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My 2005 had a lot of surface rust with 250k on its under carriage. My view is years of up and down the motorway in all weathers has not helped the longevity of any suspension components. However with the exception of the NSF spring which split. It’s all original. That really is a scary situation and could have caused a nasty accident. It’s a good thing it’s been rectified

Still on eBay now the seller https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201438765875

If it’s a TDI like mine I upgraded it to a type 096/100. Fits perfectly in the space jacket on it too. I went cheap eBay 3-4 year warranty from ABS batteries. Was about £55 delivered next day that was many years back though.

Radio should be coded to the car so no issues there. If it’s a stop start car the battery needs coding to the car. Otherwise I believe straight swap. Edit I see you have a 2006. So no stop start

We have a resident expert on here always willing to help @Rustynuts. Hopefully will be along soon to advise.

Happy birthday Brisky and thanks to Colin for holding it together and all other contributors and admins.

Some may say it could be the headlight ballast. I have no experience in this yet. Someone will be along soon to help.

Not far off your 1350 estimate. Hopefully many years of trouble free motoring now

Was it the Essentric bushes which hold the rear bushes on the rear arms to the centre of the car? They are used to adjust the alignment. For some reason always a weak point in Skoda!

Is it a manual? if it’s a DSG. It’s common for the DSG stat to cause this issues.

That’s good to hear I stick to 10k services on all my diesels even when I was clocking up 40k a year in the Octy2. The old torque converter boxes are a lot better as an auto but then again the MPG was a lot lower compared to what a DSG car can manage. I did get the flappy paddles in mine being an 11 plate S2. Only ever used them to blip down a gear.

Remember to fix the problem. I did a cable tie fix and it never happened again. The thread is too old now. But it was a common issue the cable coming adrift.

Doing gear oil 10k early 👍 I had mine done at 100k at VMTP gearbox specialists. I think a couple of doors down from Midland VW Are you sticking to long life servicing? Mine coming up to 135k on a 2011 MY. However I have put it on SORN since March, as I have access to the Octy2 and SWMBOs Leon at the weekend. All this WFH malarkey, means the cars not getting used as much. How do you find the DSG, I feel like others it changes up too quick? Sorry if I am hi-jacking your thread.

Last time I looked cambelt and water pump and DSG oil and filter would set you back about £800 alone at the stealers. Given the amount of work maybe it’s good you went Indy, just for the cost. What mileage is the car on, out of interest?

Great news on MOT front 👍 That’s a few big ticket items there. Are you going to Autosales or an Indy like Midland VW?

Nicely spec’d car you got there. I believe xenon headlights were an option. You can retro fit if you search the forum. They will be expensive

All, Interesting one on the 175k miler Octy today. went for local drive at 16:15 and had the windows open nice warm day. kept smelling diesel. assumed it was an external issue on the roads, first hot day in a while on the local roads. Got back home through some local slowish traffic thought I would park up and check the engine bay. Low and behold the airbox was caked in diesel fuel and most of that side of the car. Started it up and fuel was squirting from the small length of rubber hose that is fed from the fuel filter across the top of the engine in metal and converts into a small rubber hose into what might be the Tandem Pump on the right side of the engine. I knew it would be a simple fix just replace the bit of hose and 2 of those weird hose clamps VW group use on everything. I chickened out and called the AA and they came out observed the same issue and struggled to remove the pipe as one side of the clamp/clip could not be squeezed open, so needed to be taken off with some force. New slightly lesser diameter generic pipe put in place cut to size and new clamp went on one end as a jubilee clip gave up as soon as it was tightened up. Car was started without issue except a slight gurgling I heard when it primed when I put the ignition on. Taking a look at the faulty part the hose gave way right next to the hose clip on one end, I even think it was the end with the broken clip, perhaps that was the cause I asked the AA Patrol to clean up the diesel that had fallen down onto the gearbox, he said there was not much and just used some tissue to dry some of it saying the rest would evaporate etc. I was told it was the inlet side of the fuel system and the other side is operated at much higher pressures. I could not find another post on the subject on the forum Worth keeping an eye out on older cars maybe its an age thing these parts perishing?