My 2002 VRS has now done 102,000 miles so i thought it was about time i changed the pick up pipe to be on the safe side, after seeing the state of some of pipes that other members have swapped over. I could not believe how blocked mine was, even though i do an oil change every 6 months, so if you are thinking of doing yours, do it sooner rather than later, going off the condition of mine i'm almost sure i would have run into problems.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!

The old one is on the left.

exactly the reason i brought bhis up months ago!!!

should be a skoda service item imo

For just under a tenner, it is definitely worth doing, although you do have the extra cost of the sealant and additional tool to get those annoying bolts off from around the gearbox unless you already have a good tool selection.

Not the easiest DIY though (if you are just used to doing oil changes and the odd brake pad replacement then this might test you a little more). It would be good if we could start a thread that rates the complexity/skill required for different jobs, as it is easy to think a job is simple because an experienced person thinks it is, but to someone else it is quite tricky).

Got mine ready to do next time I do the oil. Only about a month away. Only done 51k, but has been on veriable servicing all it's life.

Not any more though.

Maybe best I change mine.... 185k and on variable servicing

Mine has been on variable all its life and its on 102k now just donr the pipe and mine was not worth doing. Mine was clean and never done before.

I am surprised how bad peoples seem to be.

Billy

I think it all depends on whose looked after the car previously and factors like that. I changed mine the otherday and it looked like the one at the top.

On the hardness scale.... I have never done anything to a car till I got the vRS and I done this on my own. Had to ask for dads help with the gearbox screws because I didn't have the kit, but other than that I thought it was **** easy. One thing I would say is, when you jack the car up, jack it even more! That sump is low. I had mine close to a foot off the ground, slid underneath and burnt my nose on it.