So i took my car in for a major service earlier today expecting possibly a few issues with the driver pre-tensioner as ive had issues with the airbag light coming on and id read up on a few bits.

 

I got the results + reccomendations... and it totalled £1200 for all the 'repairs'

 

I am slightly annoyed with skoda for one part of it suggesting that there is no 'cambelt' history, as i had it changed at the same dealership when i bought the car a year ago!!

 

so ignoring their mistake on that one i had the following issues:

 

-Broken coilspring driverside front.

-belt pretensioner passenger side front

-passenger rear wheel binding 'advise investigation'

-rear bump stops perished

-tyres ~3mm tread all round

 

Also, the receptionist tried telling me that my car was for better words 'dangeous' because of the issues with the coilspring, remarking that i could have an accident any minute, this seems scaremongering a little??

 

anywhoo, ive looked for the bits i require to do the jobs myself as my old-man was a mechanic at fords for 26yrs and he reckons we could save a few hundred quid doing it ourselves, the pretensioner obviously would have to be done at a garage.

 

i have checked eurocarparts and found them to be quite reasonable with pricing so far, though im sure i also saw a discount code on here somewhere for them?

do we currently get discount with them?

 

Many thanks

 

Paul

A Discount code normally makes them more expensive if on a sale

Ahh right, the bits im after are on sale anyway so ill just order as they are then

 

 

are the coilsprings difficult to fit?

 

the odd thing about the coilspring was that i felt a massive knock on the driverside front a few weeks ago and hadnt a clue what it was at the time, mustve been the coilspring snapping :(

Ahh right, the bits im after are on sale anyway so ill just order as they are then

are the coilsprings difficult to fit?

the odd thing about the coilspring was that i felt a massive knock on the driverside front a few weeks ago and hadnt a clue what it was at the time, mustve been the coilspring snapping :(

You'll need a spring compressor and big enough socket for the top mount nut

you will need a "clamp" to compress the spring to get it out...

also, sachs coil springs any good?

also, sachs coil springs any good?

Yeah they're a good oe brand, however best replaced in pairs as can sometimes have slightly different design

Yeah they're a good oe brand, however best replaced in pairs as can sometimes have slightly different design

 

Aye my old man reccomended to replace in pairs, got 2 springs so i can get both front ones changed at same time, £83 delivered on tuesday hopefully )

Also btw, the discount code 'twitter5' gives an extra 5% ontop of the 50% off they are currently offering, it paid for next day delivery :P