Going to look at a 2016 Octavia 4x4 1.6tdi estate later today, its clean with 150k miles on the clock.    Timing belt has been done.

 

Im new to the VAG world, anything I should be looking out for     

 

A mate says great car he has the 4x4 2.0tdi, my rear diff got noisy VAG wanted 6k for replacement, I opened it up and put in new bearings £30.

 

Is this dual mass flywheel guaranteed to fail sometime and dpf ready to get blocked, it was doing a lot of long drives.

 

Other than wheel bearings and rear shocks the other says he has required no other repairs, other than tyres and basic servicing.

 

Was i to fit a hitch is it the same hitch as would fit a regular saloon ?

 

Is it possible purchase the manual for such a car online, I mean the proper manual which has 5000 pages in it which shows everything and how to repair etc.

So many questions:

 

1) Dual Mass Flywheel are okay as long as you don't abuse them too much.

2) You need a HALDEX fluid and filter change on the rear diff - do this every 20k to make sure the 4x4 functionality works.

3) DPF - if the car has done long fast journeys, you are all good.  They need a long fast high RPM journey to re-gen.

4) Wheel bearings - yes...probably, but no worse than any other car.

5) Shocks - if they aren't kept clean, you will cause the seal to weep and fail.  Always worth cleaning under the wheel arches with a hosepipe when you clean the car to get rid of the crud.

6) Hitch - yes, but try and get a genuine OEM one if possible. 

7) Manual - you can find that on the Skoda ErWIN site.