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Dozens nearly new, demonstrators advertised in the UK. Just in Scotland new in stock, Parks, John Clarks, Arnold Clarks, Vertu etc etc.

Pretty confident if you wanted 2 they would move one.😉

Only 1 R5 in the Midlands that I can see. Being a Baggy i fear for my life going to Dingle Berry land !

I have read that as well. I always use their belts though. I tend to change mine every 5 years or 50-60k whichever comes sooner and so far havent had any problems with their pumps and tensioners. Last one I did was on my old 1.9tdi bxe and the belt,pump and tensioner after 60k were as good as the new ones I fitted. Not sure what water pumps have metal impellers According to google Hepu and Graf have metal impellers but most others are plastic Hepu cat https://www.hepu.de/en/parts-catalogue/ Alasdair

Ok go to renault and get it in a fortnight? https://www.renault.co.uk/new-stock.html?model.code=R5E

Where I live and travel in Scotland from Aberdeen to Dundee to Perth Glasgow or Edinburgh and further north and south there is a total lack of Renault 5 EV,s parked or being driven. I see more Alpines than Renault 5,s . There are Renault dealership's around

Hi there, need advice/help on the following issue on a Roomster 1.4tdi 2007, rear door lock. The original problem: Rear passenger door would not open from either handle. the actuator wasn’t making a squinty noise when unlocking off the key fob/ internal central locking. With the door locked managed to get enough of the door card off to force the lock open. The solution (i thought anyway) Replace the actuator however , every actuator i’ve bought once fitted would not open the door from either handle, but only after the central locking had been engaged. After a lot of wiggling and pulling the on the latches i managed to get the door open to remove the actuator i’m on the 3rd actuator, which is a brand new main dealer part. Same problem, once fitted you can open and close door but when you central lock it you can’t open the door from either handle. eventually after banging the outside of the door the door half opened and then i used a small angled tool to release the latch. i don’t believe all 3 actuators are faulty especially as the current one is brand new. (the previous second hand ones would not even half release by banging the outside of the door like the new one has. I removed the new actuator, and manually simulated the closing of door. i can open it even after i central lock it (remember it is not mounted onto the door). Does anyone have any experience or advice they can offer? thank you

Yes, indeed.

Had a look inside with a Borescope and took these pictures. Definitely some marking on both the valves and the pistons but nothing on the cylinder walls, bad enough to warrant replacing the valves? Not a small job! Also no sign of the piece of spark plug! Working theory is that it's been smashed up inside the cylinder and blown out the back. Next step is to do a compression test.

See my comment above. One might seriously regret putting one's deposit down. 38% of customers on Trust Pilot only give this dealer 1 star..... https://www.trustpilot.com/review/www.cars2.co.uk?stars=1

I will check the Moduls for you, to all setting on the table and send you with the Other Things

Could be wrong and doing a disservice but there are a bunch of dealers who say that can get you a car, take your deposit and only fulfill the order weeks or months later. This might be one of those case as I gather they are clustered together in a certain part of the UK !

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Sounds very tempting. I’ll have a search and see what the control modules would cost. Wiring harness is £40 from Ali. Success with the parking sensor retrofit. Just a bit of coding to tidy up.

I tend to concentrate on the numbers rather than the text. Comments are deductions and not hard facts like the numbers of the 1.8M sample stating EVs drove 444 miles more than ICE on average. The good point is that driving miles were down thru Covid and have remained lower since the Covid outbreak. One also hears, supported by numbers who are visiting camp sites, towing and not towing, were down and the cost of driving to them due to petrol and diesel prices was a major factor being mentioned. If one has chosen an EV camper, ID Buzz, PV5 and now the PV7 coming out next week, this may not be anything like the issues with cost for putting in the go-go juice being so different EV to ICE.

We have some success! New module works without any dataset changes required. No DTC on park assist module. However I do have 2 DTC on module 17. I did enable byte 5 bit 4 as per some instructions I found online, but carscanner doesn’t have the same long coding helper that vcds does so I may have done it wrong. @Cairus can you tell from the following what I’ve done wrong? Car Scanner ELM OBD2 Version: 2.1.46/2.1.46/iOS DTC report Connection profile: Skoda MQB, PQ26: Diesel DPF var.1 [EA288]Date: 9/4/2026 1:45:16 PM VIN: TMBKJ7NP9G70XXXXX ============================ OBD-II No DTC found. ============================ 17. Dashboard17. Dashboard DTCs: 2 ---------------------------- 13636608 [0xD01400] U101400: Control module incorrectly coded Steuergerät falsch codiert U101400: Control module incorrectly coded ECU incorrectly coded Status bits: 1 Priority: 2 Frequency: 1 Unlearning index: 91 Odometer: 213909 km Date, time: 2026.09.04 13:44:33 Status: Test failed, Confirmed ---------------------------- 16776980 [0xFFFF14] U112100: Databus missing message PLA_Status keine Kommunikation U112100: Databus missing message PLA_Status_01 communication error can_error_timeout U112100: Databus missing message PLA_Status_01 keine Kommunikation Status bits: 1 Priority: 6 Frequency: 1 Unlearning index: 91 Odometer: 213909 km Date, time: 2026.09.04 13:44:33 Status: Test failed, Confirmed 10. Parking Assistant 2 Application data identification: bL VAG Part number: 5QA919294B Software version: 0044 ECU manufacturing date (ASCII): 170813 ECU serial number: 00030841861722200441 Hardware Part number: 5QA919294 System supplier ECU hardware number: 00030841861722200441 System designation: PDC 8 Kanal Calibration date (ASCII): ( ASAM/ODX: EV_EPHVA18AU3700000 Hardware version: H07 ASAM/ODX version: 009035 FAZIT Identification: ATW-00113.08.17EC060080 Parameter set part number: V03935264LH Parameter set version: 0001 System abbreviation: J446 ECU manufacturing date (HEX): 170813 Date of last adaptation: 170828 Date of last coding: 000000 Diagnostic mode: 03 Parametrization date: 170825 Long Coding: 0471051811 -------------------- 17. Dashboard Application data identification: -------------------------- VAG Part number: 3V0920941 Software version: 6422 ECU manufacturing date (ASCII): 151119 VIN: TMBKJ7NP9G7041006 Hardware Part number: 3V0920941 System supplier ECU hardware number: A2C945862040000_D2255 System supplier ECU software number: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF System designation: KOMBI Calibration date (ASCII): &) ASAM/ODX: EV_DashBoardVDDMQBAB Hardware version: 213 ASAM/ODX version: 009046 FAZIT Identification: VD1-04819.11.1573958407 Parameter set part number: ----------- Parameter set version: ---- System abbreviation: J285 ECU manufacturing date (HEX): 151119 Date of last adaptation: 260329 Date of last coding: 260902 Diagnostic mode: 03 Parametrization date: 000101 Long Coding: 27A5090A2F90A60001887A011000000000000000

So it would appear that the dealer misinformed lol-lol then. I just accepted that he was right🙄

Hey Alasdair, How you doing? I asked on FB too and read that Gates are good on the belts but outsourced the other parts in recent years and gone downhill. I threw it in Google AI and said the same. INA has been recommended as the top kit you can get

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My Citigo has suffered the not too uncommon issue of the hose supplying water to the rear washer splitting inside the rubber connector between the body and hatch caused, I believe, by opening and closing the hatch putting it under stress. Having got that waffle out the way I was going to just insert a connector but that may well make it less flexible and cause another split so perhaps replace the whole hose. After a bit of dismantling I have found it in the roof lining by the rear hatch where it plugs into a connector. So 2 questions, can I just replace that length of hose (approx 1.5m) and if so is it 5mm internal diameter or second idea, anyone know the part number of that piece of pipe with the connectors so it can be ordered off Skoda? After that I'll bail out the water in the rear hatch!

Have used Gates belts and kits for 40 years plus on loads of different cars etc and never had a problem. Alasdair

Those SMMT figures are highly selective as they reflect figures over the last month, just as loads are preregistered. The actual growth is only 9.8% over same period year to date over last year's, which failed to hit the required targets. Interesting to note that petrol is down 3.5% and diesel registrations are up 4%.

Hi all, In the process of an engine rebuild and looking for some advice on timing belt kits for my 2004 1.9 TDi 110 ASV. I've used a Gates kit before which seemed fine but wondered if anyone has used Febi or Continental? Also read a bit about plastic v metal impellors, people saying the plastic ones can come loose on the shaft. The kits I've mentioned all come with a plastic impellor, replicating OEM. The Gates one I removed was fine after 5+ years. Cheers for any advice. Vijay

Hi, new here. Recently purchased my first Skoda (Karoq SE L) Looking for some tips, tricks and any other useful bits of info. Cheers

Ich habe 2 Stück OEM Skoda Halter für blind Spot daheim. Besorge dir 2 fix fertig codierte und Parametrierte 2Q0 Steuergeräte. Lege dir dafür die 3D Druck Adapter dazu. @Lutz_91 hat die selben. Hab einen funktionierenden vas5054a noch bekommst dazu. Du brauchst dich nur um Kabel Satz und Außenspiegel kümmern. Alles andere per PM I have two OEM Skoda blind spot brackets at home. For Superb 3 Combi. Get yourself two pre-coded and parameterized 2Q0 control units. Also get the 3D-printed adapters. @Lutz_91 has the same ones. I also have a working VAS5054A unit that you'll get with it. You only need to take care of the wiring harness and the side mirrors. Everything else via PM.