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Also on a personal note. Used to have one of those some time ago. Got fed up with: Get out the spare. Reduce the pressure. Fiddle with pipes. Do job. Pump up the spare. So I got careless just once. Pressure too high, had the pipe come off and blast break fluid everywhere and never used it again. Got one of these and a bit of copper grease. Hand held vacuum pump - Made by Nielsen. Attach pipes at the wheel. Grease round the nipple thread. Top up the cars fluid reservoir and suck it through. No positive pressue and the vacuum helps hold the pipe on so no risk of fluid blast and no unattended pipe full of break fluid running near my paintwork. Suits me a lot better, cost slightly less than a new easy bleed at a popular web shopping site.

Thanks for that. I will give it a go. Would you mind giving me a brief list of how much / many items had to be removed from the engine compartment to do it. ie Did you have to remove the battery to get at the engine mounting bolts on the NS. Did you have to remove the engine mounting bolts on the far side or any anywhere else if you can recall. Or was it just the gearbox mounts. Many thanks.

http://workshop-manuals.com/skoda/fabia-mk2/power_unit/1.6/55;_66;_77_kw_tdi_cr_engine/fuel_preparation_system_diesel_injection/diesel_direct_injection_system_fitting_locations_system_overview/overview_of_fitting_locations/ Is it part 3 on this diagram? Just a gues maybe I got the wrong engine?

Need to replace my wishbone bushes. (NB Series J5 does not have console bushes see picture) On the offside its very staighforward and realatively easy but on the nearside the front bush bolt gets half way out then is completely obstructed by the gearbox housing. The manual does not mention this (just says take it out). The only thing I can see to do is to release the engine mounting bolts and raise the gearbox and engine about 100mm so the bush bolt will go underneath the gearbox. I'd rather not go to all this effort if I don't have to. Anyone know how the proffesionals get over this problem. Any advice most appeciated. Thanks

Where can you buy the new signal amplifier? Does it have to be a Skoda dealership? Does it have a make and model number? I Googled for "Skoda Fabia 2 aerial signal amplifier" and it was not clear what I should be buying. Thanks

Thanks Wonky That is indeed a very good guide to the job I need to do but unfortunately does not cover the added complexity of having an automatic gearbox.

Thanks Estate Man. I had my Fabia from new in 2009 and the radio used to be perfect then it sudenly wouldn't pick up a clear signal and your reply seems to cover it so I will give it a go. Actually the aerial has been through bad times but the loss did not coincide with any of the incidents and I did not realise there was a signal amplifier at the base of the aerial inside the car so I did not pick up on it. I had the aerial, which swivels down, at half mast after my garage door lintel caught on it and at some point a monkey at Longlete tried to bite it off at the base but it carried on working. The damage must have left a small hole and water must have got in. Thanks again

1. Just had MOT pass but notification of "Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated .. nearside and farside front lower". There are two bushes on each suspension arm. one smaller in line with the centre of the wheel and one larger behind it (I think) which I believe is known as the console bush. In the term "front lower" does front mean it is the smaller bush nearer to the front or does it refer to the fact that it is the front suspension, and as both bushes appear to be at the same hight what does lower mean? Is there a higher bush? 2. My Skoda Fabia II 2009 has the tiptronic automatic gearbox which has a bit that protrudes along side the nut on what I am calling the console bush. So although I can undo the nut I cannot fully slide out the bolt because it hits the side of the gearbox. At first site it appears the best way to get it out would be to raise the engine and transmission about 10cm which I presume would mean releasing the engine mountings and jacking it all up. This turns a 10 second job of sliding out a bolt into a complex manouver. Can anyone give advice on how to get the bolt out and back in again?

Thanks very much. I will give it a go. Hope the polystyrene doesn't snap.

Please can anyone tell me how I can find out what is fitted to a specific Fabia model. In particular in this instance the standard service for my car says "Replace dust and pollen filter (if fitted)". My handbook does not mention a dust and pollen filter at all. Seeing other postings here on this subject I have hung up-side-down with a torch and looked for it under the dashboard pasenger side and could not see it. Mostly the whole underside is covered by a black polystyrene board which is retained by being above various steel edges and looks like it will break up if I try forcing it out, though there must be a way to get it out wthout damaging it. So before I go to the trouble I need to know if there is actually a filter under it as per "if fitted". From the Log Book its a FABIA 3 105 Auto 1.6 (2009) If you could answer that specific question that would be great but also in general there seems to be hundreds of variants so is there an identification process or data base anywhere that enables one to find out. Another instance is: I know its a 1.6 Auto so that tells me it has a BTS engine, but there were 2 automatic gearboxes a JUF and a KGG which do I have? Luckily these days when you go for a spare part they ask you for your registration number and their computer can access a database and work out the exact part needed. Can I get access to that system I wonder?