Jonnyhatesjazz70

Update. Skoda want £144 per hour plus diagnostic, without parts, first available slot, 18th Feb! Roads will have new grit next week and not rained in 6 days. Looks like crowbar time. Poxy bonnet.

Hi there. On the mk2 the grill is half covered and not accessible. Saw a YouTube video on my model but it looks really awkward and you are totally blind, without knowing exactly where the catch is you need to push/pull, it looks impossible. Bloke said it took 5 minutes all in, but he already had the bonnet open for the video, highly edited. Was hoping, as I hear its a common issue, that someone on here has achieved the task without taking an angle grinder to it. My model has a very long bonnet, and a big area from grill to mechanism, so a long screwdriver would not even do it, if I wedged the bonnet up a bit with wood. Ho hum.

Morning all. I have still not had any luck opening my bonnet, will be getting very low on washer fluid due to the heavily gritted roads here. Has anybody had the same issue please? Local dealer has a 3 week wait.

Thanks mate. Was hoping you would see the post. Have a good one.

Good evening. My bonnet is still stuck shut, so I fitted a new belt via the offside wheel well, lining out etc. Had morning squeals and car is on 83k, thought it prudent. It was easy enough. My question is, I put in a 6pk1120 Contitech, but removed the old VAG original which was a 6 rib 1117, is this normal? Every site advised the 6pk1120 for my car. CCZA 2.0tsi. Is the 1120 ok? It seemed a perfect fit with normal tension. Test drive was fine. Really can't be bothered taking it apart again, far too cold out there. Thanks.

Afternoon, Long story short, my Superb mk2 bonnet will not open, was only checking screenwash, nothing major, it has opened without issue until today. New serpentine belt going on tomorrow, but that's through the offside wheel arch. I have taken the handle off, the little plastic insert was broken, so took off trim and plastic attached to car and pulled the end with pliers, no joy. It feels stuck, as not pulling out much, did not give it to hard a pull in case the end snapped off. Tried the bonnet, it feels really wedged shut, like something is wedged in the mechanism. Any advice welcome. I have a journey through the mountains Saturday, so screenwash is paramount having grit every mile. Thanks.

Evening all. Any assistance to the above please? Absolute zero info online regarding this issue. Sort of assuming its a new Bowden cable but would love it be simpler. Merry Xmas.

Morning all. As I am off this week I am currently do odds and sods on the car. New rear spring arriving later so bit of tine to kill before that fun job in the rain. Noticed my drivers sideinterior door handle is a bit flimsy, stretched cable or loose screws? Can I just take the surround off and have a look or is the whole door card off? Dont want to damage it unnecessarily. Have trim tools. Hoping its the former, due to the weather. Any advice welcome.

Thank you for the info, cannot remember my build code, but will look into it. Need to order one this weekend, am still using the car as have no choice up here. Spring broke at the top so is still doing its job, sadly the rubber damper fell out whilst up on the stands.

Afternoon all. Does anybody know the correct part number for a nearside rear spring please? Found the cause of metallic rattle, very top of my spring was stuck in the basement of the arm, spring still functions, just not ideal, about an inch missing. Online shows two different springs. No wish to order both. Car is a superb 2.0tsi 2012 Saloon. Any advice welcome.

Hey Karpov. I will check that tomorrow, thank you for the tip..

All seems fine No noise under braking at all. Had a stuck front caliper recently, but changed that. All four corners had new discs and pads last year.

Just to add, I have had cars with broken track rods and springs, but this sound is like a metallic rattle only from the left rear, and only on the big bumps, my road is appalling but main Rds are fine. For the life of me, I cannot pin point it or record it. I even took out the parcel shelf just in case that was the vibration. Hoping to replace the shocks and it goes away. Tyre wear is normal.

Thanks for the reply. I have been under it, checked the spring, looks fine, tiny bit of rust and missing black protective cover, but no cracks. My disc covers are all fine as replaced all 4 last year. Drop links are fine. When the weather breaks I will check the ride height again with a tape measure. Its an odd one.

Morning all. Car is Superb mk2 2.0 TSI saloon I have a strange metallic rattle coning from my near side rear and after a lot of looking about and jumping up and down in the boot, I believe its the strut failing. The dust cover has failed but that's not the noise as its plastic. The car looks like its sitting lower on that side also, just a smidge. My question is, is replacing them myself a big job or pretty straight forward? My local indy has no space until the end of January. Watched some videos, but they don't always show the real picture. Thinking of getting Sachs as I believe they are the originals.

Try @Vroom if he is still about on here, its been a couple of years though.

If your software matches mine, I can send you a disc. We will need folk on here to help with that though. Will go through my replies tomorrow and message the chap who helped me.

A very nice member on here sent me the correct link for my software, my IT chap burnt it onto a disc and 20 mins later, my head unit was fluent in English once more. I still have the disc just in case.

If I remember, its been a while, you turn it on and hold the MENU button for 3 or 4 seconds and the system menu appears. Then choose an option. As I said, its been a while since I had mine stuck on German.

They do burn cleaner. Prone to carbon build up, but luckily on get my car up to temp a lot due to location. My TB after its last clean 15k ago. To be honest it was in really good shape before the clean. Found and easy way to replace the hose also. Mine is a 2012 2.0tsi, hopefully all good.

I did mine a couple of years ago, as I have a petrol, it was not bad at all, pictures in previous post. A bit fiddly but worth it. I was wondering if the state of our throttle bodies is an indication therefore of our injectors etc?

Wow, that's great. Mine went down by £80 this January, I was shocked when I opened that email, agreed to the renewal quote in 30 seconds. Thought it maybe an age thing or my location.

I believe it to be an Air intake duct. They are not expensive, but those wee tabs are very flimsy.

According to one Skoda dealer yes. Another no, as I did not have the work done by a Skoda mechanic. My local indy bought it from Skoda on the 9th December ready for my fitting in the 21st 2022. So they based it on the 9th, it broke on the 12th, last week. So out of warranty. Am pleading my case to my mechanic but can't push too hard as we don't have a great deal of choice of trusted garages up here! We shall see.