often with a higher price tag than Summer UHPs, haven’t factored into my buying choices. Everyone’s circumstances and driving needs are vastly different, I often find these ‘what tyre’ threads aren’t much use because of this. Doesn’t stop me giving my opinion though!!!

Covers are off! Kitchen is almost done, bit of decorating to complete then this thing WILL be getting finished. I have replaced the fuel pump relay under the dash, got all of the dash plastics back in and it did start and run just fine. I only ran it for a few mins so I will at some point get it run up to temperature and see if it dies again after 20 mins... Before that though I've got the intercooler off as I was unhappy with the fitment of it so that's next to be worked on then I can get the front end built back up, bumper on and finally get it off the stands. It will need MOT'ing obviously, last MOT was almost 7 years ago......

Thank you all for your input. Okay whatever its called I have not got a clue but my Skoda dealer I have shown it to this morning has said he and his head honcho mechanic have never seen anything like it, neither had the M.O.T people (As you will appreciateIt it was not part of the test by the way) and neither had the service personnel at my local garage. All have advised to get it repaired the quote being £361 with a re-use of the existing and new oil. To a lay person it is a frightening position to be in as it looks as if at any minute some of the deepest canyons/cracks could expand therefore what am I to do. It will be done next week! If the replacement cast is normal and smooth as you would expect then the current one was and is faulty at the time of manufacture. In which case I shall be making a claim. Will update the post as and when I have something.

I would suggest that many of the members mentioned on the list may not be around any more and that if they are many of those cars will have been reverted to standard or scrapped by now. I'd suggest this thread, which was last updated 14 years ago (2008) has run it's course, although you are welcome to start a new one.

The thing about JIT is that it relies on the future being able to be accurately predicted based on the past as it uses past data to try to predict future demand, so when major changes come along (like a pandemic) JIT is about as useful as a chocolate teapot.

Is this thread relevant as it's a 2013 model?

Maybe an early sign of a broken water pump?

No but just in time inventory is!!!!!!! A car window is indeed a JIT stock item, when its fitted new in the vehicle manufacturing plant, it and all the other components are delivered by the suppliers to the assembly line just in time, the supplier will know in advance the expected volumes for the year updated regularly as new car sales happen, they produce in volume production runs and hold any buffer stock, deliveries are made daily to the plant with the exact number of the correct individual screens for that days production timed to be there just in time to be placed on the vehicle, they are delivered directly to the workstation, the car manufacturer holds no stock, has no capital tied up in stock nor needs space to store it and move it around to the assembly stations. It could not be further from a random event like a windscreen breaking on a vehicle, one of thousands of different types of screen that could break that day, or a weather event like a hailstorm smashing every front & rear windscreen of vehicles within the area. No replacement windscreen company could ever run a JIT system, you picked the wrong phrase.

Hi! Week 37 is here and last Tuesday I was at last told that my car has already been built and has transport assigned. They told me that it is transported by train instead of truck (whatever that means, as I suppose several transport methods are used anyway) and that it could take up to one and a half months to arrive to the dealer. Light at the end of the tunnel... Cheers

There appear to be people scouting out cars, particularly anything that isn't current generation, of late. Are there any known vulnerabilities on the Octavia 3 which make entry/theft easy. I specifically DO NOT want details as that will only help those who are looking to take or break into the cars. For example, do I need to be mindful that entry is now easy and should look to use something like a disclock? Also what makes a good deterrant these days? Trackers, Smart water, ruddy great steering locks etc? Is it worth leaving the boot uncovered, so it's obvious there is nothing in there or is that just asking for problems with the storage pockets that come with the car to hold deicer and the first aid kit etc? I have this nasty 1980s/90s feeling about thing at the moment 😕

Your money, your choice. Personally I dont care what the outside of a bucket looks like cosmetically, it's whether it is likely to leak that concerns me, that sump will not.

Thanks for the advice everyone I'm going to attempt to change the front pads and discs next week and will let you know how it goes. I now have the push back tool and thinking of getting Pagid Brake Discs and Pads. Do you recommend any different? Don't think I would be brave enough to change the back pads due to the electric hand brake.

What we need and what Skoda / VW Group UK needs is someone that does NDT / Non-Destructive Testing. I am quite sure that some Master Tech that has never seen that before, or that says, they are all like that will be on the case. Literally. NDT is my young lads speciality on and offshore in the oil and gas industry, along with rope access. A sump off a car would be a doddle.

https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/know-how/volkswagen-dashboard-warning-lights-what-they-mean/ Does this VW guide helps?

@wyx087 I am interested in what their Fully Trained & Qualified EV Technician comes up with when the car is in and plugged in and the Recall Actions are carried out, Software & the Brakes software or module or whatever. They should get the correct miles covered showing on the dash and the centre screen and on my phone. I have a record of miles covered and charging done. If the car does fail to show the accurate miles covered since the PDI then Stellantis / Vauxhall are going to be in a bit of trouble. Personally i could not care less, but the DfT / DVSA / DVLA surely will. As should any Owners, Motability, Fleet Owners / Lease Company, Car Auction, Dealership etc etc.

I like the app with time and date printed on top. So a photo or screenshot is all you need to record the car's state. The miles off odometer is very dodgy, it should never happen. Gotta be careful with second hand EV from PSA.

Didn't seem to be any before replacement , so no, no noticeable improvement! the steel(?)external rim was loose, but not overly loose!

After having a belt & pump change at an independent, my Superb took a couple of weeks to fully burp itself free from trapped air. Was topping up with coolant every day during this time but has been fine ever since.

I did a look about on Google for crackled pan images, not too many about. If this has always been this way, then here is someone's reply to this. The reply was "That is casting flash, not cracks. Its normal."

Which further illustrates the great advantage of JIT to the biggest fish in the pond, the car manufacturers, when the pandemic came they simply shut down their lines and laid off the workers, the suppliers were left with the problem of inventory coming out of their ears. In normal times the suppliers have the lead time of the build as notice of what will be required several weeks ahead and much closer to the time the exact date, time and workstation to deliver the components to. When a massive hailstorm happens like the one in Sidney April 1999 where the plane I landed on was written off, the glass manufacturers are faced with the problem of ramping up production for a short period but that cannot have any impact on the JIT deliveries to the carmakers which is their bread and butter.

I've deff seen / sold an Elegance with Xenons, knowing Skoda it was probably for a limited time to get rid of parts etc, I have a vague recollection of an elderly customer ordering a real unicorn of a car, a 2.0 petrol Elegance with every option but in some hideous exterior colour / interior combo and he had to pay a massive deposit for it just incase he cancelled. I've not seen many (non SE) Fabia vRS in Europe with leather so again it could have been a UK option only. When you get deep into the ETKA parts system you can see that the Europeans had different rear seats in the vRS in so much that they could specify a fold down rear armrest in the rear, and try as I might I have never been able to source the parts over here, and only ever seen one pic of the rear seat on line. Also don't forget that the majority of Euro Fabia vRS came with Xenons as standard as nearly every one had them, even the SE's.

But if it's true that All Seaon tyres are (generally) quieter doesn't that make them worth considering, especially if you're not going to be using the full potential (grip, handling, etc.) of Summer tyres? When I lived in Southampton I had Summer & Winter wheels/tyres on my daily commute (Citroen C1) and could definitely feel the benefit on cold Winter days. I'll certainly be very carefully researching All Season tyres when mine need replacing as I don't want to go through the hassle of changing wheels twice a year and storing the other set.

That's the difference then, AFAIK only the pre-facelift had the H15 bulb as there was no separate LED DRL.

Why? Because of half-baked SW, that's why..

Accessing the front parking sensors is a front bumper off job. To take it off, u need the front up on jack stands, front wheels off, wheel arches off (or pulled back), washer fluid pipe disconnected, and wire harnesses disconnected. U can then easily access the PDC sensors from behind the bumper. I put this how-to-guide a while ago. Removing Front Bumper.pdf

No that cannot be the reason, the OP's Yeti rolled over three times and only depreciated 13% 🤣

Time I peeled the vinyl off I think. Though it does make people smile. Have ordered new Bosch fuel pump, Bosch rotor arm, Meyle fuel filter. New fuel pump relay fitted. Will search and test for air leaks at the weekend.

The sky was so very colourful for a few moments earlier........

This is fixed by opening the boot lid fully, manually pushing it all the way up to ensure it is fully open, and then following the instructions in the manual for setting the maximum opening height (basically pressing and holding the button on the underside of the boot lid). The beeping when the boot finishes opening is the car alerting you to the fact that the boot isn't quite fully open.

google is your friend https://samcosport.com/product-category/car-kits/skoda/

It’s called a light switch, you will often find them on walls near doorways in buildings too. The car one is 3 position : off, on, and when doors open The infotainment has an option in settings, lights, to adjust the turn off delay times

hi, i called the parts dept, they said the kit is £201, so will just get it done makes sense 🙂

+1 If they think that's a rational or reasonable response, I'd suggest it might also be a qualitative comment about what else they might find acceptable (e.g. in their workshops). Vote with your feet, your wallet and go elsewhere IMHO. Gaz

In my case, I didn't prove anything. I went to my dealer, I explained what happened. I said I had notice this seems to be a common issue on TDI190 on many VAG vehicles. The dealer opened a claim by Skoda France, even though my Mk3 was clearly out of warranty (4 years old when it happened, and never went to any dealer once the normal 2-year warranty was over, since I do all maintenance operations myself). I didn't have to argue, prove or beg. The dealer did his job as every professional should! 👍 I hope it will be that simple for @MartinMc1973 .

Agreeing with everyone else, I'd imagine this might be useful reading: Gaz

Hi, I had the same issue. You can read how it went for me (and some others) in the thread below: BE prepared to have your water pump replace. For me I was only charge for 10%, Skoda France paid the remaining 90%. But, since I decided to replace the cambel at the same time (not coverd by Skoda warranty), I nevertheless had to pay ~600€ in total. Not very happy with Skoda policy, snce normally, the cambelt is to be replaced at 21000km an TDI190, the waterpump being only recommended for replacement at the sametime. I would have appreciated Skoda to cover 90% of the cambelt too. Regarding the french Skoda dealer, I don't know what strategy he had, but I assume: - There's a lack of knowledge. Some dealers know can't do any repair properly if VCDS doesn't say anything. No VCDS fault code = Vehicle OK...🙄😬 In this case, since the water pump sticks, this is purely mechanical, so no reason to get a fault code... Ho man (mechanic), use your brain! - Since your not a french owner, the dealer probably felt it'd be a mess to sort it right with Skoda France (though Skoda warranty is Europe wide). He probably chose the lazy solution... 😬 Good luck to get it solve soon!

It's on the options sticker, usually on the boot floor/floorpan, sometimes also in the service and/or owner's manual, somewhere on the engine block. and you may be able to derive it from the V5 and/or the chassis number.

2.0 TDI have common fault of sticky thermostat sleeve that is built into the pump. Only resolution is to replace the pump. It's usually cambelt driven so worth changing that at the same time. So sounds like the French dealer might have been on the money albeit on the cautionary side. I don't think anyone with those symptoms have had a head gasket failure but that doesn't mean it's fine. I'd guess a pressure test would solve that. Certainly cheaper than an actual replacement. How many miles has the car done and has it had a belt change ever?

I haven't managed to fully understand all the details, but some Skodas (not clear from an account that doesn't include the engine code if this is one of them) have a variable volume water pump, which sometimes sticks giving symptoms like overheating. That you don't report any symptoms other than high engine temperature makes me think this may well be the case. The bad news is that I'm afraid it doesn't really leave any "evidence" that engine diagnostics will find.