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The wire that is earthed when the microswitch responds to door opening is a thin brown/yellow one which goes into pin 2 of the brown 6-way connector at the A-pillar. Unplug that 6-way connector and use a test meter to see if that wire does or doesn't get connected to earth/chassis with the door open. Pin 5 of that same connector is one of the earth connections to the door, so you can measure between 2 and 5.

View all of these links on a computer/big screen rather than a phone, or you may not see all of the info. Drum brake part numbers all here: drum brake; back plate; wheel brake cylinder; brak... - Fabia(FAB) [EUROPA 2007 year] (7zap.com) Front discs may be 239mm or 256mm, measure the disc or look for FSIII in big letters on the outside face of the caliper (256mm if you see this) Parts for 239mm variant here: floating caliper brake; brake caliper housing; bra... - Fabia(FAB) [EUROPA 2007 year] (7zap.com) Or 256/FSIII here floating caliper brake; brake caliper housing; bra... - Fabia(FAB) [EUROPA 2007 year] (7zap.com) Rear shock stuff here: suspension; shock absorbers - Fabia(FAB) [EUROPA 2007 year] (7zap.com) It's usually the bump stops (item 4) that need replacing rather than the dust covers? Bookmark this site, and you can find anything yourself: Group Parts Fabia (FAB) [EUROPA 2007 year] (7zap.com)

Wow, what a rubbish way of saying "thanks Chimaera and Wino for setting me straight".

Brake calipers/systems tend to be described in terms of the smallest wheel they can fit inside; which isn't necessarily a size of wheel that they are used with on a given model. If you look in the parts catalogue for wheels for Superb 2, you'll see that 16" is the smallest listed @Carlston, unless I'm being blind.

Some people have success by clouting the door near the lock repeatedly whilst trying to unlock it. If it is a bad connection somewhere, you might just get lucky and the thing happen to make the connection at just the right time with your mechanical 'input'. I've not had personal experience of this 'door won't open' situation though, so probably not the best person to advise on solutions.

Don't hold your breath...

Testing done against pure unleaded rather than E5, skim reading.

Can you provide a link Ken?

Where did you read this, please? Link?

You'll have 288mm discs, I would think, on a vRS, so you'll need bearing carriers with part numbers 6Q0 407 255S or 6Q0 407 256S, for left and right sides respectively.

Thanks!

Straight up the page from where it's drawn. In that bit with vertical ribs, and the shape of the filter shown at a slight angle.

Which is what happens. The flow originates engine side, then turns downwards through the fan, horizontally to the filter, FORWARDS through the filter, then horizontally across to the evaporator housing, and eventually out of the vents. I'll do you a more heavily annotated version tomorrow.

So the side facing the rear of the car is the side that the fan blows air into, just as my diagram shows?

Is your car LHD or RHD @KiNeL? Front of car in that diagram is in the top right corner, rear in bottom left.

I don't feel I can help you much from here. Looking on the dark side, it could be neither tensioner nor alternator, as you've removed a side load on the crank nose by taking the belt off.

No, I have not heard of VIKA, but that doesn't mean they are bad.

Tensioner details here (view on computer, not phone to see all columns) connecting and mounting parts for alternator; pol... - Fabia(FAB) [EUROPA 2015 year] (7zap.com)

In the links I supplied ^^ The answer is yes, different cam part numbers. PD TDi ones have extra duties after all.

Nope, there seem to be three different versions depending on brakes fitted. (The 1Lx or 1Zx codes in the 'data model' column) View link on a computer if you can't see all the info on a phone: track control arm, complete; wheel bearing housing... - Fabia(FAB) [EUROPA 2011 year] (7zap.com)

Oh, OK, that's some fitting charge!

You can probably take a set apart and service them, instead of replacing. Rebuilding Hydraulic Lifters - YouTube

A bit over £20 for genuine here in UK, I think? Cheaper ones on ebay.co.uk. Where have you seen that price?

Well they don't have the same VAG part number, and neither number is superseded by the other, so I would say there is probably some difference. camshaft, valves - Fabia(FAB) [EUROPA 2002 year] (7zap.com) camshaft, valves - Fabia(FAB) [EUROPA 2002 year] (7zap.com)

I'd suggest buying genuine ones from a dealership, unless they are silly money. Then you should get the right part with the airflow arrow correct.