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Hi, Turns out it wasn't an air lock, the mechanic showed me on his code reader the temp figures and all was normal for this engine - which he said always runs hot. The warning triangle and dash alerts were a separate issue and another common Skoda fault he said, which is the worn selector switch under the gear lever - a white plastic piece which wears out in the middle. So thankfully car is all good now and I will have the switch done in August along with my 40k DSG service. Water Pump and thermostat was replaced last week due to increased coolant loss which I'd been topping up every few weeks..

When I picked up the car the coolant level was well over the max on the coolant tank, and the garage manager just said 'keep an eye on the levels'.. It's a VAG garage called Leziate Drove Garage here in Norfolk, they were/are my nearest VAG people. My usual garage could not work out why engine was so hot and told me to get a 2nd opinion, which is why I went to Leziate garage.

Yes that's possibility, and yes thanks I will drive slow on the backroads to get to the garage 👍

Oh okay thanks, the triangle and dash message was coming on and off as I drove home. When I got back and lifted the bonnet the bonnet stay was so hot I could barely touch it.. and a lot of heat coming from front of engine, which can't be good. The garage who did the water pump said I can bring it in tomorrow and to drive slowly. I'm guessing it's related to the water pump and thermostat, as I've not had this warning sign before.

Hi, I've just had my water pump and thermostats replaced but next day after collecting car I have a yellow warning triangle and message on dash saying 'Put car in P and seek assistance' The car is a 2019 facelift 2 litre petrol DSG with 42k on clock. The temp gauge is at 90 so normal and car drove okay today but now I have this dash warning. Any ideas please. Am I okay to drive it like this. Garage does not know what it might be when I rang them a few hours ago. I'm about an hour's drive away from them atm.

Interesting discussion... So I'm not alone in thinking Don't give the Insurance people ANY even a trivial excuse to not pay out in the event. Which is why the first add on I got for my VRS was a good Dashcam. So I agree with it being nonsensical that 'they' could refuse a claim on this basis, for the sake of a phone call I'm not taking the chance! My paranoia about Wheel sizes comes from my very limited knowledge of the knock on effect of fitting non standard equipment... I've asked Skoda directly for a list of their recommended wheel sizes but they only sent me a part list of Winter wheels and then told me to call my local Skoda dealer. I've looked up all previous posts on here relating to this and they're all dead links now. So insurance issue aside can anyone tell me please if an 8" Rim with a 18" Alloy would make any noticeable difference to my car? as I don't want to lessen the nice handling of this car as it is now.

Hi, One last post ( promise ) about Wheel sizes... I'm still wanting to change my Gemini Alloys & Tyres. And I've found one Wheel I really want to buy now, but the smallest Rim they do is an 18" x 8 with an ET of 45. This appears to be doable in width as the wheels will only stick out 12.4mm more than the standard 7.5j's. And probably staying with a 225 x 40 x 18R Tyre - a better fit maybe would be a 235x 40 x 18R Tyre? but that would put my speedo out by a few percent. My question is - Would this new set up make any negative difference to the handling? or MPG? I don't want to wear out adjacent parts sooner but if this increase is only a negligible difference? then I'm okay with it to have some better looking wheels.. and lastly is this modification to the car likely to increase my insurance premium when I tell them? Thankyou

Great, useful info - Thanks again Carlston, I'll stick with 18's then and 225/40R Tyres 👍 lot of potholes in my area of Norfolk...

Thankyou all for answering my question! Very helpful. 👌 I now have the choice of maybe going for a 19" Alloy now, which would reduce the large gap under the wheel arch a bit. Though I've read somewhere that ride quality would be reduced too with 19's ?

Hi, A question I can't find answer to - What is the standard/Original size Alloy Wheel for a January 2019 TSi vrs Octavia Estate? I've been looking to change my 18" Gemini Alloys that the car came with, but on a Wheel site yesterday when I input my Reg it only showed me 19" Wheels..? So are my current wheels not the right wheels for the car? In which case my car insurance would need to know.

Thanks - I didn't know they were Anthracite - looks much better than silver imo. And I've made a note of that paint code too for the refurb guys

Yes I'd planned to tell my insurance of a colour or different wheel change - can't give them any reason at all to not pay out on a possible claim...

Yes I'd have been happy if car had the original Gemini Silver & diamond cut look. The car came from Carshop who are a big company and have a quick turnaround so I realised after I got car that they'd cut some corners on it.. Anyway yes car was/is a used 2019 model with 31k on it. Didn't realise Finance company don't know currant colour of wheels? I don't know either! as it's not on my paperwork and I can't even touch them up without knowing exact colour.. I'd really like black Alloys as car is Black - but that's very obviously not original when and if I hand car back. So maybe I can get a good refurb done then in close to the original Gemini colour with a diamond cut. Thanks 👍

Hi, Need some advice please regarding my Gemini Alloy wheels - Had car now 3 months and realised the Alloys were refurbed straight away, which wasn't really an issue until now, as the paint around a few of the wheel nuts is flaking off.. So obviously the garage I got car from did not do a good prep on the wheels. I can see that the colour is black under the paint chips which is probably why they resprayed them - as the silver/bronze? colour they are now is nearer the original silver colour of the Gemini. Anyway I'd like to have them professionally refurbed but I can't because I'm on a PCP agreement. I've rung the finance company regarding car modifications and they told me I can refurb them BUT at end of agreement I would need to return them to their currant colour!.. So that rules that out. They did say I can put new Alloys on, so long as again I keep and replace with the existing Alloys. So my dilemma is if I do nothing then more and more of the paint will chip off especially when wheels are removed, and it shows because of the black paint underneath. And pretty sure I'd get nowhere with the car company if I tell them now that their workshop did a rough job on the refurb, as they'd say I bought 'as seen'. Which I did, but the alloys looked okay then with no chips. Any ideas - what would you do?

Wondering why my car does not have Folding mirrors? they are electric heated but not folding.. I'd rather have folding than heated!