Evening all, so just done my first service on my 2015 Octavia 2.0tdi. it's been done by the dealer's so far in its life, however now we're at the 80000 mole Mark I thought it's time to start doing it myself. So all went well apart from one thing.... As usual!

 

On removing the oil filter cap (part with the 32mm nut to undo and 13mm drain nut) to change the oil filter I noticed that the plastic had cracked around the thread for the 13mm drain plug. It's back on now but that side of the housing has now fallen away! It doesn't seem to be leaking but I'd like to get a new one for safety sake, so a few questions if I may?

 

Does anyone have a part number for the item described? And will Skoda or the like do it on its own?

 

And also when i change it over, am I going to need to drain all of the oil again or can I change the filer without draining the lot?

 

I've included a picture of the offending item!!

 

Many thanks

 

Nick

 

It looks like someone has overtightened it. It should be torqued to something like 25Nm. The little drain plug should be 5Nm.

 

The part number is 03N115433. Change it with the filter and the o-ring included in the filter box, because you’re already there and as you already noticed its location isn’t great  

Excellent thanks fr1nklyn! I shall go on the hunt for one, no doubt it'll cost the earth from Skoda! Thanks again for the advice, much appreciated!

31 minutes ago, goatus said:

Excellent thanks fr1nklyn! I shall go on the hunt for one, no doubt it'll cost the earth from Skoda! Thanks again for the advice, much appreciated!

 

Sure, no problem. It's like £25-30 from Skoda. But you don't need to buy an OEM one.

27 minutes ago, fr1nklyn said:

 

Sure, no problem. It's like £25-30 from Skoda. But you don't need to buy an OEM one.

 

Ok thanks for that, I have been looking for non OEM ones online, but where theu say there £8.99 you then go to the shipping and then they add that on, then factor if you're gunna get charged as it comes from Europe etc and it ends up that anyway! And at least of its a Skoda job it'll hopefully fit! I'll give the local a ring and see what they say. Thanks again for the help and advice, it really is appreciated 🙂

If that's the case go and get an OEM one, then.

 

As a tip, hand tight it first and then slightly with the regular socket wrench if you don't have a torque wrench. The idea is to "smash" the oil o-ring a little, that's it. It doesn't hold the engine after all  

 

Good luck!  

44 minutes ago, fr1nklyn said:

If that's the case go and get an OEM one, then.

 

As a tip, hand tight it first and then slightly with the regular socket wrench if you don't have a torque wrench. The idea is to "smash" the oil o-ring a little, that's it. It doesn't hold the engine after all  

 

Good luck!  

The local dealer had one in stock for just over £20 so gunna grab that!

 

Taa for the tips, whoever's done it before seems to have smashed the o ring and thread with it, it's only ever been serviced by Skoda before! 🙄. Thanks again for all of the help 👍👍🙂