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Ah, so THIS is the famous thermostat housing??? See, for some reason best known to myself, I thought that was bolted to the offside of the engine. I think because it's belt driven I assumed it was located, well you know, where the other belts are... So where is the belt for this driven from?! Well anyway, this waa replaced at a main dealer 18 months ago at the last service. Reckon they'll replace it for free this time? I mean failure after 18 months isn't reasonable really, is it? Thank you so much for your help, really appreciate it 😊

Ok been looking over the Internet, for some reason really struggling to find out what this thing is. The only picture I've found so far is this one. It looks like it's the green thing in the middle of the pictuee. The pipe that the radiator hose connects onto is at the bottom, it's escaped the green tint and it's grey but you can see it. So, anyone got any ideas what this green thing is? It's the thing that seems to be leaking coolant. Cheers!

Heya. It's EA888 yes, no idea what gen, the car is 2014. The engine number is: CHHB****** Cheers!

Not sure...can't really see it but what I can see looks like a black plastic something, with a round metal cover on the very bottom about 15mm across, which looks like it's held on by 3 bolts. It has at least two outlets on the front at the bottom, one of which is where the offside radiator hose (the one with the temp. sensor in it) connects to. If anyone has a photo of the front of this engine, I could point to it? Cheers!

Heya. I've had a look at these on the Internet, not sure it is this? Amy other ideas?

Hello everyone! I have a 2014 Vrs TSI 2.0 petrol. I recently had to have the water pump / thermostat assembly replaced, but I have yet another coolant leak. Long story short, I was sure it was the bottom radiator hose, so after a fight and grazed knuckles replacing it...of course, it's not that. It's coming from whatever the hose clips onto. It looks like some kind of unit bolted to the front of the engine, underneath the inlet manifold. I've tried looking online, just can't find out what it is! Or if it can be repaired, how to remove it etc. As always, I'd be ever so grateful for some help please! Along with having to have the sump replaced for an oil leak last month too, I'm gonna christen this car 'the sieve...' Really having a sense of humour failure with it now. Thanks again everyone x

Just as an aside - if the fake engine noise is undesirable, the unit that makes the noise is easy to disconnect. It is located under the plastic scuttle panel beneath the windscreen wipers. Do a search on here for a 'how to', It's easy to do, takes about 10 minutes. It's the first thing I did to mine when I got it. Cheers!

Mine looks exactly the same as yours. It's not a fault, that's normal.

No worries! Yes, my vrs is 2014 with a black pack. Cheers!

Looks to me like a standard car with the factory 'black pack' option. Wheels have been painted / powder coated, and the lower door trims are available from Kopacek / SUperskoda. HTH!

Are there maybe resistors contained within those plugs?

I did get the message, yes haha! Ok so spent a nice afternoon fitting my new Brembos. Apart from the swines of hidden M14 bolts holding on the carriers, it was all pretty easy to do on the driveway. The sliding pins were all fine, but I cleaned them out and re-greased them anyway. Calipers in nice condition, no signs of seizure, pistons wound back nice and easy. The Brembo parts are visibly better quality than the OE stuff in my opinion. One thing which is nice is that there is like a hammered metal finish grey paint on the parts of the disc which aren't contact surfaces. So they shouldn't corrode. Pedal came up nicely after an hour or so's driving. Looking at the contact surfaces now, it appears the pads have bedded in nicely both sides. Cost for the Brembo discs and pads from Euros was £138 all in. Pretty good I thought. Best news of all was she flew through the MOT today at the main stealers. They didn't make any comments at all. So I'm well happy. Hope this info helps others. Cheers! ETA: You get replacement slider pin bolts and even the little screws which hold the discs on with the Brembos too...

Sure. Here: https://www.kopacek.com/skoda/octavia-iii/emblems//2?f=o:price-

Heya. I know the OE rear brakes are known for being a bit rubbish, but... Two years ago my 2014 VRS was in for an MOT at the main stealer. Brakes looked ok to me before presenting the car, but a phone call came to say it will fail on excess corrosion to the rear discs. Asked for £220 to replace, managed to haggle that down to £200. This was the second set the car was on, so they fitted a third set. It's done 60k. Anyway this week, with the MOT looming, the rear discs looked a bit flaky, so I cracked the wheels off to give them a good looking over. Christ, what a horror show! The outsides looked a wee bit ropey, but the inner faces? Resembled well-used boat anchors. Worse still, the pads were only contacting about 15mm in the very centre of the swept area. The rest of the discs were crusty, with pitting and actual holes. After just 24 months and 10,000 miles. Shocking. Apart from the poor quality, any ideas why the inner faces of the discs start to lose contact with the pads top and bottom? The calipers are in great condition. After giving them a clean, they are spot on. Was easy to wind the pistons back in. No sign of split rubber boots. And the floating pins on the carrier were equally good. Boots fine, lots of grease inside. nice shiny pins, no stiction. So I'm at a bit of a loss to explain why this is happening? Anyway fitted some nice Brembos now. They look to be better quality than the stock TRWs, but time will tell I guess.

Hahaha fair comment!!!

You're right of course, and I do get that. But the aggravating factor is that they know full well that the first iteration of the pump is a bad design prone to failure, which is obviated by the new design. And so, come consumer rights might suggest that it was 'not fit for purpose' from day one?

Hello everyone, I hope you're all well. I bought my 2014 VRS petrol from Skoda Coventry in 2016, with just 13,000 miles. Since then, she's been serviced at Skoda main dealers in the South where I live. I find main dealer prices to be reasonable, plus I like having a decent courtesy car etc. Also, I thought it would be useful to have FSSH in case of any problems. Having now covered 60,000 miles, she was in for a service last week. The tech noted that the water pump / thermostat housing was weeping. I authorised a replacement, because I had to have the car back, and I wouldn't want to risk a catastrophic failure, obviously. The bill was circa £900. I asked that as the car had only 60k on the clock, and had a full Skoda service history, if there might be some goodwill. They refused, saying that basically nothing over five years old is eligible. They gave me a printout of the 'computer says no' application they did. Having done some research, I feel a little disappointed, because as we can see, the original part is prone to failure, and the new part is revised to avoid the issue. Hence, it's a fault known by Skoda. So, I wonder if anyone might help me, as I am thinking about writing to Skoda UK to ask? Has anyone done that, and been successful? I'd be really grateful for your assistance. Thanks all!

Heya. Well, that's exactly where I ususally put my axle stands, and I've not ever had a problem. The subframe is (obviously) pretty strong, designed to take a high loading, so I can't really see anywhere better?

Haha fair enough! Well, it would be a boring world if we all thought the same. Having personally experienced many wheels galvanically rusted to the hub and a b*tch to remove, in my opinion a thin skim of copaslip on the mating face works wonders. But as I said, each to their own!

Yes, i'll second this. In which case, it shows a decent mechanic doing things properly too.

Hiya, good purchase, and welcome! These early screens did suffer from various issues, the fix is to take the car to a main dealer for a firmware update. The latest version seems to have cured most of the problems. The update takes quite a while though, and obviously will cost you a few quid at main dealer prices! Hope this helps, and post up some pics of your new car when you get time!

My 2014 petrol vrs doesn't have satnav...but it does have heated seats, mirrors and screen...I believe this was an option called 'winter pack.' So go figure on spec, who knows?! I love it as it is though. I don't need nav, I'm pretty au fait with where I'm going, and if I DO need nav then I just fire up jolly old Google maps on the phone and bash it in a cradle. HTH

Heya Diljit! Thanks for your post, and I'm sorry to hear what happened 😞 especially the injury. However, you're still here to tell the tale, which is the main thing. Testament I guess to the modern car's safety systems. I would suggest (however, I am biased!) that you stick to Skoda. I've had nothing but Skodas for the last 12 years now, and they never fail to impress me. My current VRS Octavia is fabulous, reliable, cheap to maintain, fast, looks nice, massive practicality - what's not to like? I hope you stay around, and good luck my friend!

Well my window doesn't drop a 'couple of millimetres' when I close it, and it doesn't rattle either, so I'd respectfully suggest that the dealer is wrong and that there's a fault. Either dismantle the door card and have a look for yourself (there are plenty of guides on YouTube) or if you're not brave enough, find another garage willing to investigate for you.

Just my opinion, no better or worse than anyone elses, but...I would not be driving my car with tyres looking like that on it. I'd be changing those immediately. Funny how some people treat tyre expenditure - for the sake of 400 quid, you're putting yours, your families and other road users' lives at risk. You're also risking writing off 10 or 15 grand's worth of car, for the sake of a few hundred quid. But as I said, that's just my opinion.