I Serviced The Skoda + Found More Issues! :(
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- So today on the skoda project i get my hands dirty servicing the car.. But when i did i found that there is a leak somewhere else! Enjoy!
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Well if the driveshaft seal leaking is the only problem after a first time rebuilding a gearbox, then in my opinion you did a great job 👍🏼
Absolutely. Getting the splined end of a driveshaft, or driveshaft socket, back into the gearbox without galling the seal is a real mission, even in a professional garage with ramps and wheel-free lifts. And it's not like you can really find a way around it by putting something over the splines to prevent the damage as you can with other splined parts, as there's no way to get the covering out once the driveshaft is in. It's definitely something that takes practice and it's different on just about every vehicle. Even the professionals end up having to change those seals out after doing gearbox work or a clutch change pretty often as they get everything back together and then discover that little drip of gearbox oil when they do their final checks or after the test drive. It is just one of those pain in the backside facts when working on vehicles...
Fully agree.
With the drive shafts installed whilst the box is on the bench wrestling with a shaft under the car wasn't the problem 😀
I can't remember whether you lubed shaft and seal before installing - which is always a good idea.
Replacement in-situ won't be too easy - I'd give it a little while yet for the seal to settle on the shaft.
You never know your luck!
Just reviewed the gearbox rebuild and no prelube on new seals unfortunately.
Won't be galled seal from spines as it is twice the diameter of the drive shaft.
May bed in?
Hi mate8, if you wont to stop things from rusting you wont to give miracle paint a go I ues it and find it works very good, one thing about its not cheep, let me know what you think when you get some cheers Ian. P.s keep up the good work not fun working in the cold, but you in joy cars as much as me lol thanks again for the video Ian.
Love seeing u with your buzz back for the videos and regular content again great work mate 👍👍
It's recommended to scrape old sealant on mating surfaces with plastic scraper! Plastic is softer than metal and it won't scrape it. First I used also metal blades for removing sealant, but after half a dozen of scratches I decided to use plastic ones. Yes it's more time consuming but at least there are no scratches and I have not to worry if some scratch will cause new leakes after the job is done. If you don't want them, you can send them to me. :)
Greets from Croatia!
Great videos, I've started to buy some tools and doing my own service and repairs in my garage at home after watching this
Try not to buy cheapy shite from eBay /Amazon a lot of people use sealey, bacho or snap on but snap on a bit expensive there is loads of manufacturers look for life time warranty on stuff
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Great video again James keep it going.
My man is just working there with his short jeans! xD
Like another subscriber - Love these videos and it's kick-started me to do thing myself with the addition of new tools - keep em coming!
Those orange scrapers I use for removing vinyl and stickers, works a treat with no damage 😁
Either way you have done a good job rebuilding that gearbox mate 👍🏻 absolute great content 100%
You deserve 100k subs mate, great channel and being a local Norwich lad makes it even better! 😎
Sealant needs to be on the inside to stop the oil seeping along the threads of the bolts.
I'm buying that oil pan bottle now, fed up of my homemade ones.
I have one of those. They ar such a Godsend and well worth the money. Also saves on the mess when you drag it out from under the car and you don't have to mess about trying to pour it in another container
However, please note that a sump plug from an Astra MK4 is an exact fit for the main drain hole. If you drop the plug down in the funnel, oil will spill everywhere...
Really well explained video your doing a great job
Dress up the trusty old scraper with a grinding wheel.
Nice one, I had a work mate years ago with a mk3 Cortina and he used to paint his engine with old oil. He said a wet engine was a good engine, we thought he was mad, I don't think he'd get away with that these days. Many thanks for the great content and have a great Christmas.
Try the Millwaukee gear, far superior. I've tried them all, Dewalt, Hitachi, etc etc etc.. Good video, I used to do fix salvaged cars myself many years ago. Made some good friends and some really good money.. 👌👍👌👍
File down the ends of the scrapers so they are sharper. It would make an ok video showing you working out how to do it. I haven't heard of this problem before but it's not likely to be different to sharpening a plane blade in some respects. You could try to sharpen them to have different degrees of sharpness. ruclips.net/video/TWjEouKiSYY/видео.html Using a plane sharpening block might work ok. You could use wet & dry paper too.
Those bolts weren't loose by accident. Many times I have seen that oil leak trick by sketchy mechanics, just loosen 2 or 3 bolts and in a couple of months the car returns to you to be repaired. Bonus points if you can make the oil to drip over the exhaust to generate smoke, that way the client is more motivated to spend the big bucks!!! Glad to see that you are not a crook.
They use plastic nowdays for the alluminum oil pans mate, obviously alluminum is softer than steel I'm a mechanic my self and I prefer the plastic blades as they don't damage the surface
Those plastic scrapers don't mar (scratch) the surface like a metal one would do.
That's why they are plastic.
100k subs coming soon james! keep up grinding 😎
mate those filter housing are only supposed to be around 35nm, i hope you have a bar the length of a football pitch to remove it again lol
Plastic blades wont damage soft metals such as aluminium
The imature side of me wanted you to start the car after you dosconnected the exhaust from the cat🤣
Keep up the excellent work James 👍🏻
Agreed
Well done that man, i really enjoy your videos, takes me back to when i used to fix up cars in my youth, I'm now 65 with a knackered back, so carnt tinker any more, keep up the good videos, 😁👍
18:45 that did get me tbh 🤣🤣👍
Great content coming out of this channel atm, love it! Also love seeing the fiesta creeping into shots... anyone for a restoration series?
How do BMWs get through MOT tests if an oil leak is a fail? Every BMW I've ever traded has an oil seep or leak. It's a running joke on BMW forums. 🤷🏻♂️
You’re not kidding! I had to replace the engine on my e85 z4 and made sure it had all new seals. Easy to do the sump on a stand 😁
Nice to see a conscientious worker with pride in what they do, your doing a grand job there.
Looking forward to the next episode...merry Christmas and a Happy/healthy New year to you James and your family too...God blesd
Good to know that there are people out there with the utmost integrity, not moving a car on with known faults. credit to you
Evening James
Look on eBay for Mannol oil it’s great stuff and cheap it’s recommended by car manufacturers, much cheaper than Euro car parts, I’ve used it on plenty of cars without any problems
Me too, I've been using it for a couple of years now in my families cars, it's OEM spec and I've had no problems
Great to see you back and enjoying stuff again, James. Hope you're doing well.
just a heads up, carparts4less is the same company as Euros but tends to be cheaper and still has the discount codes
I often cross reference between the two. Just copy and paste the part number from euros to carparts4less. I made huge savings on valeting chemicals.
Only downside is that if you need to return you can't just take back to nearby ECP branch.
As a Skoda mechanic, I don't recommend reusing those steel sumps if they don't break loose easily. They bend really easily around the sealing surface, and will eventually start leaking again.
By the looks of it, this pan has already been resealed once, since the factory sealant usually is a bit more gray than the white goo you scraped off. And whoever did the job used way too much.
The 2 small o-rings on the oil filter cap are life time o-rings, so no reason to worry about those. They're not included in the OEM kit either.
what's the main thing to watch out for on a Skoda Fabia 2014? mechanically
@@muhamedskeno3541 carbon buildup on the intake valves and brake corrosion. That's usually a 60-100k interval job. Other than that, I've not seen many common faults, and I work for one of the biggest dealerships of vw and Skoda in my country.
Maybe some sensor malfunctions on diesel engines, but other than that just rust on brake rotors.
Great cars in general.
The car in the video has had some issues with the window wiper linkages wearing out, but that is a cheap and easy diy (if you have a wiper arm removal tool).
@@panzerveps thanks thats a huge relief for me as i bought a 2014 skoda fabia. Ill watch out for those
@@muhamedskeno3541 There's one thing, but only on cars with the DSG transmission.
It's not a common problem, but not unheard of.
A retaining clip on one of the shifting forks can break loose, and cause metal shavings in the oil, and shifting trouble. Not quite sure when they fixed this issue in production.
It's a step above DIY, but not much harder than the transmission rebuild earlier in this video series.
@@panzerveps i know a dsg is a direct gearbox but what actually is it? is it all manual cars?
you can resharpen your scraper with a oil stone or grinding disk of some sort
An ordinary file will put an edge back on the scraper .... they're not hard enough that you need a grinder or oil stone :-)
Some long M6 grub screws would do the same job for the studs. And save the hassle of cutting the heads and slitting the ends
They would but sometimes you gotta work with what you got
Use a file to add some life back to your scraper. 😉👍🏼
or some 1000 grit sandpaper
Again, at TPS you'd get new o-rings etc. You should really use them James (if they'll serve you).
Great video James, I watched the full service on the corrida red Fabia estate, I really enjoyed that one, as I have this one too, it was interesting to see how my previous Fabia looks and works underneath, looking forward to the radiator install!!.
23:24 yopu dont use metal to scrape meal you use plasic or ruber it will gauge the metal and make the oil come out and it wont sit flush
no it wont, not if you know what youre doing and are careful
Great job James 🙌 I loved the guiding bolts tip I haven’t done an oil sump for a while but next time it will be a lot easier 👌👍
Way back when I was at college our instructors used to really bang it into us to spanner check and spanner check and spanner check when working on anything. This sump is exactly why. It's very easy to overlook something, especially if you get disturbed in the middle of a job. But if you complete your spanner checks it won't get missed twice and cause a problem like here. If the loose bolts had been on a different part of the sump then it could easily have caused a significant oil leak...
A pro tip for changing fuel filters on fuel injection vehicles, pretty much everything petrol-powered these days, is to release the fuel line pressure first. Fuel injection cars have the fuel lines pressurised by the pump in the tank and that pressure takes days to relieve itself if the fuel system is fully intact. The easiest way to release the line pressure is to locate the fuse for the fuel lift pump in the tank and pull it, then start the vehicle and let it run until it dies. You will have used up the fuel in the line then and you can change the fuel filter without getting the petrol shower. To give you an idea why this is a good idea, many years ago I was working in a garage and servicing a Golf GTI. I came to change the fuel filter, my mind tells me I had attempted to relieve the fuel line pressure but that could be me unconsciously trying to cover my mistake or I could have pulled the fuse for the wrong fuel pump, i.e. the injection pump and not the lift pump. Anyway, I released the fuel pipe from the filter and got a shower of high pressure fuel. I jumped back and caught my foot in the lead light I was using, which was a 240V mains-powered one as they were legal in garages at the time. The lead light hit the floor, the bulb shattered and I went up in flames as high pressure fuel spray is very easy to ignite. I was lucky, the mechanic working on the next ramp saw what was happening and had a fire extinguisher on me pretty much as I turned around. Our overalls were fire retardant and we weren't allowed to work wearing clothes made from synthetic fibres under our overalls, so I was a little singed around the edges but otherwise unharmed, but if I had been working on my own it could very easily have been immeasurably worse. After that, the garage ditched the old 240V mains lead lights and had low current lead lights on extension reels installed the same week. The car, fortunately, was totally undamaged...
Great vid as always sir. Why not try adding affiliate links to your tools & products in your description; Win-win for the channel and your viewers : )
That's very good work👍🏻
Nice long video 👍 ECP should sponsor you with you always buying from them. I use to always use ECP but there expensive now compared to others
Agreed, unless there's a decent code then I shop on eBay normally.
I love that brand , i have a 2013 Fabia 2 Monte carlo with black headlights 🤙 I enjoy watching ur videos i learned many things from you 🙏 Thank you Bro!
Necesito el filtro de aceite de motor y filtro de gasolina motor 1.2 escoda fabia 3 cilindros 2012,13
That oil filter design came out of the ark i.e separate external case and filter mesh. What are Skoda doing employing a non-all in one cartridge filter. Retrograde design.. Wonder why ? Extra design/manufacturing cost !Even my 1981 base level Golf had an all-in-one and I think my BBZ engined 1400c Fab has an all-in-one.
Couldn't you sharpen your scraper tool on a knife sharnpening slab ?
No sump gasket ? 1981 base level golf had sump gasket. More Retrograde design ! Why ? Just jacks-up labour hours input to service.
Can't understand, with the prevalence of road humps and pot-holes why the deisgn of all cars don't include a sacrificial bash-plate foward of the sump.
You need a servicing gazebo in that weather - see if Skoda will give you one !
Government/Skoda shoud be giving you one man bands subsidised servicing facilities. You are the starters for small indys that keeps main dealers prices in check.
Decent plastic scrapers are absolutely the way to go. With most blocks now being aluminium your just much less likely to accidentally dig out any of the contact surface. To be fair though I'm surprised you didn't just use your new desktop angle grinder to just sharpen your metal scraper.
Last time I've had my Fabia MK1 serviced, the mechanic charged me extra for the better quality 5w30 (I think), which is supposedly recommended by the manufacturer. Was I scammed than? I've used 10w40 for years before (never did it myself, so it was never me choosing this).
Do yourself a massive favour...go get some floor mats from Halfords..buy a couple of packs(£10 each)..transformed my working on cars...soooo warm and cushioned too.
If you need to remove silicone sealant again in the future, there is a product called SEALANT REMOVER sold by Screwfix here in the UK. you slap this onto the old sealant, wait about 20 mins and usually the sealant wipes off with a rag, leaving a clean unscratched surface. It even works when there is a bit of oil around. Sometimes you need to give it abit of help if the silicone is thick. Interesting channel, by the way !!
Ok - Please I need some advise. Replacing my NS rear mk2 (facelift) Fabia door. I need to remove my tinted windows and put into new door. Anyone know how you get the windows out the door? Any suggestions (serious) would be much appreciated. ;)
Great video again... it's good to know that the majority of the work is easy enough to do yourself. Like yourself, I only have a driveway, with no garage or carport to work in/under, but unlike you, I actually don't have a work shed! Otherwise, I'd be doing more of the easier service items myself on my Skoda Fabia... which sadly is with the mechanic getting a new water pump fitted! Thanks again for the videos on the Skoda Fabia and other cars :)
Great video, I recently replaced the output flange seal on my vw golf 5, its a 1.9tdi. The job itself wasn't that bad tbh, the output flange itself on the 5speed box, as with most linked with diesel engines... Are spring loaded, because of the vibration, so use something to depress the spring (pry bar) then have some circlip pliers handy to use before you can then access the offending seal, I paid around 8 quid for a replacement seal, was an exact same type. Good luck.
I have the same gasket scraper, only it's double-headed. One end is a steel blade, the other is plastic like yours. Plastic one is great for aluminium surfaces, where the steel blade could cut and damage.
What!? Wait...... I am supposed to check for oil leaks before buying it, not just be surprised it is dry when I change the oil after I buy it?!? See this is what I like about you James, I Iearn something every time! haha
Strangely, for the diesel fabia, Mann filters includes both O rings for the oil filter element.( Well, 1.9 PD and 2011 1.6L at least)
Re Leaky driveshaft seals, try this Stop Leak. I used it on my gearbox at the time of a fluid change and in 3 days it stopped leaking and its been sweet for the last 7000 miles. Worth it for a tenner !.
www.opieoils.co.uk/p-115291-millers-oils-stop-leak-engine-and-gear-oil-treatment.aspx?VariantID=206624
Scraper in the vice, grab a file and give it a little rub = sharp scraper again.
Guide studs are a life saver at times.
Small tip - when hacksawing in the vice, normal better to go against the jaws rather than inline, hence why your studs were moving a fair bit.
Driveshaft Lip Seal - Easy one.
New Radiator - Pain in the Ass but you have to do it now.
At least that 36mm socket came in handy for the oil filter.
Personally I'd say you well overtightened it - they say 25Nm which isn't much.
Easiest air filter ever? That's a lot of work compared to the air filter on a 6 cylinder E39 5 series 😂
Still enjoy all your videos, even more so now there is VAG and BMW content 😊
Great video m8, its really good that you are willing to go the extra yards. you take great pride in the work you do. 👍👍👍
Also buy your self a Car Creeper and a Kneeling Pad in 25 years your Knees will thank you in the end , Me I worked in my early Years the same way as you , when I was 45 both my knees are busted and I work still outside with Kneebraces . I can drive a Car walk 1 km with a walking stig so don't be like me and invest in those 2 things an you will thank me in the end. Keep up the great work James My Name is Akko
I'm from America and will more than likely never own a Skoda so I'm not sure how I stumbled upon your channel lmao, but I just wanted to say the way you lay out the information in your videos is great! Keep it up man, wishing you success!
Pop your old scraper in the vice and dress the end with a small file, 5 mins job done.
NO do not paint it !, to late just watched the rest ..................stop it from rusting, its a sump !
2 hands on a saw always & that means one at "either" end.
That plastic scraper is more for doing aluminium surfaces James, it won’t put big scrapes or gouges into alloy surfaces. I use them on motorbike casings, blocks or cylinder heads for cleaning them up they’re a great job for that
I want to buy my next car off you , dedicated and meticulous , and your pace of delivery is excellent .my Skoda Fabia mk2 needs a good service but I’m scared to tackle it myself .wish you lived near the south coast.
i do not own any of the cars you are working on but have subscribed becuase the way you demonstrate and explain makes it easy to follow, we are not all as advanced with cars maintenance routine as a lot of youtubers think when they breeze past a component. Great vids, Great Quality video and easy to watch...Awesome
Did not mention about the right air flow direction of the pollen filter & doing the depressurisation of the fuel filter under the bonnet before taking the fuel filter off.
Good tip with the threaded bolt into the sump.
Top video.
Soften the silicone sealant with Finishline citrus degreaser. It's superior to all other citrus degreasers and will release the silicone bond. It's available from Demon Tweeks. I'd then use a dremel with the plastic scourer type attachment. That will get rid of the shit in no time at all.
Great content. Have a safe and Happy Christmas and much better 2021.
Love the fact you're not one of those, Woo you guys and false drama crap. Nice calm explanations, much better.
Wilkinson at the top of st. Stevens have the scrapers with proper metal blades and have packs of the spares bud. Sub £5 iirc.
Radiator looks like its had some impact damage. Probably from a careless previous mechanic?
Those plastic razors are to prevent scratching of soft materials like wood. Great for getting paint off wood. That 3rd leak looks like a condenser leak (air con).
VW group driveshaft bolts have a tendency to stretch and are best replaced. With the plastic scraper, any gasket material should be softened with white spirit or meths or some solvent of that sort. I believe petrol would also work.
Don't buy new gasket scrapers. Use a bit of fine wet n dry on a flat surface or sharpening stone...they'll last a lifetime 👌
The plastic scrapers are usually for aluminum so you don't gouge the surface. That being said they're useless anyway 🙂
Our governor’s are health & safety mad they would absolutely love you lol 😂👍🏼👏🏻
Very well presented video you made it look.so easy and again just think how much a garage would charge you to do this job we all know how they over charge people again you can take a job like this on your self now lovef it
Phil in stoke
No need to paint sump where gasket supposed to go, the oil will eventually dissolve paint,,also just get a file and sharpen your metal scraper,,
Hi if you wont things to stop rusting give miracle paint a go it works very well for me, one thing it's not cheep, keep up the good work, if you get some miracle paint let me know what you think cheers Ian 👍
I'd clean up the driveshaft and make sure the leak from the oil pan isn't covering the driveshaft the seal might be ok. I had a similar issue where there was a leak from a tandem pump above it that was dripping down and made it look like the driveshaft was leaking
Give a while n it'll start leaking again as the paint u put on starts cracking. There's a reason y manufacturers don't put paint between 2 metal surfaces that they r trying to seal.
I’ll send you a photo tomorrow on insta of the little tool I use to remove gaskets and stuff which works an absolute treat! It’s a drill attached, You’ll love it and soon as you get one it’ll be your go to tool👍👌
Excellent video & so helpful as I drive a Fabia. Cheers James
im just saying, i changed all pinion seals on my rear diff front diff and the transfercase on my old jeep, and a month or so later put it on the lift and saw that one of the seals leaked a tiny bit, forgot about it, had it on the lift again maybe 6 months later, no leak to be found, dry as a whistle. maybe it has to be driven in?
Someone is going to get a nice little Skoda after all of this!
Plastic razors are for paint, they are also very sharp but you don't risk to scratch your paint.
Great vid mate
"Rounded" [shudder] someone didn't take care or bother to replace those bolts. Bad work done before.
Running the bead of sealer on the inside of the bolt hole is because there is a good chance that the oil
would leak from the bolt holes if the sealer was on the outer side....And using the pins..Good tip too.
Hey bro pls may I have a shoutout I’ve been a fan for a while and your the person that helps me with working on my car thanks
those drain pans are shit. you need those flat bowls and pur it into an empty bottle and transfer the bottle to the council recycely centree. those ones are just mess and if the flow is too high or the floor isn't level these are going to be messy.
You need a flat sharpening stone for the scrappers...a couple of quid and the tools will last a lifetime 👍
Don’t you have a bench grinder to sharpen your scrapers .?
Bet your glad u made that executive decision before about the seals.....oh well told u so
Can you not sharpen the old scrappers with a grinder-just a suggestion? 🤔