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Thanks from me too @ahenners, just installed after following your "shopping list" , what a difference ! Makes the car feel better quality!

I have either owned been provided with (work) or driven a number of Toyota , BMW, Mazda , Ford , Vauxhall and VAG group vehicles over many thousands of miles . Thankfully now I only drive for pleasure! I am just quoting from a long life of waiting in various dealerships for these cars to be repaired or having build faults corrected under warranty. I have spent much less time dealing with issues with Toyota vehicles than the other marques , but found them to be rather dull to drive . I just prefer VAG vehicles as so many characteristics about them are right. Just my view, but c'est la vie! Enjoy your Skoda I do!

What ? are Toyota vehicles not dull or not more reliable than VAG group vehicles ? In my view VAG engineer vehicles for a short life suited to fast consumer turnover, for example leasing or PCP deals. Whatever I own two VAG vehicles and no Toyotas so I am prepared to favour ownership enjoyment over reliability , it's a pity I can't have both with VAG vehicles?

Buy a Toyota or a Lexus , not a VAG group vehicle if you value proven reliability ? They are maybe a bit dull but seem to have fewer issues?

The EOS roof is as far as I know unique having a sliding glass opening sunroof as well as a folding metal and glass roof . It is extremely complex and thrives on meticulous maintenance . The main thing I have learned is that Krytox GPL 105 reduces friction between the metal , plastic and rubber parts of the sunroof section of the roof. (Each of the two metal guide blades of the roof have to slide between a pair of vertical rubber seals . ) It does not appear to attack rubber , plastic or metal. There are many guides about what it can be used for in the Dupont publications. The "fact" that it is "inert "and "non toxic" according to Dupont makes it suitable for many applications where contamination of people (diving) ? and foodstuffs is not desirable. I'm not expert but Krytox GPL105 works for me and my Eos roof still folds smoothly , leaks only a little and it has served me and many other Eos owners well for many years. Wurth 2000 is indeed a semi dry aerosol lubricant and works well on the pivoting and sliding hinge pins and joints of the Eos roof which are under enormous strain when moved by hydraulic rams . It does not appear to attract dirt. As I say I avoid grease where possible in places exposed to dirt , tree sap ,tree seeds , leaves etc as these turn the grease into an abrasive paste and clog up the roof drains! ( in my opinion ). Maybe VW group has a different view of this for their Panoramic roofs but I guess they have perhaps been wrong about other aspects of car design and maintenance?

Hi , yes I have used Krytox GPL 105 for 10 years to lubricate the vertical metal runners that slide between the sunroof pinch seals on my 2006 VW Eos and other moving parts of the sunroof rise and slide mechanism. I bought the GPL 105 in a vain attempt to eliminate roof leaks , (some success) and creaks (complete success) from where the rubber parts rub together. I discovered the bonus of reducing friction between the painted metal parts almost by accident. In fact GPL105 is magic at reducing all types of plastic trim creaks . Its main use was o ring seal lubricant in pumps and diving apparatus apparently? The gummipfledge stuff from Nextzett is the best of its type and works ok to keep the rubber soft but doesn't last long and doesn't help much with creaks . A good lubricant for other moving parts is Wurth 2000 aerosol lubricant , this I use on some of the other pivoting joins in the Eos roof , it doesn't attract much dirt! The best alternative I have found to genuine GPL105 is the Zarox OYN ( catchy name? ). I'm sure I will have made typos , old age, small phone, sorry!

Massaged not messaged , sorry ! How do you edit posts?

Absolutely superb write up from BigJakk . I own an Octavia 111 but am glad to say it doesn't have a "pano roof" so no leaks creaks or time consuming roof maintenance . I also own a 2006 VW Eos and believe me they leak due to ageing of the seals and generally poor design of the Webasto roof drain mechanism . Having owned it now for over 10 years I have tried many roof seal and roof maintenance procedures cleaning regimes and have implemented every modification and maintenance procedure available for the EOS roof seal and drain system. I have learned that all greases even the exotic Krytox paste simply attracts dirt no matter how applied . I favour using Krytox GPL105 which I used to buy from the USA in 0.5 kg bottles . I have used two of these altogether in the last 10 years . Although expensive GPL105 really works, it preserves and rejuvenates rubber seals, prevents creaks and is a first class lubricant. It is however incredibly expensive. I own a selection of the Gummipledge products which are ok but no substitute for Krytox GPL105 and simply do not provide lasting results on rubber and do not really lubricate sliding parts. One application of GPL 105 lasts me about 6 months here in Derbyshire UK but I always garage the car and keep it very clean. Other ownership styles will require more applications of the product. GPL105 can be applied very sparingly from a fine nozzle dropper bottle and messaged into clean rubber seals. For sliding parts use whatever will reach, ie brush , cotton wool but etc but clean the sliding parts of all dirt and grit harbouring grease first ( as you can gather I'm not a fan of grease for the sliding parts!). Not all apparent GPL105 substitutes are equal however and some are not even close and may be completely unsuitable as simply containing PFPE in the mix is not enough to ensure correct lubrication of sliding parts and maintenance of supple rubber seals, in fact some fluids although containing PFPE are for metal lubrication ie bike chains! The nearest sensibly priced substitute for GPL105 is the Zarox OYN 14 which I linked to in my earlier post. I have been using this for a year so far , two applications and can find no discernible difference between this and Krytox GPL105. If the EOS lasts another 10 years maybe I will know for sure but so far so good! The main thing I have learned is keep the rubber seals well lubricated , clean them and the sliding parts of the roof , flush out the roof drains regularly and keep an eye out for leaks. And finally and don't buy a car with a fancy folding or sliding opening roof and expect it not to leak or require zero maintenance! I hope this helps fellow Octavia owners too?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ZAROX-OYN-14-PFPE-Coating-for-rubber-seals-30g-bottle-equivalent-GPL105-VW-EOS-/4018423800 The above is the equivalent of the VW group product for lubricating rubber "pano " roof seals and the black painted blade type rails that pass between these seals . I use it on my VW Eos roof seals and sunroof blades . It is much cheaper than the VW product which is Dupont Krytox GPL105 a PFPE synthetic lubricant .

I tried one of my pairs of multi led boot light units today and blow me down no strange issues with MFD boot open warning when glove box opened with ignition on . If an overhead light was left on and the car locked no alarm sounding issues or flashing exterior lights and the car shut down the interior lights after a short period . The only thing I have changed since the problematic instal is replacing all the incandescent interior light bulbs with a mixture of led lamps of various types depending on which would fit . The glovebox light unit is the most picky, liking incandescent shape clones e.g. osram ! The overhead light units accept many shapes. I wonder why everything is ok now?

Hi , I tried two different sets of replacement multi led trunk/boot light units in my FL 2018 Octavia Estate. I agree they are very bright. I removed them because both sets caused issues with the car elecrtrical control system. 1. Opening the glovebox when the engine was running ( and maybe just with the ignition on ?) resulted in a warning on the MFD that the trunk/boot is open. Not really a problem but the next one I didn't like. 2. If an interior overhead light was left on and the car was locked with the alarm armed the car flashed the exterior lights and sounded the alarm . This was sort of ok but confounded me at first. If replacement led lamps are fitted in the trunk/ boot light units and an interior overhead light is left on when the car is locked the car shuts down the interior lights after a short while and no exterior light flash and the alarm does not sound.

My 2018 1.5 TSI Estate (Torsion beam rear suspension) had been creaking over speed bumps for a few months. Before lockdown it was serviced and the rear suspension bushes were lubricated with a white grease. This made no difference to the creak which I and many others thought came from the rear suspension , it was particularly noticeable on the extension (rise) part of the body movements. I took the car back in yesterday and the technicians lubricated the front suspension anti roll bar bushes and lower suspension arm bushes with a similar white grease. I don't believe any bolts were replaced and no reference was made to any TPI . Three technicians had ridden in the car to test it and try to locate the creak and they agreed that they could no longer hear any creaks. The dealer asked me to try it out for a few days and to return it if the problem is still there are reappears. So far no creaks!! Just goes to show how difficult it is to be sure where a noise is coming from!! Bristol Street Skoda Chesterfield have been very helpful so far and based on my experience seem to care!

I had the same / similar problems after I fitted multi led light modules in the boot of my 2017 Octavia Estate in place of the standard incandescent lamp type units. If an interior overhead light was left on when these modules were fitted and the car was locked the alarm sounded. If standard bulbs or even replacement led bulbs are fitted into the existing boot light units there were no issues and the car shuts down the power to the overhead lights on locking saving a flat battery situation . I tried two different sets of multi led light unitd modules before abandoning them!