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Not sure why you have posted a diatribe about EVs on a thread about Scottish EV charging but hey ho. The Lithium for most EVs is sourced from large open cast mines and only a tiny fraction from places like the Congo which use child labour and same for the small amount of rare earth metals which are no longer used by many of the EV manufacturers. Whilst you Yeti scraps through just under pollution levels for NOX and other pollutants it may well not get through when EUR7 is brought in in 2025. Every time you start your diesel engine it chucks several pollutants in to the air CO, HC, NOX, PMs. I have guessed it is a 110 hp 2 litre CR engine. https://car-emissions.com/cars/view/65739 Emissions CO2 emissions 115 g/km Carbon Monoxide 0.152 g/km HC Emissions N/A NOx Emissions 0.053 g/km HC+NOx Emissions 0.069 g/km Particulates Emissions 0.05 g/km People with Asthma and other breathing conditions can be triggered elevated levels of air pollutants. In South Yorkshire traffic is slowed down due to the air pollution. Today the air quality in Huddersfield is not great with the still-ish air and many polluting vehicles running around. https://www.accuweather.com/en/gb/huddersfield/hd1-5/air-quality-index/331297#:~:text=Fair,-36 AQI&text=36 AQI-,The air quality is generally acceptable for most individuals.,symptoms from long-term exposure. Technology moe forward and yes you are right in that a decade or so it was thought CO2 was the big air pollution issue but that has moved on to include NOX, HC, CO and PMs. In most advanced countries governments are heavily subsidising EVs from everybodies taxes to try and reduce air pollution. A figure of 40,000 foreshortened lives in the UK and millions world wide due to air pollution. The UK government subsidising of EV purchases and paying subsidies for home chargers has largely gone but even this "conserving" UK government gives massive tax subsidies for EVs via the salary sacrifice provision effectively giving hundreds of pounds per month to those that obtain EVs via that scheme plus they have now upped the Heat pump subsidy from £5k to £7.5K in England. Even they see the importance of driving down air pollution. Fortunately the take up of EVs is remaining on a good course, despite the Con government back peddling and all the ridiculous anti EV press as UK EV owners can making up their own minds without the crap from The Sun, Express, Mail and Telegraph. You may be disappointed in believing diesel engined vehicle will be allowed on roads for much more than the next decade and they almost certainly will not be an economical choice as electricity for cars continues to be a fraction of the price mile per mile plus servicing and road tax expenditure is also much cheap plus EVs are just more pleasant to drive. Had a SEAT with the 2 litre DSG CR engine and all my petrol hybrids and my EV are much more pleasant to drive. Hope we can convince you to move to EV, or at least petrol hybrid and ditch the dirty diesel and you drive it to Scotland and find some nice cheap places to charge it up.

So, got the insurance sorted for the Fabia, so it's back on the road as of Tuesday. In the meantime, it found itself a friend. Well chuffed with this Vectra, not sure if I'll make a project thread for it yet, as I don't plan on modifying it, just keeping it running and tidy. So aye, I find myself with two lovely runners. The Vectra will be doing most of the summer mileage, and the Fabia will remain as the "everything else" car including LEZ, towing, etc.

You need to start with a decent code read and live data. if the temperature sensor wiring has failed this will prevent the seats turning on. So without being able to confirm the fault you will have 0 chance of finding the fault

Bit of a long shot, but I made a car bed for our Superb Mk3 to turn it into a camper car (or SUV RVing, as the American's would call it). Unfortunately the car got written off and we now have a Kodiaq. So I don't have need for it, and its cluttering up our garage. However I don't really want to bin it, as I was quite proud of the engineering! So, would anyone like (for free) a car bed, and associated foam mattress? You'd need to pick it up from near Gloucester. Its contoured to take up the entire back of the car behind the front seats. It fits me at 6'4". It is split 60/40ish, so that you can either have a full width double bed (at the shoulders), or you can take one side out and have a single with a bike or something else down the side. The mattress is also cut (somewhat badly, tbh) at the same point. Its designed so that you can lift up the boot section and store (quite a lot) of stuff under the bed. Its made of a number of parts (see photos) so that you can easily take it in and out. The whole lot collapses into the boot, so you can put the back seats up... although you have virtually no boot when you collapse it. All the wood is varnished for protection. I also stuck foam onto the sleeping surface so we could use our camping mats on it without risking puncturing them... that was before I decided to make a mattress Works really well, so please save it from the tip! If nothing else, then this is a somewhat belated project write up of a project which I was quite proud of, and I / we have had many a night sleeping in this on the way to places, or when going away for a weekend! Photos: https://www.amazon.co.uk/photos/share/xsC1xcugSmhHLp3o7b7cvItsnDIcjzsQYoR27y6kbFT

We went up to the Smoke today (East Sheen to be precise) to see relatives. Decided to spend a glorious afternoon at Richmond Park on the way back. Saw lots of deer 😎 including this one which was right by my car: Some pillock decided to offer it some grass. Like the grass that was immediately all around it 🙄 I was willing it to kick or skewer him, but sadly it was better behaved than the idiot humans around it. Quite a number enjoying the shade: And I quite liked this later afternoon photo. Mrs Gaz very pleased at her long legs (!), me on my Brommie: Gaz

You just need one for this engine code; it doesn't have to come from a "Bohemia" edition, or even a Skoda as long as you have the Skoda badge from the existing cover.

The profile from op says Ireland... come on. Surely not!!. 😉

Car now sold on another site, but will make an effort to pop on here every once in a while, my new car (not brand new) is 2015 VW Polo GT Bluemotion ACT , one owner, full dealer history, 42300 miles. Not as quick as the fabia by any stretch both quieter and a bit more plush to drive with more toys 👍 😄 yes l m getting old ...

You'll be experiencing the well documented oil consumption issues on the ea888 gen 2. See sticky on 1.8 2.0 tsi engine failures for lots of reading. Unfortunately, your out of the 30day automatic right to return assuming you purchased from a dealer. But if you document the fault and show them what it is likely to be they will eventually be left with little option but to take the car back and refund. As resolving the problem is likely to be uneconomic. Like £3000 plus as a guess.. If there is no visible oil leak and no pooling on undertray, it's almost certain you've been caught by the scraper ring clogging that has afflicted so many.

Yeah I tried the free month first to see if my 'solution' would work, and I was pleasantly surprised. You're right, a lot more traffic data than was ever supplied via TMC, I assume that's down the lack of bandwidth available over radio vs mobile data. I didn't like the mobile tethering option as I think it required me to have my mobile hotspot turned on all the time so that I could step in and out of the car without having to think about it. Otherwise you have to manually turn it on each time. With my CarStick it just sits there and connects within about 30 seconds of turning on the ignition.

Excellent news, yet another bullet dodged!

Now you know. DSG oil up to 35*oC and that will be the correct level and then that can be discounted as causing the problem.

I wish all the software bugs to be fixed!

If its of any use to anyone. Ive fitted the full canton system is a 2018 skoda superb. Required roughly an additional 140 METERS of new wiring in mostly twisted pairs. Heres some photos for all interested.

Hi, I don't understand the policy of this massive dash to EV's. EV's aren't environmentally friendly to the point of exploiting a country out of sight out of mind with children working in appalling conditions whilst destroying huge areas of countryside; EV's burning out electric bikes not only exploding but burning houses down; increasing strain on national grid which is already stressed during a severe winter; millions of hours totally wasted waiting for an EV to be charged often on a very exposed site without even a roof covering. £12.50 per day on top of already sky high energy bills; I could go on and on; it's down to the person spending money as to choice taken; I won't enter into prolonged discussions regarding EV/ICE because now I'm aged 76 I'm hoping apart from accident our Yeti will last us out. Here's our Yeti totally compliant with ULEZ IT'S A 2.0L DIESEL it can be fueled at most street corners in minutes under a roof and will travel 500/600 miles on a single tank full of diesel; after 100 years of infrastructure building everything is already in place to completely look after ICE vehicles from fueling to scrapping so why all this upheaval to go EV especially when the UK is such a small polluter (?) compared to other countries. The UK heavy industry is being phased out being replaced by fast food outlets; sports people are treated like gods. I see EV's as just another money making tax to boost government coffers a great deal more than it makes to the environment. I was born in 1947 during the worst winter on record; coal was king; industry booming coal fires causing fog & smog but in those days we enjoyed proper seasons without worrying about the ice cap melting. Where were the polluting cars then. https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=558044001&sxsrf=AB5stBj6wsE44Ocl6M95WEgZSwWC4vyYYg:1692343088789&q=winter+1947+photos&tbm=isch&source=univ&fir=sQJ-qFjZjHEaAM%252CAM9AULsWLqbULM%252C_%253B_7Y9nKnLV-Q9BM%252C-EP8gzXSDac9tM%252C_%253Bxu70G5tUlAk8qM%252CNlDhsMOSoCW1VM%252C_%253BXIB-ddRlkIRnFM%252CxV_Q2OXMo8dSjM%252C_%253BEdNJKbdzWxm1kM%252CSljOj0dGmWBb8M%252C_%253B6t5XLre_O5Qw2M%252CYDuJOKz8VcYROM%252C_%253BRt5KYNjCTWyYEM%252C5bm6UsHR31ZAbM%252C_%253BJIqiZhUYXi7M2M%252C-HT8uDneuD-ELM%252C_%253Bk5ub4crYGQDaoM%252CcBFzR9c9kJ9F9M%252C_%253BXhKqiInpCOx0nM%252C8erX_yFaGE4eAM%252C_%253Bx4R0oZ-LDfogVM%252CkyTvIrKgJ9XocM%252C_%253BufTBnrAp7MsliM%252CY5zJQHI1DJ_VdM%252C_%253Bw84HZrKWcXwGQM%252CbZQqL1u6U1xOXM%252C_&usg=AI4_-kTuaeh36WR34wf-XSeZq4gBs6nu0g&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjHtJSl1eWAAxXrTEEAHWOcBCEQjJkEegQIIBAC&biw=1920&bih=927&dpr=1 Years ago the government wanted everyone in diesel vehicles now diesel is bad and EV are now good; in another few years I expect another change when another new fuel is being pushed by the government. Just my views and no offense meant to anyone. We love our ULEZ Compliant 2.0L DIESEL Skoda Yeti; I've just done lots of rustproofing because it's a keeper and perfect for our needs; at 7 years old I believe it's actually gong up in value. Kind regards, Colin.

Welcome. This might help if you have done something differently. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/511232-dsg-dq381

Power and willingness restored! In case the link to the picture of the timing marks breaks at some time in the future, here is one I prepared a short time ago. The mark on the sprocket was originally a tiny rectangular dint, roughly the size of the light mark. Notice that it had originally been picked out in BLACK! One could just about see it with a mirror from above if one knew it was there somewhere. The triangle mark on the tool (now blobbed white) was hidden by the removal knob, now removed itself. Once again, many thanks to those who responded.

It's body colour, which in this case is blue.

What year is ghe car. Any chance the Bolero unit has been updated even though you think original. Have you tried a new canbus gateway. Maybe worth a try...

Sorry, yes your right. There was PDI recorded in 2018. Then independents until dealer did inspection service prior to my collection. I’ll be back at dealers this week for 2 minor snags. Software update to head unit, tried it myself and no luck (see other threads…) and wingmirror adjustment knob. When left mirror selected it never responds on first touch , always takes a second attempt. Minor details so if these are my only probs then I’m chuffed. first long drive on Tuesday, Wrexham to Watford which should flush out anything else…

Not heard a thing. I'm 10 weeks into my wait which was estimated at 20 weeks when I placed the order.

Are you sure it’s not where the sun hasn’t faded? if so, I think you’ll struggle to sort out a bit that uv hasn’t faded

As a first start, without going too all out, I'd try an all purpose cleaner first. Obviously, what you don't want, is to go at it with something aggressive and remove that mark only to be left with a replacement mark from some other permanent solvent or cleaner.. You could also try and buff with some vinyl protectant around the area and it should make all the area darker and mark leds noticeable. That's a starting point. I wonder if the suction mount plastic has reacted a bit with that soft dash plastic..

Hi. You've written lots of information about how the process of how oil was changed on your car. Who was it that changed oil? Was this done at a garage? Were you present when the gearbox oil was being changed? My advice would be to take the car to a proper VW dealer or VW specialist and have them change the gearbox oil again a.s.a.p. The longer you run the car the more long-term damage you could be causing if this wasn't done correctly. Even if it were just for piece of mind, I'd have the transmission oil changed again. The other thing that bothers me is you say that after changing the oil, the gearshifts became much smoother. They are not supposed to become much smoother - if they do then that suggests to me there were problems with your gearbox before the oil was changed.

Orders for mk3 Superb closed few weeks ago, ahead of change to mk4 Presumably the factory know how many unbuilt orders there are, and apart from anything else would need the info for when they can shut the production line line and change to other models. You would think they therefore know how many mk3 parts are still needed, when they will arrive, and when they will be producing the remaining cars

That is the DQ200 Mechatronic unit weeping. We did a 2011 Octavia last week where the accumulator did it’s usually part trick but slowly instead of the traditional BANG and slowly lost all its fluid (the mech holds exactly 1 litre) and the car came to a halt.

It could be they are just feeding more data, Inrix via the FM broadcast is showing more data than Traffic Master ever did. As I mentioned before I reckon there is a market in travel data these days so it's bought and sold between providers.

Yes. I should try this method

Yes that earth post is painted, but, I've found that as you tend to use a clip that has sharp teeth on it, clamping that to that earth post and maybe moving it around a bit, will provide a good enough connection to let you change the battery, other than that, fix the -VE clamp of the charger to the metalwork of the engine. Edit:- I bought a used Audi earth post a few years ago, as they are plated and so don't end up getting painted, but I think that I'll need to drill out the thread in it and increase the thread size before it can get fitted to my wife's Polo - as it looks like the earth post in your picture is fixing to a bigger size of stud. Just another job in progress!!

Climatic wont have it, only climatronic

There are no Skoda Approved extensive checks. EDIT. Nice they have this published now. Factory Reset is nice. There are the Finance, and accidents if someone actually had Insurance claims on a damage. Even Dealers might have a car crash and repair with no insurance claim. There is a 'Workshop inspection', but a car might come from another dealer or auction and show as a Used car MPC (Multi point check) as done and never go on a ramp where it is being sold from. So the Websites are interesting, all the assurances, a Premium Paid for a Skoda, VW. SEAT., Audi Approved used car and crap is sold. Various threads on this forum exactly to that affect. Kerb Side Auto paint touch-ups that wash off with a power wash, or just a 2 bucket and sponges wash. SKO-UsedCars-Multipoint-May2022.pdf

It is probably nothing to do with the oil change and a coincidence, more likely to be a resonant vibration from the engine cover, exhaust heat shields or maybe something disturbed during the oil change, engine RPMs idling in D will be lower than idling in N, the slight increase in RPM is enough to stop the resonant vibration. You could well be overthinking this and searching for demons that are not there.

Be careful with these from aliexpress, people have had issues of them killing the linbus network they are on. Use this website instead - it may take a week or two to arrive, but its a hell of a lot cheaper. https://www.lllparts.co.uk/product/5Q0907643F/5q0907643f-genuine-vag

According to watching YouTube video, you’ve got to pump in 6.5 litres of oil then run engine and operate gearbox through gears and then get gearbox to 35°C and then allow the excess oil to drain out of the gearbox. There is a plastic tube in the filler/ drain that allows the correct level, and when the oil stops coming out, drain plug is replaced.

Glad to hear that we had the the first success on this! I am also investigating the sub mod for the iV guys and also the Drop-In speaker to the original Canton Box. From what I have found so far it seems that we have a chance with the Sonavox box from Superb FL 3V0035412. I have listened to the sonavox (Canton) on Superb and it also sounds right and tight but the positioning of the box is in the far rear corner of the boot. For the iV members this just might be it. Looking forward to other happy members that got rid of the crappy Canton sub

Why would they replace the battery terminal screws? Where are the old ones? Anyone else get the feeling they have either reverse charged the old battery or fitted the new battery back to front and caused a fair bit of damage.

It’s in @MartiniB compilation list here.

I prefer a broom head, which doesn't trap grit.

Nothing. You have a warranty just now and when you need to extend make sure the DSG is covered if there is such available. Ps. Twin dry clutch. But there are 2 oils, in the box and in the MCU. Different from Wet twin clutch that there is only the one oil. Leave well alone. Do not take advice to have the oil changed.

Had a great and expensive rapid charging today. Typical splash & dash for me, because I just need a few % to make sure no squeaky bum time. Although cost wasn't much of an issue, just a few kWh's. But I would still want somewhere to have a whinge: This rapid charging is almost 10 times more expensive than home charging. 🤣 In fact, without Octopus' 8% discount, it is more than 10 times more expensive! 79p vs 7.5p. Real world range and costs: (9 years old Nissan Leaf 24 kWh, 22 kWh usable when new, 79% battery health, car worth about £4500) 55.8 mi today (15-20c ideal for EV), mostly motorway (worst for range in this car), 100% to 20% with 15% top up (questionable necessity). <£1.50 for <20 kWh of home charging and £2.41 public charging. 8 bays, all 320 kW capable on CCS. Accepts contactless or roaming network such as Electroverse. Super easy to get going. A restaurant and many shops nearby. Perfect. Best thing about these Kempower stations is the QR code that lets you track charging without relying on car app or charger operator app. If you scan it, you can see charging info and press on the battery shows charging speed graph. Great for informing how car battery behave for those who are unfamiliar. The cost shown with QR code isn't what I paid, Octopus Electroverse had 8% discount for their customers. Thankfully! Long version: From home to my trusty garage quite far away: 21 miles, 60% left. Washed, new all-season tyres, MOT passed with flying colours. Garage to my parents house to drop off something: 19 miles, 35% left. 1 mile down the road to charge: 6min charging, back up to 50%. consumed 3.32 kWh at 73p/kWh, paid £2.41. 😭 Drive home: 17 miles, 20% left. We typically recharge when it reaches 40%, rarely run down below 20%. Wife was nerves so I had to do a splash & dash. 3.32 kWh for 15% equates to 22 kWh battery. There's no way the battery can hold 22 kWh today. I suspect I'm also paying for the AC-DC charger loss.

This is why I stick around this forum despite not having owned a Skoda for nearly 3 years!

The alternator ramps up whenever I take my foot off the accelerator - pressing the brake pedal is not necessary. I have a voltmeter plugged into the cigarette lighter socket and can clearly see the effect. I use engine braking as much as possible, but the little 1.2 gives a lot less braking than the 1.6 in my 20 year old Focus. The Octavia's battery still seems to be fine after 8 years.

The Canbus Gateway module communicates with all the nodes and other control modules, if you have physically removed the radio you must delete it from the installation list in the Canbus Gateway module.

The Yokohama Geolandar G015 is the one that I would choose if I needed a mud capable tyre for road use. From one review, it appears to be one of the most comfortable All-Terrain tyres on the market, has good wet grip, and isn't too noisy. However, I don't need wet mud capability, so would choose a better road tyre such as the Vredestein Quatrac 6. That's the problem with tyres. When they are better in one area they tend to lose out in others areas. So whatever you choose, it's always a compromise. Vredestein Quatrac 6 215/65R16 98H (Euro label C B 71dB) https://www.camskill.co.uk/m139b0s8008p202133/Vredestein_Tyres_All_Season_Car_Vredestein_Quatrac_6_215_65_R16_98H_TL_Fuel_Eff_%3A_C_Wet_Grip%3A_B_NoiseClass%3A_B_Noise%3A_71dB

There's an option in radio settings that changes the function of the arrow buttons. I think it also applies to the steering wheel buttons. Arrow buttons: - Setting the function of the function surfaces ■ Presets- Switch between stations stored under the preset buttons ■ Stations - Switch between all available stations of the selected broadcasting range

If they changed the door control module or adjusted any coding in convenience then maybe re-coding required. The loss of puddle lights or card lights, could simply just of been a case of a missed connector left unplugged on re-assembly! But anyway, we digress, back to the OP'S issue of locking / unlocking - no coding is required to my knowledge. It wasn't required when I replaced a lock in the MQB / mk3 platform either.

625mm appears to be the maximum length, measured as shown in the diagram below, whereas 400mm or 415mm appears to be the minimum length. KYB 3448024 rear shock absorber KYB 3448023 or 3448024 rear shock absorber

https://mib-helper.com/

151k on my Fabia 1.2TDI Greenline estate now and still going strong. Main thing now is exhaust at car is one of the first on an 10plate and deteriorated a lot. Bar that nothing out of ordinary wear & tear items.

Thanks for the info.m indeed i am looking. Recently i learned that the BCM could be responsible for sending the SET signal. And the bcm of my yeti was replaced with an unsuitable one and also its faulty, now i am having a problem locating the original BCM number. Tried to contact Czech Skoda and got no reply. :/.. still looking for an answer.