Skoda Octavia Petrol and Diesel Service and Repair Manual: 1998 to 2004 (Haynes Service and Repair Manuals)

Any time I buy a used car, one of the first things I do is get the Haynes manual for it. And I usually save the price in the first week, simply by finding out what levers and switches and flaps and what-not do what, or what they allow me to get at.Paper quality is a bit down on what it used to be, but it's the same old Haynes (i.e. it assumes that nothing has rusted solid and everything comes off with a wee twirl of your perfectly-fitting spanner which can be manipulated effortlessly in the huge space available). Ahem.

Its a Haynes manual; invaluable for some things and infuriatingly lacking in detail for other tasks. Online forums can help though"...reassembly is reversal of removal..." or words to that effect really do not help when you are trying to fix something!Also the fuse box diagram is a mirror image what we have in the UK cars, and is presumably just copied from a German/American dealer manual - designed for LHD cars with the fusebox on the LHS...Not really good enough from a British publisher.

Very detailed disassembly and reassembly.Torque valves and part numbers are handy.

pretty good as Haynes go but you still have to use your wits on some jobs,ie sump removal canted hidden bolts yuo can only get to with an allen key,not described.

Everyone knows that Haynes manuals are great ,so all I can add is that delivery was very quick and the book was in very good condition. I am very happy.

Not vehicle specific enough.

Does the job; good price; delivered on time

Very helpful book to give practical steps how to do repairs on my Skoda. Some procedures could have been made a bit clearer