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I have seen a guy lifting the rear end on the point . Any thoughts?

What about the rear? I was thinking of lifting/jacking the rear of the car on this point . Looks like a solid piece .

I found a better picture of where i put the jack stand

Hi! What is your gearbox code? It should be 3 letters, mine is MRV. Can you send I picture of the gearbox?

Hello Guys! I have been looking for a safe spit to put the jackstands on, when I lift he car up by the sills on ,on the side of the car. After watching a video of Humble mechanic on youtube about the topic i have tried the same. Putting a jack stand on the spit where lower control arm and subframe meets. I have succeded bur a bit unsure about the longterm use of the same point. Does it bend or damage the subframe? I am adding some pictures of where i put the jackstand

20230810_082003.heic20230810_082003.heicHej Guys! I was at the dealership today and the technician grounded the cable. It was a ground cable for the block heater ( oil sump). Thanks for the help! 20230810_082003.heic 20230810_082009.heic

I found a video , a turkish mechanic specialised on VAG changing coolant on a mk3 Skoda Octavia. He is using the method mentioned above. Looks doable DIY

I have a 1.6 TDI , cambelt was changed at 140000km , the car is at 180 000 kms So I dont have to think about coolant till next cambelt change at ca 240 000 km ?

Thanks for the replies! I was at the dealership an hour ago to buy coolant. Asked them about if they have any coolant change method( mentioned about the method i refered here as well) or service intervall. I was baffled by the answer. The service guy told me that i never had to bother changing it, "it is filled for life ". I thought that nothing is filled for life. Life of the car? Is it 10 tears or 15 years? Than what? Junk it? Strange...

Great! Do you know a good reliable video tutorial for this procedure?

J.R. what do you think about chanhing some of the coolant with that method? I mean unplugging the return pipe and filling the expansion tank the same amount

Okey, interesting! I maybe try it in the future. I read somewhere that turning the heat on makes the thermostat open and makes the coolant circulate in those components that otherwise wouldnt be joining to return pipe.

Sounds like an interesting and DIY friendly way to change coolant. I guess ypu warm the engine up with the expansion tank cap off al the time? From start?

I should thank you guys. I have read some comments on swedish forums about those external heaters shorting and causing seirous damage to people, hospitalizing people. I will not plug the system until the mechanic grounds it, i can assure you of that.

I made a video about the cable , so you can see what I mean https://youtu.be/Rxpebjj9g5A