What did you do to your Octavia today?

[nickd]

Washed it.. Waiting for it to rain now.
Noticed the coolant was slightly below the Min level, but driveway is on a slight slope (toward drivers side). Was going to top it up but a) manual says only to do it if the car is in level ground and b) the stuff that's in there is pink and the bottle I have is green...

Any recommendations on coolant or is it all much the same.. I used to always just buy the highest glycol % I could find.

Nick

[Lucas_R]

^ dont mix your green coolant with the pink stuff in the car. Penrite make a VW/Audi/Skoda approved pink coolant which you can get from Supercheap/Repco etc.

[k_rider]

Heh, at least you don't drive a white one - they seem to look dirty 5 minutes after you wash them!

In the absence of the pink coolant, top up with distilled water. You'll only need a cupful, so it's not going to have much effect on the glycol concentration in the cooling system. That's all I used when my Mk 2 was new - seems to be common for them to lose a bit of coolant when new, my Mk 3's coolant level seems edging to the MIN level as well.

I believe the pink coloured coolant is different from the green (yeah, apart from the colour...). I have heard/read somewhere that the green coolants can be detrimental to some Euro engines. I've no idea if there's any truth in that, could all be myth!

[nickd]

Thanks guys... I was a little surprised the manual didn't say anything about suitable coolant types but a bit of demin water should do until I can find the right stuff.

[Fizz]

Why not just pick up OEM fluid from the Dealership?

[Fizz]

BTW Nickd love the blue, agree with K_rider white is a PITA to keep clean. I washed mine yesterday and have to use a clay bar around the bottom part of the rear bumper closest to the fenders almost every time i wash it due to all the debris that gets flung up I've ordered Mudflaps for the front and rear hopefully that helps, now to decide if I leave them black or get them colour coded

[MJKooLio]

happily -
Skoda LED License Plate Light SET X2 PCS | eBay
showing 0 available but the seller has many Skoda items, probably can get more

Photos of them in action?

Hope they're lit like Audi and Merc's too the Golf R and not Rice Burner bright LED Look At My Plates(!)?

[Lams]

Looks about the same as the S3 it's parked next to

Sorry about the angle of the photo, it's a beautiful sunny day outside

[MJKooLio]

More photos of your car please

[k_rider]

The brightness can be adjusted through VCDS. The brightness setting suggested on Briskoda was a bit too bright for my liking, so lowered the setting (back to the same setting as it was originally for the incandescent bulbs).