Breezy_Pete

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.

The ETKA diagrams covering RHD and LHD systems are the same, and both show the LHD orientation, though obviously the part number differ where asymmetries exist. The airflow path is a bit counterintuitive, I think, sketched in in scruffy red arrows here: So it does appear to go forwards through the filter towards the engine bay, but only as a 'wiggle' in the bigger picture! The marked up '2' of the part number would be a 1 for the LHD part. That's a common way that asymmetric parts are differentiated.

No problem.