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I'm surprised that you got away with just pushing the lower arms down to get the strut out of its socket on the RHS, any of these Polos and Ibiza I've had to take the struts out of, I've had to take the RHS drive shaft out as it ends up fouling on the lower arm before the RHS strut has come out of its socket. Unless you used a version of the sort of dangerous trick of using a "2 X 4" .

That subassembly, that has the ribbed hose as part of it, started life as 04C 133 352 BC, later on it's part number changed to 4C0 133 353 AS and much later to it's current part number which is 04C 133 353 BF. It might be of interest to find out what exactly was altered to prompt these two part number changes - as maybe one thing that was changed was this weak/cheap design of ribbed pipe.

You know something, I've just bumped into this thread, my wife's July 2015 build, VW Polo with the 1.2TSI version of that EA211 engine, left the factory with a ribbed plastic pipe fitted to it's equivalent EVAP solenoid, it started to annoy me that I could hear "beep beep beeeeeep etc" under certain engine/car operating conditions - then I spotted a posting saying that VW Group had dumped using that ribbed pipe and were now fitting a pre-shaped smooth bore pipe to sort that noise out. So I annoyed my local VW dealership enough about this and they raised this issue with VW mothership, who pointed them in the direction of the new smooth bored pre-shaped "rubber" replacement pipe and fitted that under warranty, so that stopped that unnecessary noise which was due to that ribbed pipe being sort of tuned to the pulse duration of the EVAP solenoid. I'd think that over the years, VW Group will have got round to replacing that type of pipe for a pre-shaped smooth bore rubber version, on that model of engine - looking under the bonnet of a newer "same" car would reveal if they did or just blundered along with using that cheap crappy ribbed plastic pipe - in that, which looks like a badly designed/cheap layout, that pipe does end up being quite a bit longer than it was in the earlier 1.2TSI EA211 engines - every penny counts, f' the customer, money for old rope a few years down the line and repeat a some more years later?

One other thing that has been said to "happen" to these 1.0TSI engines is, the variable cam pulley "comes apart" and as it is powered by engine oil pressure, when that assembly comes loose - screws/bolts slacken off it seems, the pressurised engine oil escapes and that could account for the sudden lose of engine oil and drop in engine oil pressure. If that is what has happened, VW Group advise you to stop ASAP when you hear the first noises which should be coming from the cam shaft end of the engine - a good plan in theory, probably not so good in practise! If that is what has happened, you might be able to oil has been escaping from the RHS of the engine.

Probably more a "time" thing than "mileage" thing, so I would not expect your car to be suffering from front disc inner faces corroding, I'm slightly surprised that the OP ended up with that or claim of that at the 5 year point though, but seeing is believing - or not!

Yes, and maybe even fit the 15" with winter tyres, so get the best of both worlds, that is what I did for my wife's 2015 VW Polo 1.2TSI 110PS 6MT, though if you are doing huge mileage, maybe this does not address your most important issue of frequent tyre changing, my wife's 2015 has only run 52,000 miles and both the 16" summer tyres and 15" winter tyres are not half worn down yet.

I managed to get the alternator out of a 2009 SEAT Ibiza 1.4 16V 86PS that had AC, maybe I ended up turning it on its end, I found the worst or trickiest bit was easing back the spacers that is in the alternator body. When the alternator failed in that car, I had just started it up and was driving out of the estate onto the main road when the warning light came on - turned round and grabbed my own car and dealt with that one much later. At that time, maybe 2013, I could not source locally any spare parts like a regulator/brushes assembly, it was a Bosch alternator "made in Spain" and the regulator was "made in UK" . I found that ECP sold 2 versions, the one for that car was quite expensive, the much cheaper alternative which I worked out had the same output voltage and max current had a slightly smaller drive pulley, ie so the actual alternator was the same model so I cheap skated and bought that, it was a Bosch factory refurbished VW Group one, so I swopped over the drive pulleys - fitted it and all was well.

Yes, the "hidden" inner face of brake discs quietly corroding - all looks good from the outer face condition, but not really the whole story! It was when I serviced the front brakes on my wife's 2015/50,000 mile VW Polo that I spotted uneven wear on the front inner pads - so time for new discs and pads. Rubber bonded mounting bushes, I suppose that they are only reporting what they have seen, I bought a slightly used 2011 Audi S4 back in 2013, just because it was not quite a "run of the mill" car, I thought that I was playing safe booking it into my local Audi dealer for MOTs, that worked for the 1st and 2nd MOT then at the 3rd one it got advisories for some of it's rubber bushes, now for an A4/s4 of that age, the mileage should have been maybe 60+K miles, mine was only 27K miles and I had already checked over ALL the suspension bushes, so for MOTs I quickly moved away to a proper local VAG Indie and many year later still have not had any advisories at MOT time - though to be honest, now approaching it's 14th birthday, some of the suspension bushes are showing their age and I have made up a kit of parts to replace them all later this year. Misting dampers, yes VW Group do have a "pass" or "fail" criteria for that, Crasher showed me pictures of both as my daughter's 2019 SEAT Leon Cupra, I consider, is now into the "fail" condition and should get replaced before the next MOT.

Yes, the final sentence is what is to be expected from this system as it is looking for changes/differences between the values/ratios when last reset to what they are now - ie as probably said already in this thread and others, this system is an indirect tyre pressure monitoring system and so is not actually able to measure tyre pressures - only the frequency of each wheel rotation.

I'm sure that I've read that VW Group have had some issues that they resolved by a S/W update - maybe press your Skoda dealership to check for that, or for them to log a request for technical help from Skoda mothership. I can't say which controller needed the S/W update so I'll not guess as logic sometimes does not work.

BEM codes were meant to mean that VW Group had a strangle hold of you (and your wallet) when it came to needing a new battery, maybe BMW also tried that handy trick as well, though with time that got "kicked into touch", so that was that. Luckily your car didn't need coding, probably the only use for BEM info in your car would be for dealer's to handle warranty claims on the original battery. I'd surprised that any/all Halfords branches are now not completely up to date with which cars needed battery coding carried out - and have the kit to do so if needed. Edit:- I'm sure that I coded in the new Bosch EFB that the AA fitted to my younger daughter's 2019 SEAT Arona - just in case the AA hadn't bothered to do that - they certainly hadn't cleared all the fault codes when the original battery died.

The "320A" rating for CCA is the DIN rating, that equates to 640 SAE which is the same battery as my wife's 2015 VW Polo 1.2TSI 110PS 6MT has, also my younger daughter's 2019 SEAT Arona 1.0TSI 115PS 6MT has, and both are 59 or 60AHr EFB, AGM is better in my mind though, I've already bought a 70AmpHour 760A CCA SAE AGM for that 2015 Polo - but it doesn't seem to need it yet!

Good information!

1.2 12V, I'd think man tran.

In general “proper” VAG Indies can and will do that sort of thing “part” of a job. I got my local one to “sort out” a radio upgrade I did to my old S4 after fitting a used radio. VW or Audi etc I’d guess would not have shown any interest - or claim it is not possible to do.

It's part of getting old(er), the world is against us!

Maybe a different situation with front wheel drive cars as your E Class would have had a section of subframe that "went across" the body of that car. You can get crossbeams that fit on top of some trolley jacks, they do sound like being a bit unstable but if all your going to be doing is to get the front of the car up high enough to slip stands under each of the front jacking points, then with care, that would work. Always a bit tricky if you need one side at a raised kerb though. Edit:- I am meaning that the crossbeam would get located across/between 2 strong points.

Yes, these new wheels should behave in the same way as the originals, just check/adjust the pressures after they are fitted, then reset the TPMS and all should be okay.

Where have you found these part numbers, they sound a lot like being a seller like GSF's own warehouse stock numbers? Maybe look on Autodoc just to find which brands are generally available and each brand's parts/reference number - and build up some facts from doing that before heading off and ordering in parts - just a suggestion, that is all. My wife's August 2015 VW Polo 1.2TSI 110PS 6MT has run over 50,000 miles, I "refreshed" the suspension and for now, I've just left the original ARB drop links on it as they seem to be okay - I did buy new drop links from maybe Skoda and I'm frightened to fit them as they cost so much! My wife's first Polo was a 2002 car, the only reason that I replaced its ARB drop links is because I could not remove the nuts without causing them damage when I needed to replace the front springs, so, when I had to repeat that jon on my older daughter's 2009 Ibiza, I prepared for needing new ARB drop links - and the original ones came off very easily - so that pair of maybe Febi drop links still resides in my parts box 7 years later. Lots of people have reported ARB drop links failing in early life - or did so at one time, but not my experience from working on a 2009 Ibiza in 2016 or a 2015 Polo in 2024.

When I spotted this new thread, I pessimistically thought "oh no, VW Group have revisited this and dropped the replace time/miles" - but not so! So, thanks for posting what the latest official Skoda info is on this ! By the way, I've been here/there once before with a 1991 Vauxhall Cavalier GSI - the original time/miles was quietly dropped quite dramatically, I only found that out when reading my monthly car magazine - that got me quickly along to my VX dealer to book it in!

@RickW, yes, I have a drinking friend who has had heated screens on his Fords for maybe 15 years or more, and feels very smug in winter time! Mind you, we always have our cars in a garage so only an issue "after work" etc.

Kufatec do supply a cable set, if you buy that you will be able to download their instructions which should help with getting the other parts needed. Retro fitting to the standard/level of factory fit options does cause a lot of damage to your wallet, but if you’ve set your mind on doing this - why not! I’ve done a bit of proper retro fitting to my old 2011 Audi S4 and it all worked out well - apart from cost, I sourced the cables from Kufatec and most other parts were found used online.

I often find using Google to do the searching works better. Maybe check to see if Kufatec supplies cabling or a kit. My wife seems to have forgotten her 2015 VW Polo has them, she used them when she had her previous car which was a 2002 VW Polo.

Oh yes, for those of us that "feel the need" swopping wheels/tyres can give the desired results!

On some other VW Group forum, there is a concern that fitting "Brembo aftermarket" pads will or can lead to pad rattle due to some versions being " a bit loose" in their callipers. I'll happily still fit Pagid into the rear brakes on my wife's 2015 VW Polo, but for some reason I tend to try to buy in early, genuine VW Group correct part number pads for the front brakes - just usually NOS as it appears from time to time on ebay. Maybe as I've said already in this thread, VW Group fitted Jurid rebranded as VW Group to the front brakes at the factory - or that area of the car's front assembly facility - and the NOS VW Group pads I bought are also Jurid.