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Discks and pads all round are due for replacement on my Octavia vRS diesel estate, and I'm looking for suggestions on where the best place to get replacements from. Should I ?? 1) Buy genuine Skoda parts 2) Buy pattern parts from local autofactors (Allwoods) 3) Use Europarts/GFS? 4) Buy some uprated parts is so what do you reconmend? Finally does any one know the correct part numbers for the parts are? does the vRS have different discs and pads to the standard 2.0 diesel?

Anyone know what the correct torques are for reassembly? and is it worth using a threadlock on the bolts?

Any idea on what to search for on this site to find the fix, I always seem to struggle withe the search function to find what I'm looking for.

Has anyone else who reported having these problems found a solution to them? now the real cold snap has gone away for now has starting improved? My car has been in at my local garage for the last week and a half as I'm out of the country and dont need it. When I spoke to them last week they had experienced the hessitant starting, but not found a reason for it. There were no fault codes reported. I have not spoken to them yet this week, because they were going to check a few other things but its looking like there not going to find anything. They did have the battery go flet on them, one morning but susspected that it may have been caused by the car not being used, and just being started each morning to move in and out of the workshop, as they had tested the battery andit was showing as fine on the battery test.

Does anyone who has had a cylinder head replacement done because of this cold starting issue know the reason and justification for susspecting the cylinder head? I am interested to find out what the cause of failiure of the cylinder head is and if any checkes can be carried out to diagnose the fault is with the cylinder head. I will then discuss this with my local independat gargage and if they susspect it is at fault, I can go to the dealers and request the work is done under warrenty

I'v got mine booked in at my local independant garage at the end of the week to seei f they can find anything wrong. After dropping it off I'm out the countyr for few weeks so 'hoping the garage can leave it sitting about for a few days and experience the startig problem for themselves and hopefully diagnose the fault. I'll keep you posted on the outcome

I am also very interested in this mention about Cylinder head replacement as I only have 6 months or warrenty left which if it begins to warm up soon does not leave me very much time at all to get the issue resolved. My starting seems to be getting worse in the mornings and I'm really having to hold the starter motor to get the car going otherwise it just dies. Once started it seems to run fine and re starts without any problems. These starting issues have all come shortly after its 40k service by my local independant garrage who I am planning to return it to for them to have a look at so any additional info on possible causes would be much appriciated. If anyone can find reference to the Skoda Technical report giving details of the starting issues and the head replacement then I would be very interested to see this, and may return the car to the dealers for investigation.

I am also very interested in this mention about Cylinder head replacement as I only have 6 months or warrenty left which if it begins to warm up soon does not leave me very much time at all to get the issue resolved. My starting seems to be getting worse in the mornings and I'm really having to hold the starter motor to get the car going otherwise it just dies. Once started it seems to run fine and re starts without any problems. These starting issues have all come shortly after its 40k service by my local independant garrage who I am planning to return it to for them to have a look at so any additional info on possible causes would be much appriciated. If anyone can find reference to the Skoda Technical report giving details of the starting issues and the head replacement then I would be very interested to see this, and may return the car to the dealers for investigation.

I am also very interested in this mention about Cylinder head replacement as I only have 6 months or warrenty left which if it begins to warm up soon does not leave me very much time at all to get the issue resolved. My starting seems to be getting worse in the mornings and I'm really having to hold the starter motor to get the car going otherwise it just dies. Once started it seems to run fine and re starts without any problems. These starting issues have all come shortly after its 40k service by my local independant garrage who I am planning to return it to for them to have a look at so any additional info on possible causes would be much appriciated. If anyone can find reference to the Skoda Technical report giving details of the starting issues and the head replacement then I would be very interested to see this, and may return the car to the dealers for investigation.

Tried the glow plug trick this morning, gave it 4 heat up cycles and no difference in starting, and it seemed even worse at starting this morning, I had to hold it on the starter for what seemed like ages until it fired into life. Once started it ran and drove fine. I'b beginig to susspect it could be the battery on the way out, what are your thoughts? the car is 2 and a half years old. and also are batteries still covered by warenty? I'm going to try and get the afternoon off work and drop it into local garage as I'm concerned that time is running out for me to get it sorted if there is a problem, and heading upto remote scotland on Bank holiday Monday.

What is meant by a few Glowplug cycles? does this just involve turning the ignition on till glow plug light goes out, then off and on again a few times? If so I'll give it a go, I didnt realise this would turn the glow plugs on again as I just assumed the glow plugs went off when a set temperature war raised, but I'll definatly give it a go

Thnks I will try and have a look sometime in Daylight and report back

Fuel was one of my thoughts and the suggestion that it could be something related to time aswell makes sense. I was hoping we may get a little warmer at some point so I can see if its an issue with ambient temperature or if thats just a coincident/ Can anyone point me in the direction of wherabouts the fuel filter is located so I can have a visual look. If the problem persists then I'll probably drop it back to the garage who did the service for them to have a look at. I'v not had any diagnostic checks done since the problem other than the checks which were done during the service and didnt reveal any problems It doesnt sound like its only fireing on 3 Cylinders when It first starts, because if it was I would have still expected it to run, but a little irattically. My problem is that on starting it just seems to fail to start.

I have noticed recently that my Octavia vRS Diesel PD seems to be struggling to start in the mornings. The problem has only really started over the last couple of weeks since the cold weather arrived, but this also co-incides with its 40k service which was carried out at a similer tile to the problems starting. The engine has so far never failed to start, but on a number of occasions has failed to start first time as it has done for the last year of ownership. When starting the engine, I wait for the glowplug light to go out and then turn the key, the engine sounds like its started and when I release the key it then dies, The way to get it to start is to contine holding the key and keep the started motor going for probably an extra second or so for it to start and when it does start it just sounds like its struggling (bit like old lorry engine where you have to leave turning over for a good time before it fires into life) Are there any suggestions as it just doesnt seem right. I appriciate starting is more difficult in such cold waeather but having had a Fabia vRS for a number of years prior to this I did not suffer from this problem. My other reason for concern is that I am travelin up to Aviemore in Scotland for new year, and its likely to be significantly colder up there so I dont want ot have any problems. My initial thoughts are possible battery struggling (2 and a half year old car) Or possible fuel problem (fuel filter was changed few weeks ago as part of the service)

Did you have to do anything with moving connections to retain the existing iPad connection in the jumbo box?