inspectorman

Top wrenching. Well done. More than I fancy doing.

It's fairly involved - and the workshop manual does list a lot of VW special tools - but that doesn't mean to say a competent garage needs all of them. The struts have to come out to achieve this and this means fighting a range of suspension bolts which haven't moved for 12 years. Unless you like cursing while skinning your knuckles lying on your back in the sleet I'd be looking for a professional. The springs themselves will certainly need a set of proper compressors to remove and fit the new springs.

At -32C you may be experiencing coolant freezing up. Or at least getting solid enough not to move around the pipes. Get a heated garage!

The forum can be searched. These are pretty useful too - designed to not crunch your sills. Unlike some tyre fitting places. Uploading Attachment...

Given that you have already replaced a blocked heater matrix, it's certainly possible the coolant circuit in your oil cooler is also compromised. You can only really tell by taking it off to check - at which point you might as well put a replacement on. Will your golfing chums still be your chums after two days of their golf holiday are taken up with fixing your overheating Kodiaq? 120C is a bit hot. 130C would definitely be worth investigating. I'd drive it until the warmer days of spring to see how it copes - then I'd replace the oil cooler.

If you have the remains of the pivot / sticky out bit you might get away with using a jack nut. Some markets call it a petal nut. You may have to drill a central hole through the pivot for the bolt; and I suspect you will need a longer bolt than the one which comes with the nut to take account of the depth of the pivot. So - having drilled the hole (probably M6 or M7) through the pivot, place the jacknut in the hole left by the broken pivot. Assemble the longer bolt, a suitable washer to spread the load on the pivot, and the drilled pivot. As you do the jack nut up, the jack nut will deform behind the bulkhead and will probably be good enough to rest the boot cover on. Good luck.

Access looks tight. I might try these methods (feel free to tell me why they won't work). Get a tap wound into the remaining bit of grommet. The smallest tap you can get away with because once it's in, you will be attempting to pull it out. Be careful with the tap - they don't like sideways loading. Winding the tap in too far might prevent the inner lip from collapsing and coming out. Try to get a couple of thin hacksaw cuts to remove a 30 or 40 degree sector. Stop cutting when you feel the blade contact metal, of course. With a chunk of the circumference removed, it might collapse enough to come out. Maybe a right angled dremel chuck can give you enough to start drilling holes in the grommet all the way through. These will inevitably be small and brittle drills so, combined with the drill waste going into the engine this is my least preferred method.

Start with the key batteries. I find with the KESSY system they last about 2 years so now they get changed at the 2 year point. Or were the keys on a cold windowsill? How is the spare? There is an optimal position for the keys on the centre dividing tunnel, rather than in your right hand pocket. Foil from sweetie packets around the key? Beyond that it all gets a bit expensive..

Make & Model: Rapid Spaceback SE Tech 1.0 TSI 110 Year: 2018 Colour: Denim Blue Mileage: 59000+ miles Price: £6.5k ovno Description: Amazing car which we have had from new but time for a replacement. Mostly driven by my wife (retired) on Shell V-Power and sometimes by me (retired engineer). Latest Skoda maps installed on navigation system plus a speed camera database. DAB / FM radio. This will easily do 60mpg on the motorways but more usually 47/48 mpg in mixed running. Higher powered 1.0 litre engine with 110 bhp and six gears. Rear parking sensors. Both keys .. and not a single advisory in its MoT history. Condition: Used. Service History: Full service history (including the expensive (and now deemed unnecessary) cambelt change in 2023. Folder full of receipts. Extras: Heated seats. Xenon headlights. Proper spare wheel and tools. Storage compartment dividers and curry hooks fitted. Boot lip guard fitted. All interior lights LED. Bad points; small ripple in rear driver side door caused by inconsiderate SUV nimrod who couldn't park. Who then drove off (as they do). Offered here first before I get going on the usual channels - new car delivery may be in about eight / nine weeks or so. Collection: Cumbria.

Unfortunately... Looks like the chrome trim prevents you from getting to the clips on the cover.

I will have a whole car to sell shortly. With the rubber mats! Maybe more than you wish to spend, though.

Full set winter alloy wheels and tyres for Skoda Rapid; premium Michelin Alpin tyres Will fit many small VAG cars - Polo, A3, Fabia, Scala etc but check dimensions first 6J 15 ET 38 alloy wheels from Rial Michelin Alpin 185/60 R15 88T all with 7mm tread left Standard VAG PCD 5 x 100 57.1mm bore Perfect for the coming wet and cold and wintry months without trashing your proper wheels Once you've used proper winter tyres below 10C you'll realise how poor your summer optimised eco tyres are Collection only from Cumbria. May be possible to deliver to the North / Borders if we can come to some kind of arrangement. Only selling because they won't fit her new car. £175 for the set.

2 years isn't a great lifespan. Worth popping a multimeter on the terminals when the engine is running to rule out alternator / charging issues. Coding the battery isn't vital but worth doing to let the BCM know the battery has changed. There is probably someone near you who will do it for some beer tokens. Check the map.

The 2020 boot lights were pathetic. I fitted these - https://www.kopacek.com/skoda/octavia-iv/octavia-iv-mega-power-led-cargo-trunk-light-ki-r - huge improvement. Not convinced the URL pasted correctly - but you'll be able to find them on that site easily enough.

I've not seen removable lenses on a car headlight for decades. Here's the "wheelhouse" diagram. Just keep taking screws out until you can get it off.

Bumper off, I'm afraid.

The greyness isn't the issue - that's the charcoal adsorbent they come with. It's the shed loads of organic crap in the folds that's the issue. I was checking because the airflow out of the vents wasn't great. Strange how a new filter fixed that.

Here is a picture of a pollen filter. 7,000 miles after it was changed by a main dealer. Looks like the original to me - at this point 26K miles and three years. It was absolutely rammed with silver birch seeds - yet the local trees hadn't cast seed in the 7K miles / 8 months since the service. I know what I think.......

The pics from Giannis20 are visible to me on a Win11 computer.

Only ever seen one listed for the combi (estate). This is for the Octavia 4

The pulling after the trip to Mr Tyres might be them; or it might be your existing problem getting worse. Servos aren't difficult to replace but best done by a proper mechanic. But based on the limited information posted I'd start with the basics. Sticky caliper? Worn pads? Brake fluid last changed? Not difficult to check. Plenty of used servos out there but obviously better if new. The Fabia estate is cramped in the back seat and not as nice as the Rapid IMHO.

Poking the clips may not help. 646 has two tabs moulded in - one each side. If pressing in both clip levers at the same time doesn't work I'd get two thin tools down the relevant sides of the relay between the clip and the relay body to ease the clips off those tabs. Simultaneously wiggling the relay upwards. It's been sat in that holder for 10 years so it'll be a bit stiff

Looks like the fuse panel has to be completely detached

No. If you're in the UK, deleting the DPF will fail your annual roadworthiness test (MoT). Your insurance company will probably refuse to cover you. And there is a risk the engine management system / ECU is unable to cope with the changed gas flow / temperatures / pressures it will be seeing. This means the little yellow symbol of doom may be a frequent visitor to your instrument panel.

I can see two reasons for this. 1; no headlamp washer means the reservoir drains by siphoning out the reservoir. Or 2; you have cracked the main reservoir. 1 is obviously better than 2. Plug the headlamp washer tube, refill the washer bottle and report back.