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I expect the lower mount will make a much bigger difference.

Just a follow up - the part number (OEM) for the cam follower cover gasket is actually 047103727, not 047103483 as quoted earlier. I only found out when I ordered without double checking and got a rocker box cover gasket instead. The rubber seal part number is correct, but only because the seals are the same for the cam follower cover and the rocker box cover.....

My yellow 5Metre cable that came with the car is labelled 5x4 mm+ 1x0.5.mm The blue 12.5 metre cable that is suspect is labelled 3x6mm + 2x0.5mm.

Hi! Sorry to bother you after two years but I think I have a similar issue with my mk3.5 Octavia Combi/estate. It's a late 2017 model fitted with the 1.4 TSI 150bhp, 6speed manual. Bought it used at 55000 Kms (35000 milles) and currently sitting at 48000 miles. Ever since I bought it, I feel annoying vibrations through the pedals (mostly the gas pedal). Also the car is loud inside the cabin, but I always thought this was due to being an estate ( I also own a 1.0 TSI hatchback version which is a lot quieter). Never crossed my mind that these two were related, but after reading your post, I think I might also have a bad wheel bearing issue. When you felt the vibration through the pedals at was it at certain speeds or RPMs? Thanks in advance!

I hope you didn't deduce that from what I posted because 1967 were the days when petrol was reasonably cheap, just a couple of years later I was running a Vanden Plas 3 Litre limo which I remember having to sell reluctantly in 1973 because of the chances of rationing, we were even given ration books for petrol, and that car drank fuel like there was no tomorrow.

Just noticed (Jan 2026 ) car charging at a constant 14.4V ish over the past few days, this car is only averaging ~ 7 miles/day but stop/start still operating perfectly at 53% SOC, will stick my smart (max) 5A charger on it over the next few nights and see can I restore it to around 80% SOC. 12:38:49 Jan 2026 Polo 95BHP TSI 2638kms,1639miles. Engine Idling for ~ 5 minutes. Think battery is a 59AH EFB. IDE00019 Voltage terminal 30 14.4 V MAS16744-IDE01836 12-volt battery-Battery current 24.612 A MAS16744-IDE01837 12-volt battery-Temperature of battery sensor 28 °C MAS16744-IDE01839 12-volt battery-Battery charge status 53 % MAS16744-IDE01841 12-volt battery-Battery internal resistance 7.6 mOhm MAS16744-IDE01842 12-volt battery-Usable battery charge 16 Ah MAS16744-MAS06086 12-volt battery-Total re-charge 569.2 Ah MAS16744-MAS06087 12-volt battery-Entire energy throughput 578.1 Ah MAS16744-MAS22232 12-volt battery-Battery aging: charge-related 88 % MAS16745-IDE01843 Quiescent current management-Battery voltage at rest 12.1 V IDE02756 Number of manual engine starts 936 IDE02757 Number of automatic engine starts 422

Hello, I need a second opinion on this engine mount, I believe that it's gone and I plan to replace it. When the engine is running it's more-less ok, but it shakes a lot during starting. P.S. I might replace the lower engine mount as well (one from the front subframe that connects to the gearbox). P.P.S. Car in question is Fabia 1.4 MPI 50KW Thanks a lot

Sorry boss, wont happen again

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Profesore nisi jedini, imam isti problem, cak sam probao sa mbr i gpt particijama medutim nikako da se azurira, stick je u autu vec 2 tjedna i nikako da se azurira...

Hi all, my 2021 Scala (9.2" Amundsen MIB3) recently did an OTA software update. Ever since, the startup welcome chime is back. I've checked under Vehicle -> Settings, Sound, etc., but I can find no item for Welcome/System Sounds anywhere. Adjusting the volume wheel during playback hasn't worked either. Has anyone with this exact 9.2" setup had the welcome chime item disappear after an update? Or can anyone give me any clues on how I can navigate through the menus to somewhere I can switch it off?

Perhaps we are experiences some similarities to the early 70s with the oil crisis which I just about remember as was born in 1961. Crazy price rises, inflation, power shortages meaning receiving a note thru thd door for when your 4 hours without electricity were going to be. The US imposing a Federal wide speed limit of 55 mph. In metric Canada it was 100 kph ie 62 mph nominal. Drastic times which we hope are not repeated but there is a chance.

6.0mm flexible cable is rated at around 32A/7.4KW - but voltage drop can become a factor on longer lengths.

@Evolution13 well, this would be in 1967 and I can remember that when I started working in 1964 I was earning £2/10/0d (£2.50) as an apprentice so I guess I would be earning about £7 to £8 by that stage.

I use https://www.wheel-fitment.com/ Lists other cars with same centre bore and PCD. Watch for the offset. Alasdair

That makes sense. It would be strange to have sensors only at 3 and 9, but I am another person guilty of repeating this theory on Briskoda 😁 On the only occasions when I have had the warning, I have been driving on long lonely motorways with one hand at the 6 o'clock position. I don't think it was just a light resting touch, but maybe your experiments can find out more. One thought though ... don't test it unless the road behind you is clear. There can sometimes be a very short break between the warning and the car starting to take corrective action. If grasping the wheel firmly does not clear the warning immediately, you could be braking before you - or the driver behind - know it. ... and I am the only person who finds it incredible that we have to try to reverse engineer our cars in order to work out how to use them correctly? This stuff should all be in the manual - or at least on the Skoda website - so that we can get a definitive guide. I'm always amused that there is more description in the manual on how to open and close a door (with warnings and diagrams!) than most of the driver features in the car.

Similar but different thing happened to me on an old SEAT. Imobilizer locked on and car wouldnt start. eventually gave up and got another car. Three month later battery was flat so charged it and tried again. Worked perfectly and has done since. No idea why. Put it down to a glitch in ECU. Alasdair

Will wait for a proper cold day test but there is a possibility that this friction between objects is the source of the glovebox rattle too... perhaps a felt tape layer on the fixing points is all that takes? lets see how it goes with the door

Sorry folks, not been on here for months, ended up hospitalised, abs light traction control and tyre pressure warning illuminated, but since car has sat 3 months without a battery fitted it's not in limp mode any more! The quest continues, slowly

I have had this a few times when we were driving along the M90. Like you, I cruise with my hands lightly grasping, finger almost laying on the 6:30pm position of the steering wheel. So I asked my AI Assistant with which I configured the personalised settings in the car - both the question about the steering wheel, "take control" message and the earlier query about the "driver attention" warning message: AI RESPONSE: Yes — and I think what you are experiencing is the hands-on detection, not the camera-based driver-attention monitor. Rosie’s Travel Assist uses a capacitive steering wheel. Škoda explicitly describes it as detecting the driver’s touch on the wheel; in principle, therefore, you should not have to provide steering torque or deliberately wiggle the wheel merely to prove you are there. � Škoda Auto +1 I would be cautious about the claim that the sensors are specifically at particular clock positions such as 3 and 9 o’clock. I can find owners repeating that theory, including on BRISKODA, but I cannot find anything from Škoda confirming it. � Capacitive hands-on systems of this type normally use a conductive sensor mat within the steering-wheel rim, rather than two little point sensors sitting at particular locations. � Briskoda Justia Patents Your observation nevertheless makes sense. If you are cruising with your hands resting lightly around the bottom of the rim, you may have relatively little skin area wrapped around the wheel. Capacitive detection can then be less reliable. Skin moisture, gloves, very light fingertip contact and the exact way the hand contacts the leather can all affect the capacitance. Other VW-group owners report exactly this sort of variation. � Briskoda +1 So I would try a very simple experiment in Rosie: On a suitable straight road with Travel Assist operating, keep one hand normally wrapped around the rim at about 8–9 o’clock or 3–4 o’clock. Don't deliberately make steering corrections. See whether the warning disappears entirely. Then repeat the same stretch with your hand resting down at about 6 o’clock, as you normally sometimes drive. If the warnings occur predominantly in the second case, I'd regard that as the capacitive detection simply being less reliable with your particular lower-hand grip — not evidence that there are discrete sensors only at 3 and 9. And when the warning does appear, try firmly wrapping/squeezing your fingers around the rim first rather than wriggling the steering wheel. If the capacitive system is working properly, that should normally be sufficient. One thing I would watch because Rosie is brand new: if she starts giving “take over steering” warnings while you genuinely have one or both hands properly wrapped around the rim at conventional positions, I wouldn't accept that as normal. VW-group steering wheels have had documented sensor-mat problems, so at that point I'd have West End Garage check the hands-on detection sensor/mat under warranty. � Dot Report So for now: I don't think you need to change any setting. I'd change your hand contact slightly and see what happens. And I wouldn't worry about using exactly 3 and 9 — somewhere around the side/lower-side of the wheel should give the capacitive system a much better signal than merely resting your hands along the bottom. AI RESPONSE: Yes — you remembered correctly. When we set Rosie up, I recommended changing Drowsiness Monitor → Sensitivity to Medium. It sits within the Attention and Drowsiness Assist / driver-assistance settings. My recommendation was: Leave the system switched on Set Sensitivity = Medium Only reduce it further if Rosie was repeatedly warning you despite you being alert and driving normally The idea was to retain the genuine safety benefit without having the car become unnecessarily fussy about perfectly normal driving behaviour. So if you followed my recommendation at the time, Medium is the setting you should currently have. END OF AI RESPONSE. Hope this helps? I will note how the car behaves for our first proper journey down to Southern England in a few weeks to visit our son and report back on my real-life, as opposed to AI world, reality! Best wishes.

@Graham Butcher can you remeber what you earned then or what you paid for the Minx?

On that note, when I started driving, I had a Hillman Minx and I remember petrol costing 6 bob and 8 pence, a gallon in old money or 3 gallons for £1. Oh, how things change.

Got some hose retaining clip things: so they shouldn't fall out. Started some wire wheeling and pulled off that 'no jacking' label to find out what the original paint was like. Some reasonable performance weight savings have occurred. Wire wheeled it all back as best I could and gave it a bit of a wash and wipe down. and started colouring it in.

Saw this 64 plate parked up at tewksbury services and couldnt resist a family photo, is it anyone from the forum? Had the same cobra exhaust as mine but was lowered on yellow springs. Any ideas?

Try opening bleed nipple at slave end and depress clutch. If its still hard then it could be a fault in new master cylinder/pedal area. If its soft it could be the clutch mechanism/slave. Also the pressurised connection on master is push fit with a metal clip to secure. On my octavia it came with an o ring and top hat seal. You only use one. Top hat in my case. If both were used it may restrict the flow of clutch fluid causing stiff pedal or perhaps seal wasnt pushed home enough(it should click into place on pipe) or seal has come loose when fitting.(its quite easy to dislodge seal when connecting pipe from experience) Alasdair