Rooster53

Brilliant, the rubber was harder than I thought but your instructions and then the diagram solved that puzzle. Reattached drain hole, cap lanyard and screw etc. Of note, the old labels (fuel and tyres) came off easily and retained their stickiness so were transferred too. Job done, thank you for your help, nice teamwork. Keep safe. PS We love the car, the small 1L turbo engine with a 7 speed performs way better than I thought it would.

Hi, tnx, yes agreed, I will try again tomorrow. I would have thought a rotation of the unit would release any clips (through a slot) but it is solidly in place. Looking at teh new unit, there do not appear to be any screw holes or places to put a screw thread from the inside of the boot so I still think there is a way to remove it from the outside. I will advise how I get on. No rush but we are in COVID lockdown so I cannot call anyone who may know eg a panel shop or Skoda NZ.

I think it is a push on fit from the outside however this makes it hard to extract as the clips open up. I am sure this would be pretty much the same across the range of cars so any pointers how to remove it would be great.

HI, tnx for the response. there is no way to extract the old arm as it is attached very solidly, I fear a complete removal is the only way !

Hi, no - I was not successful. I removed the screw and could not pull the fitting off. It did not move at all - not even slightly. There is an actuating cable and of course the fuel pipe. I cannot understand how to remove it and looked inside the boot and tried to remove the plastic boot side interior but had to stop. What is the process of replacing it ? Can I remove it all from the outside or need to go to a panel shop to remove the interior boot plastic? It is a nice car and I did not want to damage anything.

Juast to let other know, I went past an open filler cap at night after filling the car and broke off the lid. It was easy to get the part off the Skoda dealer and not very expensive. The hardest part was trying to understand how to unclip the lid. Just push the black base plate away from the raised metal fitting on the lid and it slides off. May be quite hard but once you know, quite easy! I attach relevant photos.