Sandra51

I have just been out to try that new low profile 36mm socket and it didn't seem to take that much pressure to get it to move, maybe it was a combination of the engine being cold as well as having the right tool. No doubt when I ring my friend, who was helping me last week, he will say he must have loosened it for me I haven't got time to change the oil today so hopefully I will go for a run to warm it up on Monday or Tuesday, weather permitting as it has been raining on and off today, then I can change the oil and the filter as I know I can do the filter now. Thanks again for your help guys

They didn't work in our garage when me and my ex ran one. That is what makes it so annoying when what should be a simple job for me turns out to be harder than it would be if the person before me had done it right. I used to think the idea which was proposed some years back about having factory sealed bonnets and having 100,000 mile service intervals was mad, I am not so sure now though

Everything is OK when done right but if someone has been a bit heavy handed they cause problems for the next person.

Hopefully you will have sorted it now Chris, I have been having the same problem for a couple of days and it wouldn't go out on mine using that method. It seems that the one described only works for the standard fixed interval service and not for the long life service interval. I have scanned this from the Haynes manual and the method described in section 3 worked for mine. Skoda service reset.pdf

Thanks again. It does seem to be a bad design though, and a bit of a backwards step from simply unscrewing the whole canister and screwing a new one on.

Thanks mrgf that looks like it but hopefully I won't need it if the socket does the job.

Funnily enough I thought the same that I would try it cold to just see if it would move a little then start it up as I am not sure if the aluminium will expand even tighter into the plastic threads when warm or not. When I bought the car in April last year it was supposed to have had a brand new engine fitted at 65,000 and it had 67,000 miles on it when I bought it and it has only just gone to 70,000 last week. The engine does look brand new, not just reconditioned or cleaned up very well and the cap does not look as if it has ever had any force applied to it as the edges are nice and sharp and not worn at all. I would have usually changed the oil and filter within a few days of buying a used car but the oil was so clean that it would have been a waste of time and money really. I would have changed it a few months back but as I can not get it in my garage and my drive slopes I have to do it on the road outside my house and the weather has been so bad that it was only this week that I got around to doing it, even though I have had the oil and filter for a few months. I should have the socket by weekend so hopefully I will be able to have another go at it then and I will of course let you know how I get on.

Thanks for that Wino. I had already ordered this low profile socket : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sealey-SX114-Profile-Filter-Socket/dp/B000ROB0RG As I thought it may distribute the pressure more evenly and I also saw a YouTube clip of someone using a more traditional oil filter wrench, as used on the disposable can type filters, on one that someone had destroyed the corners of the plastic hexagonal head. I should have a similar type of wrench hidden somewhere in the garage so a combination of them together may do it.

OK thanks for you help

Do you know if it is a commonly stocked dealer part or not in case it does break as I can not see anyone selling replacements and I would need it in a day or two if it did break.

It appears that someone has seriously over tightened the cap on my 2006 1.2 12v HTP oil filter as it is flexing so much when I try to undo it and looks as if it may crack or break before it undoes. Has anyone any suggestions as to how to slacken it of as unlike with tight metal bolts or nuts I don't think applying heat or a impact hammer or screwdriver will loosen it. Thanks for any suggestions.

I did as clarendon462 had done, bought one of those piggy back fuses and fed the dual socket and dual USB from the rear wiper fuse. I have the sockets stuck on to the underneath of the centre console with Velcro and it is working fine thanks

I am going to try to get hold of him this week then if I have no success I will contact the DVLA. I just find it strange that he refuses to answer my calls or reply to them, I even tried ringing from a friend's last night and got the answerphone but at least it rang a few times before going to it, unlike when I ring from my phone it goes straight to it so I am sure he has my number blocked. Incidentally does anyone know if there is a database of engine numbers that tells you when the engine was built, similar to the ones you can check the VIN details on for the car information ?

I have recently bought a 2006 Skoda Fabia 1.2 Estate, supposedly as a private sale but I suspect he was a trader who claimed he was selling it for his dad.. He informed me that it had a brand new engine, not a refurbished one, fitted around last September and had done around 2000 miles since and that he would get me the receipt and guarantee for it a few days after he dropped the car off for me at my house. Despite me ringing him a few times, he must have now blocked my number as it goes straight to his answerphone and he has not replied to messages I have left asking him about the paperwork for the engine. I have now received the V5 and it has a different engine number to the one that is in my car. From what I have read on here : Change vehicle details on a V5C registration certificate It is my responsibility by law to notify DVLA of a change of engine number It looks like I am going to have to go and call at the house where he sold me the car from or drive over to see if the previous registered keeper in a town a few miles away knows anything about it, I very much doubt that it will be his dad though The silly thing is I am very happy with the car and a friend who has had a few Skodas before, including a VRS, reckons I have bought a good car and that it drives well so I do not know why he is not answering my calls or returning them.

Thanks for the quick and useful replies guys