Steviedakota

Replaced the boot switch as the old one was acting up. The same switch failed on my wife's Superb about a year ago. Very simple job and part is available on Amazon for €20.

Our two 1.4's now 120K and 160k. Nothing unusual to report on either (touchwood).

Mine just failed yesterday, you can buy them on Amazon for cheap. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B1845DN9?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

The water pump on the 1.4 TSI is that the opposite side of the engine from the timing belt so no, they wouldn't have replaced the belt while they were doing your water pump.

Mine was also intermittent, sometimes pulling away at first it was terrible, and other days nothing at all. Replacing the clutch and flywheel 100% solved it. A bit of shopping around and I got it done for €1000. It took two guys 1.5 hours to do, so if you find someone who knows what they're doing it, shouldn't be prohibitively expensive. The 1.4tsi 150 manual is a DMF.

Say what? Link to whatever those are?

Just replace mine but on a manual so can't really advise on cost but LUK is the OE and they are very good, and not crazy money either.

If they are non DCC that is way too much. Shocks are around €200 (Monroe) and fitting is straightforward. Should be more than €400. No need to bring this to Skoda, any independent can fix this for you.

Trying to understand how a crankshaft sensor could throw up all those codes but you never know. Hopefully it is fixed once and for all.

Can't help with fill and drain on your engine, they are pretty easy to spot on my 6 speed manual (1.4tsi), but you're absolutely right it is well worth changing. I did mine a couple of years ago and it came out in pretty poor shape. Can't say I noticed much difference in quietness or shifting but it was good to know that it was back up to spec.

My creaking was eliminated by spraying white Lithium grease onto the anti roll bar bushings (accessed from under the car behind each wheel arch). It lasts a while but needs redoing from the creak returns.

I had my TB changed at 5 years, 70k. I had a look at the old belt coming off and it looked brand-new. No sign of anywhere whatsoever.

Double checked with the guy who just did the flywheel and he confirmed it is outside.

As I understand it, unfortunately with this kind of problem you don't know whether it is the master or slave. Are you losing hydraulic fluid, can you see any leaks around the master? Worst case scenario you replace clutch, flywheel and slave find out that it was a master all along. I would be tempted to replace the master cylinder first which is the cheapest job.

Just had my clutch and flywheel changed, was €1000 which was a very good price I think. Skoda wanted nearly twice that!