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If you take the glovebox off the fan should be straight in front of you held in by about 5 screws. From memory there are plenty of videos on YouTube for the Fabia that should be pretty much identical and will help explain. Good luck!

Forgot to say .. you can sometimes reach the fan blades through the pollen filter opening if you have small hands. If not then it should be easy to remove the fan and motor to check it spins freely from the passenger footwell.

Sounds like a good starting point there according to this site https://knigaproavto.ru/shemy/en/skoda/roomster/109-skoda-roomster-fuse-box-diagram.html Beware the fuse box is actually rotated 180 degrees though rather than just mirrored.

Have you checked the fuses... Chances are if the resistor packed in the fuse may have blown too. Also check the fan hasn't seized if it's not been used for a while.

Or you only noticed it about the same time??

That leak is more likely to be shot rear door skin seals. Common on many Skoda's of that era. There's no way that quantity of water would get through that grommet.

I've had no problems having sealed the rubber gaiter to the bodywork about 18 months ago with polysulphide windscreen sealant / gasket. If it does leak it's a ten minute job to fix again and doesn't need the boot trim and wiring stripping out to thread through a new gaitor and inner plastic piece. By all means fix it using a new part but it'll be a ballache of a job

Yes .. the rubber fits to a white plastic fitting that then clips into the bodywork. I didn't know this so when I tried to remove mine to check them I broke part of the white plastic as I tried to remove the whole lot rather than the rubber gaiter from the white plastic.

I have a vague recollection that some code readers get the codes confused and tell you the wrong wheel. Might just be worth getting it checked with a different reader or replacing the other sensor for the sake of a few quid? Edit .. scratch that I've just twigged you used vcds... I thought you'd used the basic reader. Sorry

Pretty certain it's an interference engine so yes valves encroach into the swept volume. As far as I can remember, in recent vehicles only a Mk1 or 2 MX5 is non I t3ference?

Nope no mention of years anywhere.

There is also a later section for the 1.4tsi in the Kodiaq workshop manual (not sure if the Octavia one is the same) specific to inspecting the toothed belt on the 1.4tsi but nothing similar for any other engine. I'd therefore wager that the dash means not needed... Hence the inspection info. Interpreting the dash that way would then tally with the regime for the panoramic roof and cleaning and lubricating rails in dusty countries but not elsewhere? It also would tally with the 'lifetime' belt info that was circulated at the engines launch.

The not switching off with the key might be the 'ign' setting in the menu. After that I'd double check the connectors are well seated and none of the pins have moved

The online info is wrong. It does say it is only a guide and you should use those in the fuel flap. So why don't you believe the ones in the fuel flap on the car that will be the correct ones?

It'll be the suspension arm bushes... and the rubber in them. A shot of spray grease should sort it for a while but it'll come back eventually.

As far as I'm aware it's standard fit across the range regardless. Our 2018 SE certainly has it

Isn't the timing belt on the 1.4tsi a 120,000km one in other countries? Personally at that low mileage I'd be tempted to leave it a bit.

Can you mix and match parts to get a working one out of the three you have?

It'll be a seized fan Mac ... Had it on ours a few years ago before we got rid. Easy fix though as the fan and motor drop out no issue in the passenger footwell. A bit of WD40 and then a squirt of spray grease and it should free up ok

I had that yesterday in our Kodiaq approaching a cattle grid... I can you assume the grid reflected that front radar in such a way that it thought it was another stationary vehicle

Indeed... I've done high speed road safety training and they always drill I to you that if you have an issue or a breakdown on the motorway, smart or not, you get out of the car on the left in the UK and get back well behind the safety barrier as soon as possible... No messing about, no faffing with the car and staying nowhere near the barrier but 20 to 30 yards away and up any embankment etc.

Looking at that picture and what I've investigated leak-wise on ours in the past I'd say that is definitely the culprit. Chances are the clips that hold it in place were broken when the camera was fitted. Dry it and seal round all four sides of that and I reckon you'll have the leak fixed

He he... Changing the language is the first thing I do in any hire car... Can be a bit of a challenge at times

Wasn't expecting a mini review... Thanks. Sounds like a pretty decent bit of kit for the money. Autos annoy me for that reason too but the 1.5 might be better?

I'm intrigued to hear what you think of it as I've seen mixed reviews. My neice loved her MG3 until the cam chain stretched...