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Welcome. In what respects? Performance, handling, or something else? There's been a lot done to the MkIIs. TFSi are pretty tuneable. Golf upgrades etc. Lots of topics and threads so good luck with it 👍

Hi all after 20 years of driving ford cars I’ve just picked up my first Skoda in a mk 2 2011 octavia vrs tfsi. Naturally I am looking for help in upgrades on this beast 😎

I would definitely test your battery, just cos it should be ok doesn't necessarily mean it will be

You can add those manually. If you find an image of what you want and put onto a stick plugged into the usb port or onto an sd card if you have a slot

Yeah, I got the 334 update on Saturday. Seemed to go on OK, then did a large supplementary update that also reinstalled the shop to the main menu (it had disappeared a week ago from mine). Hoping this will see the end of the daily updates and hopefully sort out the issues with CarPlay being super slow to respond to screen presses etc. Just need them now to add icons for all the radio stations that still aren’t in the logo pack and we will be laughing.

Hi im new here I have a skoda superb 2012 elegance and the radio unit a columbus unit works perfectly when it turns on but has an intermittent failure where it fails to turn on when the car has been turned on not a boot loop or anything it just doesnt turn on black screen no lights nothing is there anything I can do to save it as I dont want to scrap it as it is brilliant and works perfectly when it does turn on

This video shows it all.

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