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Hi all I recently had a problem with my 18 plate Octavia - the button on the boot lid just died. I gathered my courage and removed the button form the outside. Here's the video link to a short clip I made on youtube. It turned out in my case it was due to cold weather which may have had something to do with shrinkage of the contacts - it works now. But if it needs changing, I'll just by the button and easily replace it. No need to tamper with the inside trim at all - and you can take it out even if the lid is closed (one of my initial worst fears).

Thanks for that xman. Vacuum is always still there. Tye pedal does not go hard...unless turning engine off, of course.

Good point J. R. Thanks for that. I'll keep an eye out for that as well when I'll do the oil and filters change next week.

Hi all I was wondering if anyone could help me with something. My wife's Fabia 2 hatch used to have a very responsive brake pedal (I would dare say extremely sensitive) when she bought it at 24k miles. This started to become harder with time (braking efficiency still ok, but have to press properly, rather than just tpuch the pedal). When taking it to Skoda for a service at about 50k miles, the brake pedal magically went as it was at the beginning: light as a feather. At the time my wife was just happy with it, so didn't think aboit asking what they did (this was sort of a bonus for servicing it with them). Now, at 102k miles, the brake pedal is harder than it was again (brake efficiency still ok). Doing some research over the internet I found out there is an air filter just under the pedal which filters out dust from the air at atmospheric pressure which enters the brake booster to avoid blockages in time ( Does anyone know how to remove this? I cand find any guidance anywhere on this, so any help will be much appreciated.

Thank you, Pete. I did make an enquiry with a local garage and was quoted around £40. This is a bit on the low side if they need to get inside the fuel tank to replace it. I guess I'll have to wait and see how this will turn out. Andrei

Hi all After doing a search on here (and on Google in general), I couldn't find any guidance on how to change the fuel filter on my 2018 Octavia 1.5 tsi. I did look under the car, but there is no sign of filter near the petrol tank. I also tried to follow the fuel lines towards the front, but still no luck. Does anyone know where the petrol filter is on this version of Octavia? The other thing I couldn't find anywhere is the servicing schedule. Does anyone have this by any chance? Thanks for your time. Andrei