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Probably a random bit of rubber hose. Not the best idea because oil will break it up over time.... but it was a £300 van

They are just a pushfit, but they can be a bit of a game to get out in one peice without them breaking up from age and possibly dumping debris down the hole. The one on my caddy broke and I didn't trust the rest of the tube to come out, so I sleeved a bit of pipe onto it, pushed the broken bit back in and stuck a pair of jubilee clips on. Not an amazing solution, but it kept it going forwards.

I'd suspect it's a control unit issue. Best to eliminate the cheap and easy first though. As you've got VCDS - Jack the wheels up one at a time, give them a spin by hand and watch the live data from the wheel sensors, you should get a nice square wave that varies frequency with the wheel speed.

I've nothing against Ubuntu, if you're planning on getting into the more tech stuff like running servers, it's probably a better choice out of the box. Mint seems to be a more straightforward desktop OS, but it's all down to personal taste. It's all based on Debian, so either way there's no difference in what you can make it do, just how you get there.

I went over to Linux Mint after Windows 7, it just works, unlike all the bloat and pop-ups of Windows.

That's not horribly out, and there's plenty of cars out there with worse. If you want it right, there might be enough adjustment between the ball joint and the wishbone to make up for that. If there isn't, and nothing else is worn, you're potentially looking at a new hub carrier, which would probably be overkill for such a small variance. If it were my car, I'd give it a good look over for worn bushes or maybe the wheel bearing, and if I didn't find anything, just leave it be.

There is, number 3505. I'm guessing it's out of print, so you'll have to find a used one.

As I told the mechanic that fitted it. it can't have been that bad, I did a track day in it 2 days earlier 😁

I had a 2002 ibiza with a pd130 in. Had the Cambelt done in 2016 with about 150k on. We dont know if the belt was original, but it did have holes in 😨 So yeah, don't do that 🤣

Which engine does the car have in? When I've done them on 1.9's, I've had to use a really long spanner to get the leverage to wind the tensioner off, doable, just needs the force/ As far taking the pin out, I think I've normally just used a pair of grips or heavy pliers and just wiggled and pulled

I personally think it'll get scaled back to the point where they're just sticking Jaguar badges on random chinese EV's

The 5 speed was a far better option than the 6 speed, unless you're looking for some silly top speeds.

I just use brake cleaner.

I think there should be a part number under the lid. If it's the same as a polo one, I bought one of the cheap ones off ebay and it's fine

I've had this issue a couple of times with Brembo discs from Eurocarparts - wonder if that's what they used?

It could be any one of a number of places, Door seals, rusty windscreen surround, blocked scuttle drains. Best thing to do is sit in the car while someone goes round the car an area at a time with a pressure washer

Does it still do it if you rapidly pump the clutch a few times first?

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When you consider that everything else had about 100hp over the Mk1's and 2's, they didn't do badly. The mk1 fabia took a hell of a lot of speed off quickly under braking, I'm guessing it was on the standard brakes and got heat fade.

If you like it and you know it's had a good life, then why not? It's definitely not expensive. It takes the doubt out of wondering what sort of a life it's had before you got it. When I went back self-employed, I bought a van off the fleet of the company I'd been working for because I knew it'd been looked after and it's been great

It was about a trader keeping cars on the road, insurance, and being a problem neighbour. From my standpoint as someone who trades vehicles, I'm explaining why they may not show as insured, and suggesting a different line he could go down to if he wants to raise his neighbour with the authorities.

If he's a trader with the appropriate policy, they can be insured but not shown on MID, depends a bit on the policy. Ours only shows if we've specifically "fleeted" a vehicle onto the policy, but, subject to a few conditions, we're insured on anything in our custody. Road tax is more likely to be the issue because you can't use trade plates to store vehicles on the road.

If you fancy VCDS, the main UK supplier is on this page. https://www.gendan.co.uk/vcds_chooser.php The USB versions to use with a Windows laptop are a lot cheaper (£200-odd) than the ones for a phone/tablet (£400-odd). You will find cheaper copy cables that work with older versions of VCDS, they're a bit of a lottery and a taboo subject on here. To be fair, what you need doing isn't particularly specialist any more, and most half-decent diagnostic should do the job, so if it's for a one-off, it might be cheaper to pay someone else to do it.

Splitting hairs, you can scan as many cars as you want on a VIN-limited cable. You only need to use a VIN if you're going into detail. I normally say £20 cash in hand for a scan and report on my driveway, so if it's a garage doing that for the same money, I'd say that's excellent value.

Looks about right for a retail price for a genuine item. Here's another supplier for comparison. https://skodapartsdirect.co.uk/product/skoda-2012-2024-sump-plug-washer/ At the end of the day, you're buying 2 small items as a retail customer, so, in the nicest possible way, they've got no reason to want to do you a favour on pricing. If it takes 15 minutes to take your order, process it, go fetch it and charge your card, that's probably £4 worth of wages and NI they've paid the parts lad before anything else. The only way to really save money on small stuff like this is buy a few online or with something else and have them on the shelf for when you want them. Even then, I'd question how much of a saving you really make. I've got a rack full of sump plugs, washers, nuts, trim clips, bleed nipples, bulbs, standard fuses, micro fuses, maxifuses..... Yeah, it's a lifesaver when I need one, but I bet I've got a few hundred quid of outlay sat there waiting for the day I might need it.