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Thanks for that, same sequence as the Haynes manual. I'll have a look at the pipes underneath, see how they're routed 👍

Look up MANNOL 7715 oil (meets the 507.00 spec), usually around £20 for 5 litres. It's longlife (good up 20k miles)... Defo don't run it that long though, I change at 7500 miles and have 140k miles on my 2011 1.6tdi run only on that oil and never had any issues with the engine, not even had a dpf light once. Good oil and value for money. Use a good filter as well, a bosch is the go to. You need the Haynes manual for the VW golf of the equivalent year, that fully covers the 1.6tdi engine, ident to the octavia.

Hi, Job for the weekend... Brake fluid change. I have always bled the brake caliper furthest from the master cylinder, then a sequence ending in the closest to the m/cyl. O I've had a look in the good ol' trusted Haynes manual and they are saying VAG vehicles are done front to back (opposite) Anyone know anything definitive for this question? It's a 2011 octavia II. Thanks! Marc

SOLVED *** OCTAVIA MK2 2011 had the bonnet release go on my octavia and tried just about everything to get it open... 1. Offside wheel and liner off, see if I can get access to the cable... Absolutely no access to do this, the location where I suspected the cable had detached was just too far away. 2. Under tray off, no access to the bonnet latch from below. You're blocked by the radiator / hoses and the underside of the front bumper. Plan B.... A. Took out the lower black plastic grille (the one that's central and at the same level as the fog lights).. No screws or special tools, it just pulls out with a bit of perauation. B. This allows you to get your arm up behind the main front grille, use a torx 27 to remove the single torx bolt which is directly behind the skoda badge. The front grill then tips forward and you find its still firmly attached along the bottom edge. You have about 5 or 6 very small torx screws securing the main grille, behind the chrome surround. C. Carefully remove the chrome surround along the bottom, it clips off... You can then drill out the plastic that the small torx secure into. I used an 8mm drill bit. Once all drilled out the entire grille lifts out. D. You can see the bonnet catch now, just below it gets screwdriver in to pry down the thick plastic cover beneath the latch. Jam the handle of a screwdriver in to hold this civer open which will will allow you to feel the latch mechanism. E. If you feel to the left of the mechanism and find the cable running in towards it.. Follow the cable until it meets the latch, on the other side of the stop the cable meets you'll feel a lobe slightly recessed... Get a small screwdriver in front of it and push it towards the windscreen of the car (away from you basically)... The bonnet will pop. F. FIX THE PROBLEM.... You'll see a small plastic box about a foot to the left of the latch, it junctions the cable. You'll see one cable has popped out. Put it back it then use 3 or 4 cable ties to secure this box firmly closed. That's it, easy job now I know how. Hope this helps 👍🏻

Cheers for that. Will give it a go 👍🏻

Sorry to revive this.... But can someone give me a bit of advice... I'm halfway through taking the grill off my 2011 octavia because the bonnet catch has gone. I have the torx screw out behind the skoda badge and the top of the grill came straight forward, as for yet bottom of the grill it seems to be FIRMLY in place, almost as if it's screwed into place. I a close to breaking it I reckon as have tried to pry it out as much as possible. Can I clarify, do I need to remove the chrome trim in full before the main black plastic grill will come away? Thank you!

I've had the dreaded coil light come on yesterday followed by limp mode for an hour of motorway driving... Nightmare! Plugged it in and its code p0403 EGR system issue. The car is a 2011 octavia 1.6tdi CR, just turned 100k miles... Never had an egr or dpf light or issue before. I have a couple of questions if you could help.... How difficult is the egr solenoid to access (is it at the back of the engine near the main egr valve?), and have you an experience decarbonising companies like terraclean?... They quote around £300+ for an egr clean... Worth it? Thanks for your help! Marc