Skoda Octavia

turn on the radio.it will show safe. Wait and will then show dashes for code. Press 1 until the correct first digit is shown ditto 2 for second digit and so on. When code entered touch the left or right arrow and hold for a couple of seconds. A bleep will be heard and the radio should work.

Have you checked the lambda probe? It is a few hundred quid but fixed the problem for me. Get a garage to run a diagnostic to check that this is the problem before you get it done.

Under the plastic cover just below the windshield on the right hand side side.

You don't need to remove the cover to change the filter, it is enough to lift the front of the cover and reach in to release the filter.

It is a bit tricky since it is pretty tight, but it can be done.

is simple, you remove the battery cover, with the car off, remove the fuse box carefully, with tabs, then remove the screw up the battery with a socket wrench, then disconnect mustNegative energy in this order first and then positive, replace the battery and connect as follows: first positive and then negative, place the safety screw and cover.

Then you have to reset the Comfort, introducing the key into the hat of the driver's door and turn the key for 4 seconds on the right.

Then you set the clock and radio, if you enter code

Locate the driver-side dashboard side, it's actually a cover. Pry open with a flat screwdriver or similar (be careful to avoid damage). It reveals MOST fuses; the cardboard diagram fixed inside the cover shows exactly the position of the fuse you need. Use the pincer-like tool fixed close to the diagram to remove the old fuse. Check for short-circuit or similar failure before replacing the fuse with the new one of the same capacity (Amps).

The EPC of a fabia one point four sixteen vee skoda is a tire pressure. The common and safest tire pressure for this tire is three point zero per square inch.

Twist the knob sticking out beside the clock. Twist it to the left for adjusting the hours, and to the right for setting the minutes.

the water pump is gone the they have a plastic impeller they brake off and stop pumping the water around the engine

If you mean the small compartment with the cover at dash center, use a piece of hard plastic (guitar plectrum or a small bike tire lever) and pry carefully along the perimeter, starting from the two sides close to the vents. The hardest part (in my case at least) was disconnecting the alarm switch as the cables were too short to reach behind the panel.

the drivers side near the steering collum above your feet it will have loads of connections onto it.it should be coded 2 the car if your changing it. make its from the same model ie cruise control alarm etc

passenger side foot well left hand side should be a black lever which pops the bonnet

then theres a simple clip you must push down and lift the bonet at the same time to leave its latch

Just don't do it yourself. Really please don't attempt it yourself unless you have Skoda / Volkswagen / Audi technical experience, expertise and facilities. (including installation tools, jigs and gauges) It's complicated and difficult without proper knowledge, experience and manufactures / main dealer back up you could easily do it wrong and quickly wreck your engine, with no redress.

I am an experienced vehicle technician and would not attempt it without all the above support behind me.

Simply clever