Skoda Octavia Owner's Manual page 212

210 Breakdown assistance
Put the cover in place after screwing out the towing eye again and press into
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place. The cover must engage firmly.
CAUTION
The towing eye must always be screwed in fully and firmly tightened, otherwise
the towing eye can tear when towing in or tow-starting.
Rear towing eye
Fig. 175 Rear bumper: Remove cover/rear bumper: Installing the towing eye
Unlock the bottom part of the cover by pulling it downwards in direction of ar-
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⇒ f ig.
row 1 175.
– Unlock the upper part of the cover by pulling it in direction of arrow
move it.
– Screw in the towing eye by hand to the left up to the stop
tighten it as much as possible. For tightening, we recommend that you use for
example the wheel wrench, the lashing eye of another vehicle or a similar ob-
ject which you can push through the eye.
– In order to reinstall the cover after screwing out the towing eye, first of all in-
sert the upper part of the cover and then press in the lower part. The cover
must engage firmly.
CAUTION
The towing eye must always be screwed in fully and firmly tightened, otherwise
the towing eye can tear when towing in or tow-starting.
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2 and re-
⇒ f ig. 175
- right and
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