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miss the old days of removing the screw on oil filter by piercing it with a screwdriver and using it as a leverage...strange really as i never did screw it up that tight but dammed if i could undo it by hand 12k miles later !! What belt was you using suppy? had visions of you using your trouser belt lol.

The halfords part for removing the oil filter is ok to a point. Just make sure the socket you use is a perfect fit into the square recess, otherwise it will burr off at the corners, and make removal more difficult. To give you an example i tried to remove my oil filter on the old superb and it was well screwed on, and the tool stayed put on the actual filter while the square socket wore the edges off, rendering it useless. Had to improvise and in the end my dad and i used the prong of a garden fork and cut it to get a perfect fit in the square hole, we also used mole grips to turn the prong section, and hey presto it unscrewed.Unorthodox yes, but when halfords tools arent quite up to the job it pays to improvise

With the mileage you state at around 198,000 miles, i would have thought the car's engine was all but worn out. Bearing in mind everything is basically tired including the top end and the bottom end.You have to remember, the car when brand new is totally different compared to a high mileage vehicle,and when you mentioned shelling out 1100 euro's plus the labour for a turbo and cat the engine performance is only partially there, as everything else has been worn out. As for the front suspension problems you are experiencing, that is also probably worn and parts will need replacement, such as the cv joints and shocks, and suspension bushes. I recently got rid of my 2.0 tdi superb, and that had a new engine fitted due to oil pump failure, now that car only done 38900 miles, and to be honest prior to it giving up the ghost, it was indeed still pretty quick.Now when the engine was replaced complete, minus the turbo, as that was ok, the car felt different again. And the power and torque was even more pronounced than before, basically as if it came out of the showroom. Now if you can imagine this, your car has done 5 times the mileage my car has done, it doesnt take long to realize that your superb, how ever nice it looks inside with the leather and sat nav, it's what underneath the bonnet that counts, and sometimes you have to take a long hard look and decide what is the best long term solution. If you plan to keep the car for a very long time, then a replacement engine would have been cheaper compared to shelling out for a newer motor. but as your car is high miles, then sometimes it can be money down the drain, especially if the whole front suspension will need attention including discs, pads, shocks bushes, cv joints and gaiters, and its only then when all those items are renewed, do you then return to the as new feel when the car came out.Shelling out is nice if you have the money, but in your case i wouldnt spend any more as you wont get the benefit of it, unless of course you are restoring it

A tv tuning box that came as an optional extra i think when sat nav was originally ordered..sits underneath the cd player in a recess in the boot. But tbh, its a rare item and prbably expensive to get up and running. Dealer will know what is required, then you can get an idea of the expense....hope that helps

Unfortunately my previous superb was a 56 reg 2007 registered model mk1 2.0 tdi. Basically doted on that car, and it still died when the oil pump failed. Best if you have a very good warranty, preferably from the dealer at around 400 quid anually to have a piece of mind, because you will not know when the pump will fail. There is no warning, only when the oil pressure light will come up on the dash saying low oil pressure, and by then it is too late. Even the dealers wont know it is about to fail, although they do know the problem exists, but fails to inform you. Some engines can do fairly decent mileage, but basically it is a lottery, it is very well documented and will eventually fail, and you will need a decent warranty as previously mentioned or a wad of pound notes, as it is around £1400 quid just to renew the pump inc labour. But that is where the fun starts, as when the pump is dying, the rest of the engine is being deprived of the oil needed, and to renew the engine including the timing belt and water pump is around £4500 , and that does not include the turbo, as that is also fed with oil. So if you have a decent warranty make sure you renew it anually, failing that, it might be a good time to move it on. Although your car probably looks very luxurious, looks are very decieving, as under the bonnet is a defect, that will ruin the engine in your car, and effectively make your car worthless. Sorry if i sound all doom and gloom, but my engine died at 38k miles, and some other engines of the same design on other vw branded models are also failing.So if your engine looks almost new and sounds ok, dont be fooled by it, because it is a disaster waiting to happen.So if you have decent back up. just enjoy the car as much as we enjoyed our car, pity we was just out of warranty, and thought the diesel engine was long lived...how wrong could we be.

The salesman we dealt with was lee cracknell when we went for a skoda superb greenline via the motability scheme. Our original choice of a skoda octavia automatic was ok, but the wait was way too long. Lee cracknell went on the dealer site to see what was available and came up with the surperb greenline, and it arrived within 2weeks compared to waiting 4-5 mths for the octavia. That super fast track down of the superb was in our opinion nothing short of fantastic, and we was very pleased with the proffesional way the whole deal went. Whether we can get another superb at the end of 3yrs remains to be seen, and see if he can renegotiate the deal. Failing that, it will probably be a visit to Seat and the exeo se tech 143bhp. We are still smarting over the financial loss of our skoda superb mk 1 comfort...a lovely luxury car that basically died with oil pump failure and cost us an arm and a leg to make the car sellable again.The car has since been sold, but i wonder if sparshatts skoda really did know about the oil pump issues on the superb? i'm thinking that they did, as they sold a few of them. They probably knew of issues from the main skoda people in milton keynes, but even they werent helpful. I mean how can a diesel engine made by VW die at 38900 miles? It was even serviced twice and receipts to prove using genuine parts and oils, done by a franchise as to cut the high labour costs, but even they were skoda approved!! All in all, we find sparshatts are very good for doing a deal, but i feel they should of done a bit of hard thought and put their customers 1st, as after all, repeat customers is what keeps garages in business.

If you phoned before 6pm wickes would have delivered it the next day !

I agree with what you say about prices for the parts required for items like the e brake for example, having owned skoda's for a few years now, i'm turning towards a different model, although under the VAG brand, i think it's time for a change. Whether it be for the best or the worst i dont know, but it 's time to try something else. Owner's talk about the superb looking exclusive as in not being on the roads much, but i've been trying to find the exeo on the roads, and it seems even more exclusive.And the fact it is basically a re-modelled audi a4, one should still get a pretty solid car albeit it is a few years old, but does have that typical audi quality.Let's hope the engine is as good as they claim it is.

Yeah thanks for that tip suppy...i just hope the superb is still affordable in the deposit scheme for motability owners, as we got the greenline pretty quick from the other dealer in fareham. But like winchester skoda, they deal with nothing but skoda's, and it would be nice to have another superb, as i do like big cars for their roominess what with a family of 4 squeezing in comfortably. Failing that, i might take a trip to seat and view the exeo range, quite like the SE TECH model which is fully loaded and the deposit over 3yrs (if still the same )is the equivalent of less than a pkt of fags per week. Would be nice to possibly get hold of the multitronic box version exeo 143bhp, but thats in a couple of years time. Never know, might see you in the seat forum's !

You gonna buy another one then in a few years time suppy?

Incidentally how many miles has your superb done? As for the rubbing when clutch is depressed, that could be just normal wear, bear in mind its possible you dont know the full history of the clutch itself.If it stalls pretty quickly, then yes the clutch friction plate has plenty of meat on the linings, and you wont have to worry about it for a few thousand miles anyway, and what ever the mileage actually is, remember its not a brand new car, and there is bound to be some unusual noises or sensations felt within the car. If it's any cosolation, i recently sold my superb comfort, and that had a new engine fitted, and comparing the drive to my present greenline superb mk2, it drove better and was more silent, and of course had a lot more power under the bonnet compared to the 1.9tdi engine.OF course I regret selling the car, but the engine has an inbuilt senario waiting to happen, and i wasnt prepared to worry myself to death wondering when it was going to happen again. I think who ever buys it, will have trouble free motoring, but i will feel for him/her when the dreaded oil pressure light appears again in the years to come.At the moment i am more than happy with the present superb greenline, and when that goes back to motability, we might go for the seat exeo se tech, which hopefully will still have a fairly low deposit, yet be fully loaded

And bear in mind also that the 1.9tdi is a very robust engine, so no problems there..even roto will praise it, the superb like any other car will need periodic maintainance in order to give you miles of good use. You made a wise choice in getting the 1.9, as for the clutch judder i wouldnt worry too much about it, unless it is beginning to slip.Remember the torque is quite high, and the superb being a large car is not the sort to be pushed around quickly, though on the motorway that is where it likes to be, in top gear poodling at 70mph wafting you around in comfort!! So enjoy the car also remember you dont have the dpf issues to worry about either

Well suppy it wasnt a brilliant price and personally i wish i kept it, but it was my wife's decision to get shot of it..we got £5500 for it...and she was happy with it, and we still had a brand new car......so although it was a low price...someone else can have the inherited problem in a few yrs time

4 maybe 5 hrs would be a rough estimate in order to do the work requested. Everything has to be checked and rechecked when putting the plenum chamber components back, or more serious water bourne problems will occur...he's either a brilliant mechanic or has a magic wand...or saw you coming!!

Well we didnt know of any issues with the engine when we bought our car new...we assumed it was an improved version of the old 1.9 tdi plus it had the 6 speed gearbox and a few extra facelift extra's that made it more attractive. 3 yrs down the line though it was a different story, when the oil pump failed. It was only after reading up online about the engine BSS code, that we realized the engine had a major issue, but where our car only covered 38900 miles we thought it would be years before a problem would occur.......wrongggggg !! Having read previous threads from owners of superbs and other models, we then knew it was going to be expensive, as the car was out of warranty..and when your past that 3yr cover, the dealer will not offer an ounce of sympathy or offer anything, unless you have car serviced by them. Which is pointless as their mechanics are too young and in my opinion in experienced, and above all too dammed expensive !! As for updates, there were'nt any, even though the manufacturer (VW) knew about the problem, they did **** all to call the vehicle in and improve the oil pump, instead they waited for the 3yrs or 60k miles and then wash their hands of the whole thing. They should be brought to account and have the book thrown at them and the customers who suffered terminal problems with their engines fully refunded !!

Beat me too it fred !! But if you look at the actual engine, it seems as if it is longitudal ( north / south ) just like the engines on the older superbs. I might be wrong, but also the engine bay shows the same battery lay out tucked away right at the back of the bulk head !! Possiblities of future flooding issues in the cabin if the bungs below the battery is compromised. Think i'll take a visit to my local seat dealer, and have a good ole nose around the engine bay, and make a note of the engine code, and get TPS to check out the oil pump design on etka program...last thing i would want is a more modern version of the exeo with inherited superb problems !! Nice classy car tho

I would have thought the battery took longer to get out !! Absolute pain to remove in order to access the plenum chamber, but when out, there is still remedial work to be done in order to get at the bungs, then the pollen filter removal and replacement is okish provided the work has been done correctly and put back carefully, otherwise the problem could be worst!! But like you say, it does seem pretty quick, considering it took me longer to get the battery out, bear in mind i did my back in removing it. I also had slight clutch judder, but more noticeable in damp conditions, but when engine was hot, it wasnt quite so bad. It seems to be a common problem, unless of course the clutch is worn. I did have a new spigot bearing put in when the engine was replaced, and that smoothed everything from take off. So dammed annoying that our old superb 2.0 tdi which rotodiesel has no time for, actually drove better than the skoda superb greenline we now have, but we got shot of it while it was still an asset, and let some poor other owner find out later when the pump fails again.

We presently have a superb mk 2 greenline and sold the previous mk1 superb on after a major headache, and was just browsing through the seat exeo website and other information pages, and came axcross the engine spec. And it says that the all new engine is now chain driven, but i'll have to look up what bhp engine it was. Not quite sure if both the 143bhp and the 170bhp engine both had chain drive or just the one engine. Just liked the look of the new exeo, although slightly smaller than the superb, it certainly came loaded with kit as standard. All in all a pretty good write up with audi build quality.Pity the present motability deposits are way too high with skoda at the moment, but of course it can become lower if they have promotions...just have to wait and see.

What about fuel quality? or pump timing? Are the cylinder heads ok? other than that it has to be an electical issue, but very fustrating none the less...hope you get it sorted.

Just a change of topic here...i wonder what the seat exeo 2.0 tdi chain driven engine is like

Pity there wasnt enough info on the 2.0 tdi superb i bought at the time...knowing what i know now, i would have gone for an elegance spec 1.9tdi superb...sigh

Looks like your superb has a liking for water just like the u boat did!! Could well be water ingress issues on the passenger side, what with the control module becoming in contact with water.I suggest passenger carpet lifted up and wiring loom exposed and have a look at the corroded joints that go into the box. Lift bonnet up and remove battery, remove rubber bungs and clear out any debris that retains water. Not an easy fix, but it is a very well documented problem and gives the owner all sorts of grief, before everything comes back to life again after spending a good few hrs rectifying the problem. Best of luck

The way to check how many miles to the gallon the car is doing is to fill it up to the brim...go for an hrs drive locally, then make a note of the mileage before you started off and then the mileage when you re-fill up. The do the math on how much fuel you put in...calculate how many miles you did in that hour and equate that to the cost and the mpg. You might be shocked...especially if you drive a 3.6v6 superb !!

I have seen previous threads about the v6 tdi and the fuel pumps, of which one brand is good and one is ok but problematic...roto, when he appears, should be able to give you the correct diagnosis and have his usual blast on certain superbs.

Looks similar to the audi a3...the concept car if eventually put into production will deffinately get my interest when it is up for sale..if that is !!