Blue66

thats exactly the problem, they only build things to last warranty now, which is all 'sealed for life' means which is a shame. not really difficult to change though and changing the clutch isn't really that bad considering everyone online says most gearbox places 'wont touch a dq200' 🤷‍♂️

gearbox was very fiddly to get out but easier to get back in again had to take the cv drive cup off the engine side to be able to navigate it round the engine, as mentioned above the little metal shim between the engine and gearbox is also a pain. definitely made a lot easier by a proper lift and transmission jack hopefully this helps someone else in the future as when I was looking there wasn't much available online but after days of looking about managed to save £100s in buying LUK tools

Brought the clutch&flywheel from Parts In Motion who verified against my VIN that the parts were right Made my own shimming tools from some dimensions I found online that match the very expensive LUK kit. Landed more or less in the middle of the shim range so seems right. Brought £50ish puller/press set from eBay for removal and reinstallation which was worth it, but apart from that didn't have to buy any tools

thanks all done between Christmas and new year just had a proper (2000ish mi) test drive down France and back, all seems good still made the engine brace up myself and luckily had a 2post ramp I could use from a mate. While I was in there I took the mechatronic off the side of the gearbox in order to aid putting the oil back in easier (and to check the reverse and 6th fork bearing) and found that there's a handful of magnets (8 I think) which were totally blocked up with iron filings so obviously cleaned them out and new oil too. (which really doesn't seem like it should be sealed for life it definitely smelt like off gear oil when it came out

Thanks mate, few people have told me this I'll look into it

Merry Christmas all - Any common causes for a slight oil weep drivers side back of engine on a CXXB engine (1.6TDI 2016 Octavia)? Going to give it a good clean up and hopefully that'll help me spot but its not a very good spot to see or access really

I was planning to buy https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226468961663?chn=ps&_ul=GB&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A1hfdCVvSUSEmvkTpYk5EHog29&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=226468961663&targetid=2360873003490&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=1006567&poi=&campaignid=21690875706&mkgroupid=169793746720&rlsatarget=pla-2360873003490&abcId=10027099&merchantid=5453671001&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD_Lr1ffUAsb09JHE0sSzdtwIaX4f&gclid=CjwKCAiAgoq7BhBxEiwAVcW0LLoAjLmzNCKlziLceaMhWieEpYMo-jIbOwoFCag80NrvWgB8R_MCuhoCqCsQAvD_BwE I don't know anyone with the tools so I was going to make do with this and anything else I need I will make (got access to a machine shop)

Well I'm lucky enough to have 2 cars so I'm thinking I'll just give it a go, have watched a few more videos now, doesn't look like its too awful of a job, probably worth the labour saving.. I've found all the right parts for sure now, emailed a few suppliers with my VIN to make sure

I have also considered taking the gearbox out and just taking it to a gearbox place for them to do the clutch and just doing the flywheel myself? mainly because it saves the hassle of buying the right clutch However I'd rather have the car sorted out sooner rather than later

Probably something thats been addressed before - but I'm looking to replace the DMF and clutch on 1.6tdi octavia with dq200 but finding it very hard to actually find what parts I need to buy online a few stores reference OE numbers, but thats not a lot of use without knowing what the original part number is..? is it a case of go to the dealer, get a quote and use the numbers they provide on the quote sheet to shop around for parts? No luck with parts from main websites (euro, GSF etc) - but looking at AUTODOC and similar they have many different models listed, but none that seem to line up with mk3 1.6tdi dq200. Ditto the flywheel? And does the car require any coding after doing this swap? from what I've read online it seems like it will?? Any help at all appreciated, including everyone telling me not to bother attempting it myself because its not worth the hassle 😂😂 (And yes I know I'll need the special tools)