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Ordered: Elroq 85 Sportline Maxx Pack Winter Pack Transport Pack Driver Pack (ACC) Race Blue Expected: Early Dec 2026

Been on quite a few RFA boats and they were trained with us doing tge standard merchant navy engineering and navigation 4 year training. Fuel transfer seemed to be mainly kerosene ie Av Gas for the gas turbines Royal Navy ships and they can go thru their safe level of fuel in a few days where the diesel vessels can usually go several weeks on their onboard fuel such is their efficiency of fuel use.

The car was brand new in May so I would like to think that the battery health is excellent. I haven't checked it. In terms of the front assist sensor, no chance of being frozen since the errors are happening in June - Aug. Also the car is cleaned regularly. The error comes on whilst driving then goes off a few mins later but no debris on the road or thrown up in front of me. Car remains at a steady speed while the front assist error is displayed so if something has blown onto the sensor it shouldn't then blow off.

Well, I'm only 30 miles away from their distribution depot and one of their warehouses in Tilbury, and increasingly my stuff arrives via diesel-powered Mercedes vans.

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Yes, it did come from a pretty good and reliable source. When I have a bit more time on my hands, I'll see if I can find it again. Regarding range, with a diesel-powered ship, there are ways to refuel them while at sea. The navy do it all the time at certain locations where their ships cannot afford to be off station for any time in order to protect other shipping in some of the world's hot spots. Not just refuel, but restock the ships' larders with food and drink and other essential items. Somehow, I really doubt that it would be possible to effectively recharge an electric ship in the same manner as they would to be connected for such a long period while generators supply energy that it would be far too dangerous to do.

Actually, I should have asked, how is your 12v battery health? A plethora of faults can quite often be caused by an under performing 12v battery

This thread and you can paste your unit into this box and it will tell you about unit: https://mib-helper.com/

Ever seen a Tesla Roadster? Well, there is one here that is in quite a bad way, but it seems is in safe hands if he can get the parts. Tesla has none, apparently. This should be a good one to follow progress on.

Also i found that the oil temp readings on the maxidot display are exactly the same that obd11 shows, of course the maxidot only shows oil temps starting at 50Celsius. The coolant temp needle isnt as accurate as obd11 shows, i think in most cars the needle works that way that the real temp could be between 80-95 and the needle stays at 12'o clock

You could run the webasto pump via obd11 for some time with the coolant bottle cap off and see if the coolant level goes down or air bubbles come out the bottle. Also if you havent used the webasto after you changed the pump run the webasto heater for one time

I think that number 15 is the dsg thermostat

Probably just his metal pipe that runs across the back of the engine, or one of the connections where rubber hoses join onto it? Can't view your video unfortunately. Seems like wishful thinking that you'll get far without removing intake manifold. That's probably not too difficult, especially if you can get some light behind there and have a 'mirror on a stick'.

Have not seen any recent updates date with Anazon but mulyblad works for one of the other big parcel operators. They are developing optimal tactics and they face similar issues with thd more remote areas and electric vehicles. In urban areas the EVs are clear winners increasingly on cost with diesel prices going thru the roof. The tri county area here, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire have some remote places to deliver too. Not so bad in summer but the challenge comes more so in winter time. With ranges on the EVs lower the ICE vehicles have advantage with all the waste heat they produce where EVs ecen with heat pumps have significant range reduction and running costs narrow but eith vastly elevated diesel cost the numbers need to be re run. My lads company will open up intermediate depots during the winter months. The reason I suspect are several and the busier times with Nov, Dec, Jan sales as well as travelling issues are all factors. But as above each year the EV vans are getting 10 to 20% better range but also cheaper whereas ICE vehicles seem to have pretty much flattened in their performance though i am trying to read up on the next generation of hybrids but the jury seems to be out on just how good they are compared to full BEVs.

Is that what a reliable source is saying about the ferries range? Like most electric vehicles its performance could be much less in the winter than summer unless they have a batteries condition routine in the winter time to get the batterues in tge optimum temperature like we do with our EV cars that have battery preconditioning. Oil driven ships gave RAS, replacement at sea, military vessel ms oftvhave woeful ranges compared to merchant vessels. Good thing about Electric vehicles in the battery tech, energy density ans lower costs are heading up for density and down for costs by about 10 to 20% per year so any shortage in performance in the battery pack could be addressed quite quickly. It is not like marjne diesel engines which are generally in for the life of the vessel and scrapped with the vessel.

Thanks, I onle see one thermostat here. I guess the other thermostat would show up in the DSG schematic

Thanks, these are great suggestions! Now that you mention it, I have removed the webasto (or aux. heating) waterpump and never bled the coolant system after that. Maybe that could be the issue instead of an open thermostat? I also own an OBD11 but I've never looked at the readings for the coolant or oil temp, will try that. I might also try and bleed the system, see if that helps. If I decide to change the thermostat I'm gonna let a mechanic do it. I've spent the entire summer working on my cars this summer in my driveway, and draining coolant is so messy lol. But I'm glad you managed to do it yourself!

Here is the coolant circuit of 2.0 Tdi

Hi. I had the same symptoms in my 2015 2.0 Vrs Tdi manual gearbox, last year with about 225kkm back then. The car took really long to reach operating temp and i logged my car with obd11 while driving, my coolant temp never got over 82Celsius even in summer so my thermostat had stuck open. I changed by myself a new OE Gates thermostat and also emptied the whole coolant system of the original G13 coolant and changed it to the new G12 Evo variant. The filling of the new coolant and getting air out of the system was pretty fiddly because you have to use something like Vagcom or obd11 to run all the electric waterpumps in the system, my car has four pumps: the main water pump driven by the cambelt, it has an electrially operated "sleeve", an auxiliary heating pump, charge air cooler pump and my car has factory webasto, it has also its own. There is also a procedure in vagcom and obd11 where the car runs the air purging process in the main coolant circuit and the secondary ones. You really need to do these so no air is left in the system. I would say almost certain that in a manual car there is only one thermostat in the engine. Also you could check that after a hard motorway drive your upper radiator hose should feel hot, dont burn your hand and if your fan is on watch for your fingers. Also you could check if your coolant temp sensor is giving logical readings if you have access to an obd tester.

Sorry if it’s the wrong thread, I searched maps & got this, can you give me the link to the one for mib3 & what size do do I set the allocation to when formatting & is it ex fat ? ☺️

Usb C is the secret. If its got one of those its a mib3. You come across people who don't have navigation but that not in the UK. Cut down infotainment unit. Best of luck. It can take a time to do it. I could go on, but its the wrong thread. 🫢

I've not had the AC checked for leaks, but it works fine. I have changed the pollen filter. I have not noticed any drips under the car for a while, which makes me think that a blocked drain is likely. Where is the drain hose from the AC?

Thanks,I’ve just finished downloading from the update portal, this is how I used to do it with a previous Octavia, been away from ŠKODA for a while & just bought a Karoq 1.5 tsi sportline, Dsg, the head unit has the knobs on it even though I’m assured it’s a Columbus & got the usb c ports in the cubby in front of the gear lever, I keep getting pop ups asking to update the software, so the sim must still be working

You do use that usb indeed. There is a pdf of how to do it. Attached is the VW... same as the Skoda. You have jumped threads thou this is mib2 high but you are asking instructions on mib3. I have answered that here but on the wrong thread mind you. Assume you don't have the connected service contract hence you are taking the file update approach. Discover_Media_Gen.3_November_2020_EN.pdf

Test drove a Karoq & later bought a Karoq sportline from them, salesman David Johnson very helpful & no pressure to buy