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 👍🏼

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!

Love seeing u with your buzz back for the videos and regular content again great work mate 👍👍

Good to know that there are people out there with the utmost integrity, not moving a car on with known faults. credit to you

Worx Impact gun: "He loves me the most" Draper Impact gun: 😭 Great video again James keep it going.

Those orange scrapers I use for removing vinyl and stickers, works a treat with no damage 😁

Great videos, I've started to buy some tools and doing my own service and repairs in my garage at home after watching this

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.

My man is just working there with his short jeans! xD

18:45 that did get me tbh 🤣🤣👍

Sealant needs to be on the inside to stop the oil seeping along the threads of the bolts.

You deserve 100k subs mate, great channel and being a local Norwich lad makes it even better! 😎

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...

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.

Either way you have done a good job rebuilding that gearbox mate 👍🏻 absolute great content 100%

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.

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

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!

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

Love how you prepare everything perfectly prior to fitting any parts your eye for detail is impeccable 👍

Really well explained video your doing a great job

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, 😁👍

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 !!

Great to see you back and enjoying stuff again, James. Hope you're doing well.

Great video m8, its really good that you are willing to go the extra yards. you take great pride in the work you do. 👍👍👍

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 👌👍

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!!.

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

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.

Luvin this channel dude you explain things very well for those that aint to good with cars,Great stuff

Wicked video James! I like the fact you show all your mistakes (plastic scraper) and don’t edit them out. Watching your vids has given me the confidence to work on my car!! Keep the vids coming 👊🏾

Great content. Have a safe and Happy Christmas and much better 2021.

Really excellent video...very thorough and clearly explained & super camera angles.

Nice one James always enjoy these longer videos, With the attention to detail in your work that is going to be a decent little car for someone by the time you have finished with it👌

Do love how much attention to show all your work as you go. Great videos bud

Awesome video as always 👍🏻 love the truck with refitting the sump! Definitely keeping that one in my back pocket for future reference!

Lovely Jubbly video. Your work ethic is spot on.

James what a fantastic job you have done so far very nice to see someone making sure the cars in tip top condition before selling it on very rare commodity these days looking forward to the next installment stay safe pal👌

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

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!

Nice work James always good to see a fellow diy mechanic being honest with there work 👍

Great content coming out of this channel atm, love it! Also love seeing the fiesta creeping into shots... anyone for a restoration series?

I have to say I am a big fan of your channel. Your videos are extremely easy to follow,very articulate with great knowledge. Thanks, John

Have to say that was one of the best instructive car videos I have watched. Thanks

The scraper is plastic so it doesn’t damage the sump or any other surface, The metal scraper leaves little divots in the metal and doesn’t allow for a good bond between surfaces 😊

100k subs coming soon james! keep up grinding 😎

Hi mate a great video ,As usual I really enjoyed it and top marks for your honesty. Who ever buys this car will buy with total confidence of the hard work and skill you have put into it. Keep on keeping on Kevbo

That is a classic case of while I'm in there 😂 watched every video so far, really well done. Added bonus you use brand names. Spot on 👌👍

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.

Your videos are very informative and in depth - love it! Keep up the good work ! More mk2 fabia TSI videos if u get any more to work on. Especially around leaking rear door when it rains. Been tearing my hair out it. Looked at everything!! Besides that excellent channel !!

I'm buying that oil pan bottle now, fed up of my homemade ones.

It's so satisfying to service things and watch other people service stuff as well. Great vlogs dude

The quality of your videos and content has gotten much better keep up the good work mate

You could use your bench wheel to revitalise your scrapers. Pop that stone back on and you're away. May as well use it, now you've bought it! Think you've done so well on this. What a project achievement despite the dark and foul weather.

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 :)

Such good work man. Love it! Some other people would just have ignored that rotten radiator.

Always look forward to your videos. This was a really good one.

as an owner of a fabia 2, i find your vids informative. hopefully you will get more fabia's as projects. good tip ref the door wiring for non working window. good to know!

Great vid James love your attitude and attention to detail. Just shows you don't need a fancy garage or lift. Even though they are nice to have.

That was a fantastic video realy learning from you mate looking forward to the next video

4:29 I had that oil drain container. I think it was £14 when I bought it (2 years ago). They are good, in fact since they were so low profile, you can change many car's oil without jacking the car up. However, it does have its flaws: 1. It WILL leak oil from the plugs no matter how hard you tighten it. 2. Over tighten the plugs will snap the thread off the green plug. And if it snaps, your only solution is glue it back because those plugs can not be bought individually.

Great content bud keep it up loving the content

great upload james as usual mate top job 👌🏻

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!

Thank you for your honesty! Always be honest and fair!

Keep up the excellent work James 👍🏻

YOU ARE GETTING THERE JAMES HOPE YOU ALL ARE WELL .GREAT VIDEO

That's very good work👍🏻

Very very impressed with your clean work. Hi from Australia!!

Another great video. Its fantastic that you're fixing all the issues you find with the car. Although on cheaper cars like these it's hard to get it 100% fixed whilst still making enough profit on the sale to have made it worth your time. Will be a super wee car for someone

Kitchen greenie like what you use for dish washing is perfect for cleaning off old sealant and dont damage the surface.

Great Content as ever -so informative!

Great video James I did the fuel filter on the diesel but its easier as it sits in the engine bay

I have the same scraper holder from amazon; plastic blades for delicate surfaces and I have a pack of metal blades for the other jobs. Had to use the plastic on my 1.8t sump as metal was scoring it 👍 great video as always man 🙂

Great vid James .cant wait for the radiator fit.

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.

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

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.

Really enjoying this series - it just keeps on giving which as you say is more content for us car nerds :-)

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.

Another great video James great content 👌🏻

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.. 👌👍👌👍

Great vid mate

you can resharpen your scraper with a oil stone or grinding disk of some sort

Same trick with headless bolts as guides works when changing wheels. Undo top bolt, replace with longer headless bolt, undo rest of bolts, slide wheel off the "dowel". Makes sure you don't have to lift the wheel over brake calipers to not scratch it. Learned that from a US mechanic since in the US lug nuts are more common that lug bolts

Excellent video & so helpful as I drive a Fabia. Cheers James

Instant subscribe. Your content is top notch. Great video.

Great video James loved the content 👌 keep up the good work 👍 👏 stay safe mate 👍 🍺

Nice job and attention to detail. Don't stress about the driveshaft seal - these things happen to us all from time to time!

Great job and excelente video, nice one mate!💪

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.

Keep these vids coming james love them mate

👍💯 like the peg idea. Look forward to the next video

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.

Good job there James, I have just subscribed after Igor at cars exposed mentioned you.

Great video Iv just done driveshaft seal on a panda fingers crossed it will be ok I normally put a smear of silicone grease around it before putting driveshaft in. Hopefully it helps 👍

Top video James very detailed

Great work, mine is due a service so this video really helps.

Yesssss the skodddaaaaaa 😍

Nice video mate. FYI second drain point on your new pan is likely for the oil filter. You can stand it in that recess to fully drain whilst the oil drains from the sump 👍