Lord_Danny

One more image as it exceeded 10mb limit. Thank you for the help once more. Helped me to begin troubleshooting as a complete beginner. Also no white smoke. Only seems to drop when I'm driving. In hilly Devon so constantly revving the car up hills and doing long distances, which isn't helping. Taking it very easy now.

Carpets are dry. This is where I spotted a wet patch after a 50 miles drive last night and the tank emptied from full on that journey alone. Running fans on full heat/speed and staying below 2000rpm until I reach a garage tomorrow.

You mis-understand me. I mention the coolant tank draining quickly so you get the gist of the issue. I do not know and will not claim to know where the coolant is actually leaking from. I want to know if this has happened to others and where their leaks were sourced, so I get a rough idea of where to start looking, prior to taking it to a mechanic. I am not a mechanic and I don't expect anyone to diagnose my issue. Thank you for your helpful response. I will do that. Appreciated.

Problems on this car are like buses. You wait years for one and.......you know the rest. Mine was registered September 2015 but I've owned it since September 2017. In the last 4/6 weeks; Main car key snapped. Coolant tank drains in one day from full. Inner door handle snapped. Has your coolant tank sprung a leak and if so, what did you have to replace? I want to give a garage a heads up when explaining the issue. And I'm not going to Murray Group main dealer. They scammed me out of £860 on a brake job. Also, how simple is it to DIY replace the inner door handle? Need to find the part number. Same with the car key. Thank you.

Thank you all for your great replies! Those Trustpilot reviews have sealed it for me. Swerve. As a side note, 2017 manual, petrol VRS estates don't stay on sale for long on Autotrader!

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202101117846657?advertising-location=at_cars&year-from=2017&postcode=pl34ja&body-type=Estate&fuel-type=Petrol&include-delivery-option=on&colour=Blue&transmission=Manual&model=OCTAVIA&page=1&aggregatedTrim=vRS&radius=1501&make=SKODA&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=New Hopefully the link works. I own a '65 Fabia estate and as much as I love it, I want to level up to an Octavia VRS. This example has done 103,000 miles in 3 and a half years. I assume largely motorway miles. Price almost reflects that. What components would you expect to see replaced by this mileage? No mention of new brakes, clutch, suspension e.t.c in advert. Would an engine rebuild be required within 50,000 miles? Slightly tempted yet wary of low price. Thank you.

Thank you for posting this. They passed my MOT today, yet put Cam belt change "urgent" on my service health check. Confused why they'd pass the MOT if it was a serious problem. I was quoted £479 for the Cam belt replacement. 5 year anniversary today and 61,000 miles done. Which independent garage did you use? I'm also based in Plymouth.