vwman55

Catcar - Rapid PAS

I should add that if you have access to VCDS it is possible to adjust the accuracy of the on-board mpg display. When I bought my car and drove it home, slowly and carefully, I was amazed to see 68mpg for the journey. However, actual mpg was 9% less 🙁 Now I've adjusted it, it's within 1% of actual most of the time.

Roosted beat me to it! Was also going to suggest a tank-to-tank mpg exercise. 42mpg sounds about right but I've found that displayed mpg is usually very optimistic. How many miles do you get to a full tank? I have the earlier 1.2tsi, and usually average mid 40's mpg with a mix of town and country roads. I get around 500 miles before filling up. My fuel gauge takes ages to drop from the full mark, so there is definitely something strange with yours. I assume you fill it until the forecourt pump clicks and cuts off?

Yep, mine was sometimes ns, sometimes os, usually both though. Doesn't help that there are loads of speed bumps where I live. I bought direct from Powerflex here. Be careful to get the right size. I use Catcar which suggests there are two for the Toledo: 19mm ARB and 17mm bushes for the 5 speed cars, and 20mm ARB / 18mm bushes for the 6 speed. My car is the 1.2tsi CBZB with the 6-speed gearbox, and has 18mm bushes. The Powerflex site does recommend measuring the diameter of your ARB - mine is 20mm. However, weirdly they only list one size for the Toledo whereas I think there should be two as above. Maybe give them a ring if you're in any doubt. Hope this helps to sort your issue!

Hi all. My car's a Toledo but I thought I'd post this here as well as in the Seatcupra forum, as our cars are the same. I've suffered for the last 4 years on and off with this wretched creaking noise from the front of my Toledo. It's done it since it had 16k miles on it. It's really bad on speed bumps, but crops up on most bumps - pot holes, etc. It's weather / temperature dependent - I can go through the whole summer with no noise at all, but as soon as the temperature drops below 15°, the creaking starts. Weirdly, if the temperature gets close to zero, the creaking stops again. It also stops in rain. There are several posts in various forums about this issue, and it seems to affect various VAG cars. Lots of suggestions as to the fix - ARB bushes, engine mounts, drop links etc. but nothing concrete. I replaced the drop links as it was a cheap fix, but this made no difference. I replaced the ARB bushes with genuine ones; no change. I took the ARB bushes out and coated them liberally in red rubber grease - again no joy. Still convinced it had to be arb-related, last week I disconnected the drop links and drove the car over my local speed bump and the noise was gone. I've bought some Powerflex bushes and I've just fitted them. Deep joy - the noise is no more! Hopefully this will be of use to anyone else with the same problem. Cheers, Martyn

The correct size is 215/45 16, but this is a less common tyre size and therefore a bit more expensive; some people switch to other sizes to save money or to get a wider choice of tyres. According to an online tyre calculator your smaller tyre would increase wheel diameter by 1.88%, and change your speed by the same amount. Personally I think that's OK, but what I would not be OK with is mixing tyre sizes - I would stick with what you have or change all 4 - £££.

I believe that is correct. Modern cars adjust their charging as the battery ages, and if you fit a new battery without telling the car, it will continue to treat the battery as old. This may result in overcharging of the new battery, which can shorten its lifespan. You can search on this or other forums to find someone with VCDS or similar, who can do the recode for you. It really is a very simple process - you just type in a new part number. Piece of. I have VCDS but I'm in Suffolk - bit of a trek to Fife! Martin

I think the part you need is 5JA807795C, which is listed on Catcar as a "spoiler" for the Monte Carlo spec Rapid. I'm assuming your car looks like the one in this picture: Rapid Monte Carlo You can clearly see that the spoiler bolts onto the bumper, so your bumper doesn't need to be touched at all. Hopefully you'll be able to get hold of one of these and get it fitted - I can't see that any paint is needed at all.

I bought this rear silencer from Ebay a few months ago, after having spent ages trying to find something online like you did. My car is a 2014 Toledo 1.2tsi, cbzb engine; I suspect yours may be the later cjz. Obviously you'll have to pay to get it fitted too. Still, it works out way less than the £240 I was quoted for the main dealer part.

Genuine Skoda wheel, "Ray", part number 5JA601025D FL8 per Catcar. Can't see any on Ebay at the moment but if you search on the internet you'll find one. Might cost you though!

I would just chip in on the exhaust aspect. When I was checking out my 2014 Toledo recently I noticed the rear silencer was rusting really badly. No garage I went to could supply a replacement - of any kind - it was dealer only (rear silencer only remember) at £240 + fitting. I spent ages searching online and got a part from Lithuania delivered for £81. Obviously I've got to fit it myself or pay someone to do it. The fact is that these cars are relatively rare so an exhaust will be pricy. Wheel bearings however are common as muck and can be had for tuppence...

I believe the part number for this is 5JC035726. If you search for this on eBay you'll find a few items for sale with pictures - you might get an idea of how the part is secured. It looks to me like there are a couple of plastic lugs, one at either side (hidden of course, in true VW fashion). I'm about to try and remove the same part on my car (Toledo), so please report back with your findings! HTH Martin

Just Google the part number 03C103601BK and go from there. This is for the CBZA / CBZB engine which I assume you have. There's a genuine part listed by Omega Spare Parts Ltd for £87.53 which looks good to me.

It's my understanding that the charging system adjusts (don't ask me how, just Google it!) as the battery ages and degrades. If you fit a new battery without telling the car, it will continue to charge as if it were the old, degraded battery. The new battery will work, but its lifespan will likely be reduced. "Recoding" just means changing the battery part number, so the car knows you've changed it, but you do need vcds or similar to do this, as I did on my 2014 Toledo. HTH. Martin

Does this help?