tetley

I had rain water entering the boot through the seals for the rear lights lenses. I removed the lenses cleaned the seals and refitted. The boot has been dry since. Worth cleaning and refitting even if water ingress is from elsewhere as they were very mucky.

I am not sure exactly what you mean. The switch mechanism is part of the light unit. How do you know the light is on if the glovebox is closed?

The MDI is/was a propriety USB port as an option on VAG group cars. On my car I have the MDI cable to USB female. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/287319846346 Plugged into that I have a 500GB HDD that contains all my music files. Works great. I have seen an MDI to bluetooth receiver if that works for you. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/356780893277 You can get iPod cable adapters as well.

When removing the glovebox in my Octavia I disconnect the earth terminal on the battery to prevent air-bag errors from occurring. Might be of use to someone who does not have VCDS.

No. It's when the headlamps turn into a corner. You know if it's fitted as the headlamps will move in then out and then up and down when lights are switched on. As for the OP. I have no idea how they work.

I just pulled down with my fingers. It slid straight out with no resistance. Why it could be stuck, I just don't know.

Looking at the video the lever has to be pushed in before turning. Probably why I never got it to lock properly. I must admit I spent a good hour fiddling with that lever. @jaosef Good luck👍. Didn't know you were doing it now.

Here you go.......

It's for when you remove the bearing pin as part of the drain procedure, so the gearbox selector does not move out of position. When I did the gearbox oil change, I removed the bearing pin and held it in my hand as the oil drained then carefully reinserted. The lever used to lock the gearbox is plastic so I was not 100% sure the selector had been successfully locked in position. As long as nothing is moved gearbox wise with the pin removed it should be OK.

CamScanner 06-05-2026 16.48.pdfCamScanner 06-05-2026 16.46.pdf These are the PDF instructions from the workshop manual for the MDP 6 speed gearbox.

I did my gearbox oil for the fist time earlier this year. On my MK2 1.8 TSI you drain the gearbox via the drain plug as you have indicated and by removing one of the "fork bolts". You have to lock the gearbox in position first by moving a plastic locking lever under the air filter box. To fill remove the reverse light switch then using a max 10mm OD tube pushed into the hole a measured amount of oil. This is because the gearbox is mounted at an angle and the fill hole is now below the oil level. My MDP gearbox is 2.3 litres of oil when built but is 1.9 litres when draining and then filling. I suspect yours is the same.

Is the engine running when this happens? With the engine off does the pedal stop at the normal/higher position? When in motion does the pedal stop at the normal/higher position? If so it is normal and you never have noticed before. @Alasdair1 asked the same question a while back, so I thought he would remember. Can everyone confirm this.

On my MK2 FL L&K 1.8TSI I had to remove the carriers to get the discs off. It took an entire day to undo the 2 carrier bolts (2 days to do the rear discs) so if the discs could be removed without removing the carriers I would have done it.

This is the 2009 sales brochure for the MK2's including the limited edition VRS. brochure_octavia.pdf

Do both fobs lock and unlock the car? That alone would tell me the cluster has been cloned.