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Just a comment from personal experience:- I contacted my local Fuchs oil sales rep as I had considered buying a "suitable/correct" oil for my cars, but from a aftermarket brand that were known to use Fuchs as their source, the question I (naively) asked was "is ***'s product ABC the as your Fuchs XYZ ?" and the answer that I got was that the additive package that they use in customer's oils is closely matched to the area of the market that they are selling into - ie price dependant. So I think that that answered my question/suspicions concerning aftermarket brands when comparing them to main stream oil brands.

Thanks for the suggestion Travs. The reason that I've posted on Briskoda with a hiatus over the colder time is to do with my health. It has been playing up irrespective of hot or cold weather. Regards R

It's in the configureator as well it seems....

I do have another angle that I'd like to give on this (and it comes from personal experience). If a car thief is determined enough to want your car, then the best way to secure your car is to secure your house. Put all the kill switches, immobilser devices, faraday boxes/pouches you like, if they are determined enough to want the car they'll try and get in for the key, and beat any immobilser code out of you. Before the vRS I had a Cupra Atec VZ1. After about a month with it two masked guys tried to break into the house for the keys. We have anti-snap locks fitted to our house and they gave up as soon as they realised they couldn't snap the cylinders off. About 20 minutes later a Golf R Estate was stolen from only a few hundred metres away from a house without anti-snap locks. They were in and out within seconds. If you have a vehicle with KESSY like we do, the best security for your car is security for your house.

Cheers for the reply, Kenny. I did some digging and looked at the owners manual and I think I found the answer since posting.... This is from the 2026/3 manual - it's also in the 2026/8 manual. I'm guessing the 'Tilt adjustment' option adjusts the seat base angle?

In Romania, for the Superb Sedan\Liftback, you can choose the rear wiper for an extra cost, so it's not included by default.

Don’t think I’ve ever seen electric seat option on the Kamiq.

I bought the additive https://www.mannol.de/products/additives/ester-additives/mannol-benzin-ester-additive and I add it as it says 0.1% to 95 gasoline, it's a very weak mixture, I wonder if it has any effect in such a small percentage. I was thinking of increasing it to at least 0.2%, shouldn't it be a problem?

Many thanks for your reply. I have ordered a pair of the compatible Bosch ones from Amazon. I’ll keep them in reserve and see how the OEM ones perform to start with. I don’t think my new model actually has a rear wiper at all, from what I can see of the spec, which is a shame, as it helps visibility in very wet motorway driving. On the plus side, it does tend to give the dog a bit of a jump scare if travelling in the boot on the old one, as it makes a racket when it first wipes the rear screen🫣.

What's your oil temperature getting to at say 220-230km/h after 3-5 minutes of driving now that the shutters are removed? My numbers (Mk3 Octavia CUNA TDI 184bhp) are about 107degC - 109degC at 200km/h, about 115degC - 117degC at 215km/h in ca 20degC environment, and I got to 125deg C on one occasion driving at 230km/h before I started watching oil temperature... I try not to exceed 115degC, even though the engine can take more, the oil pump is belt driven ( and the belt is in the hot oil).

Well that was quick and painless, thankfully! 👍 It turned out that, when the Turbo Actuator arm was replaced a couple of years ago (before I got the car) the housing hadn't been put back quite right, so it was rubbing on the arm and it had caused enough friction to register as a fault. A couple of minutes with a screwdriver and pliers and it was moving freely again Whilst having my own OBD reader might have told me the problem, I wouldn't have known where to look, so that's £60 well spent.

I've used a Carista reader for years, its been pretty good and definitely saved a few £££. I pay for the subscription version and would say I get good value out of it each year and will continue with it.

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Hello I have a Fabia 4 with MIB 3, OE 3V0.035.816.L, but with the old SW 0306. Carplay, or rather the phone, is often disconnected. A known thing on old SW. I would like to put the latest possible SW there. I would probably flash it via ODIS rather than via USB. Has anyone encountered a situation where the flash did not go through and the unit was gone? Is there then any possibility of restoring the unit, for example on the table? It's my car and the system is not exactly cheap. Thanks!

I dont know. I didnt removed the actuator

What type of actuator operates the shutters?

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Unfortunately not, but you can search allegro

Aaaaand Im late :D One lucky guy got it before me :D U don't have these units to sell? Soon I'm able to DM hopefully.

looks like a standard EFB rather an EFB+ EFB+ models generally provide higher amp-hour capacity and slightly stronger cold-cranking amps (CCA) than baseline EFB tiers from the same brand family.

Thanks for the comments, sorry for the delay in replying but we have been away for a few days. We decided to take the Fabia as it doesn't get alot of use and longer runs - I really enjoyed driving the car which as you say is my wifes. Bit disappointed that it didn’t come with an umbrella given that it was quite expensive with all the extras. I should have checked when we first got the car but hey-ho!

Possibly a blockage in one of the smaller pipes. Sadly if a couple of longer runs don’t resolve it you may need someone who is an expert in DPF’s most garages and dealerships don’t really have a clue Take a look here, he is good https://youtube.com/@orileysautos?si=yawAXYQ-RRBloGeD Don;t get the idea a quick delete will resolve it. Most likely it won’t

I started digging deeper into the issue and noticed that the measured soot mass is increasing twice as fast as the calculated soot mass. That’s where the problem lies: either one of the sensors is malfunctioning, or they need calibration.

It's probably a taxi. My 2020 1.5 TSI petrol does 30k a year.