How to lift the car bonnet on a skoda octavia?

[e.g.l.]

Hello, we have recently bought a new car a skoda octavia and we have no idea on how to lift the car bonnet to fill up windscreen fluid. Please can someone tell me how to lift it? Thanks. p.s having a blonde moment!

[john999boy]

After pulling the bonnet release by the drivers right leg, you will get a lever moving out in the 6th 'gap' on the left side of the bonnet grille. Pull this to open the bonnet.

P.S. Welcome to Briskoda.

[CJJE]

Additional thoughts:

On my Octavia, I find that pulling the bonnet release inside the car (by the driver's right leg) will pop the bonnet open to its safety catch but the black lever doesn't pop out of the grill. (WD40 and other lubricants don't seem to enable the spring to push it out). So I have to hook the lever out with the ignition key to release the safety catch.

If yours is a second-hand Ocatvia and you don't see the black lever popping out of the grill, this could be the reason.

Chris

[hugothebear]

Oh..... and once you have opened be warned about the primitive manual bonnet stay clipped at the side of the bonnet lid - it seems to be specially designed to drop down and chip the paint on the front wing if you are not careful when unclipping it....

[pixor]

The first time I opened the bonnet, I was expecting something was going to push it up for me and nearly dropped it

[BigBaddad]

Any way to fit gas struts to the bonnet?

[M12MKD]

Any way to fit gas struts to the bonnet?

yes seen something on superskoda's website and I'm sure its been posted on here before

Edited 18 November, 2010 by polocoupe

[lfc958]

Doh! I was determined NOT to mod the new toy when it arrived, but it looks like the bonnet lifter is next after the stebel air horn