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Pity that my post about stop start replied to by many people in a very positive informative fashion has been hijacked by personal comments about someone’s driving skills It’s not what I expected on this forum,but sadly some people just can’t help themselves it seems☹️ Thanks again for all the very helpful responses and maybe it’s time this thread was left

Jeez - that was well and truly knackered! Looks more like a potential bearing material defect TBH than anything else?

It seems that the grid operator in Spain warned some months ago that with 70% of their power coming from renewables, especially solar, the network lacked the inertia inherent in mechanical generators to cope with sudden changes in demand - so it seems they were warning that such a grid collapse could happen.

Why do Spain waste their time with experts @Graham Butcher when you can tell them what went wrong?

It is true, renewable have been in use for some time but the problem was the point that nobody seems willing to acknowledge, wind and solar was the root cause. Solar generates DC and wind has frequency problems as it depends on the wind speed. Solar has to be converted to AC and both sources have to be synchronised to be grid frequency. The demand on the grid was such that the renewable could not be synchronised quickly enough and the grid started to shut down and affected the largest users the most. Hence no trains were running, those paying close attention to the video would have noticed that local ATMs etc were still powered in some shots but were displaying error messages because they were unable to access the huge data centres which are massive power users. That means that they, like shops etc were unable to process online payments, hence some places were only taking cash. Clearly those displays were operating on local renewable, possibly solar. This should be a warning to everyone that these renewables are not to be considered as suitable additions to or replacements to the normal means of generation, other than on a very localised area as things depend on the mains frequency being maintained otherwise things will and indeed get nasty.

XK120 up at Beachy Head this morning: Quite the stunner! 😎 Gaz

The readings will be originating from the sensors and being seen(and responded to) by the ECU. At the very least it would be reasonable to assume that the issue of the cooling fan constantly running is caused by these completely impossible readings.

Amen to that! https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/29/phasing-out-fossil-fuels-doomed-to-fail-tony-blair-climate

Good Morning from Dundee in Scotland. Took delivery of my first Skoda yesterday, a 2021 Karoq 1.5 SE L. Looking forward to getting to know the car. First impressions are positive

Definitely looks like he's just heard the starter say 'on your marks....'

Spotted our first ducklings of the year this evening and what we think is a Runner Duck?

Hi nta16 Visited Skoda again to fit summer tyres. While it was on the ramp, I took a look underneath and couldn't see why it couldn't be fitted back into place. The missing piece definitely offered some protection both to the front spring and the tyre. They wouldn't do it though as I was only booked in for tyres. Went to a small local garage today and they fitted it back on in minutes, using a steel washer. No parts, no hassle, no charge. Unfortunately, the customer service in my local dealership is not what it was. Thanks for your help and to everyone who contributed. Jem

Hey guys, Just wanted to share some of my positive experience with the 6 speed DSG DQ250. I wasn’t happy with the DSG behavior on my Octy because it was jerky between 2nd and 3rd and vise versa. And also between 1st and 2nd with light throttle. So I decided to check the DSG oil by adding 1liter and also check for leaks from the DSG filter seal due to some oil on the transmission which I’ve noticed while changing the engine oil few months ago. The filter cap seal wasn’t leaking, but I was there already and added a liter oil, so changed seal and the filter as well. After the excess oil was drained when the fluid reached 35 degrees, I decided to do some DSG Adaptation a bit different from the one described in Ross-Tech site. I saw it in YT for Golf 7 R.. 1/ Auto Trans > Basic Settings - Reset All Adaptation Values - Basic settings for transmission - Calibration of Synchro-points - Start double-clutch fast adaptation 2/ Then I drove the car in tiptronic(manual) mode on odd and then even gears by pressing the gear selector twice quickly: 1 - 3 - 5 - 6 - 4 - 2 - 1. Did this few times. 3/ After this procedure, I switched to auto mode(D) and now the transmission is so much better - not jerky at all, upshifting and downshifting much better. Some people report that after some time their gearbox returns back its bad behavior and they have to re-adapt the gearbox. I don’t know how long it will remain like that, but I don’t mind doing the adaptation every 3-4 months - it takes 5 mins..

From my apprenticeship days, carburising is the process of stoving steel in a carbon-rich medium, in the first stage of case hardening. The metal then being hardened in the 2nd stage by heating and quenching.

So good to hear there are still some decent people in the motor trade. Dealerships won't do anything that's not booked or not "to book" (well when it suits them to stick to the book). Personally I think it's very shorted sighted of them but they understand very little about customer service or business other than grabbing as much as they can as soon as they can. I hope you was just just changing back to "summer" tyres (or as we used to call them "tyres") and not buying new tyres from a Dealership as most good tyre places usually offer better value. We don't need winter tyres where I am so I'd have thought it's a little later than I'd expect to be just taking winter tyres off, but depends where you are of course. At change to and from winter tyres is about a good time to do preventative recharges of the car battery. Many don't realise batteries don't like it too hot as well as too cold and there can be lots of battery use in warm weather with more use of air-con. I'm glad you finally got sorted and at so little trouble or cost in the end, and thanks for reporting back.

We're you referring to my comment about reading the road? If so I stand by it - as I think it's unusual to have to stop for a second or less and then move off again, as was noted in the post I responded to, and such situations can generally be avoided by thinking ahead and anticipation.

I know what you mean and I'm not trying to criticise but in those situations I'd normally be anticipating things such that I don't necessarily have t come to a stop for a second at all, eg by slowing down a bit earlier and keeping rolling. However I accept there will always be situations where that's not possible of course.

It's the default setting. There was a discussion about it in the Octavia section, and there is a guide on peoples impressions of setting up the best sound. It might be good to try a few different settings and see if you can get it improved. As for the sub, they're pretty week... I set the sound to the front speakers on the Octavia with an EQ of; 6+ Bass 0 middle +2 Treble +7 Subwoofer Canton Surround off. Here's the guide in the Ocbtavia/Superb sections Of course, this is all subjective. So play around with the settings, and you might be able to pin down the vibration somewhere. Also, aclot depends on your source of music. I always prefer .Flac files and bring hardwired for the best sound in the car.

Thanks for the updates - glad to hear it's all sorted 👍 Gaz

Received mine today, ordered 21 January. Looking forward to getting to know EV driving. 85 Edition with Plus Pack in Timiano Green. Very happy to have it finally sitting on the drive!

Finally got ours delivered today. Ordered from Tusker, due end of March then moved to end of April...delivered 30th April.

Teach your great grandfather!

Getting older does not make anything easier and I have found myself putting off running due to current high daytime temps/working/health/any excuse really, and then dreading the likely deterioration and pain of resumption after an extended break. I've also been slack regarding my diet and increased my mealtime wine consumption, so I should not be surprised (but I was) that a couple of recent impromptu blood pressure tests have indicated it has risen above ideal levels. Not dangerous but not a trend I want to worsen. I was obviously too complacent that my regular casual and mostly physical taxing work, plus walking two dogs we are looking after twice a day, would be enough to maintain my fitness. So, I have resumed running, just 4 km to start with and by gosh is it slow and has it hurt! However, I can take some solace from the fact that when I started running, about 35 years ago, and did 2km for a short triathlon that I remember it hurt a lot more. It will be interesting to monitor my blood pressure if I manage to maintain about 3 runs a week.

Very late to the game but finally got around to fitting a USB socket to my Superb. Got the part off a well known Chinese supplier for just over $8. It came with a loom that plugs into the existing front 12v lighter socket (at the rear of it) the existing loom then plugs into the new loom to maintain the 12v socket and a USB port just slots into one of the blank spaces. Works great and took minutes to fit by removing the side carpet panels.

One last thought, look in messages to make sure there is not a pending update "stuck" there. some territories do OTA updates for a lot of stuff, even major software updates. If it's not that then all you can do is take it to the dealer and ask for a full re-install of the software. Or a new infotainment unit.

It seems then that the Grid Operators are accepting that they run a system not fit for purpose and that they knew for a long time needed upgrading. The Renewables have been getting built and providing the electricity for many years.

It's Nissens, https://nissens.com/radiator a company that bought the AVA (all or a part of it) https://ava-cooling.com/ i didn't want to buy a VIKA.

You have a power consumer which keeps drawing current from the battery, so you need to diagnose it (by measuring the battery current) and pull fuses until you find the circuit that causes the problem. This should be no rocket science for a decent auto electrician.

Well, the gearbox is repaired and the car is back at converting gasoline to happiness. 🤩 Except the bearing, nothing else was damaged, but several other items were replaced, the list is as follows: Clutch pack cover/gasket Pump gasket Gearbox casing gasket Cover gasket Inner filter Outer filter Output bearing of the main pyramid In retrospect, there might have been very subtle sounds that signaled to something going wrong, but i would have never guessed its the gearbox problem. Another interesting fact, the bearing is made by SKF in Brazil. Anyway, here are some more pictures.

Sir Tony Blair required his THINK TANK the Tony Blair Institute to come up with a report that he could write the forward for. They might be right. (Well left wing.) Maybe they could think about Sir Tony Blair and his support of Israel and its affect on the people they kill and maim. Sir Tony B liar is as relevant to Net Zero or other world affairs as Gordon Brown or even Sir Keir Starmer.

Thanks, but I need the DCC arteon version, preferably the R-line version. Does anyone have one to share? The mibsolutions website is not working. here you have the arteon DCC AH version. 14_OE_5Q0907376C-Arteon.xml

The battery was fully charged when I went through the process, the slightly lower battery voltage is at the end of the session, same error codes with fully charged battery. There is no coding for the fuel pump module, its plug and play. The temperature readings are what VCDS is telling me, clearly they are wrong but I don’t know why they are so far off normal, maybe it’s because the fans are unplugged, because they run all the time which itself may be why the fans run all the time. I don’t know where the readings are coming from?

Haha okay thank you.. same as mine.. they messed up at the production ;-)

Funnily enough, I was mooching about under my car yesterday (I want to claim I was rust-proofing the rear subframe, but I'm not convinced it'll be particularly effective), nevertheless, I discovered a gap between the plastic rear valance/splitter/whatever and the car's bodywork, and looked up between the gap to see body-colour sheet metal (some part of the boot I assume) with a lot of surface rust on it. I'll try and get a pic of it, but I was actually quite surprised at how much there was. Beyond that, I'll have to get some sort of waxy spray to inhibit further rusting. Incidentally, if you don't like rust on your car, it's always worth having a look underneath. When my car was on ramps getting the gearbox serviced, I noticed what I felt was a little too much rust on the rear subframe and suspension arm for my liking, and I decided that, when I could be bothered and the weather was nice enough, I'd do something about it. Here are before and after pics of my faffing around "rustproofing" some of the underside of my car yesterday, on what was a perfect day for faffing around on a car.

I'm keeping it in that box with all the other things i've only needed once in the past 5 years. You know the one. If i throw it, no doubt i'll need it again within the week

Are you making lassos with the remaining wire? 😁

When you turn half of a century some stuff starts to look fuzzy ... promise no more OT 😁

Yes, turning the steering wheel will restart the engine, presumably in anticipation of a manoeuvre.

Just because it kicks off even if I stay still for one second or less, even sometimes while the car is not fully stopped, and it is annoying to me.

I wouldn't worry about deciding whether or not to use stop/start from a technical point of view, the car is designed for it and it works perfectly well. It will be like most of the other inbuilt features in the car, you'll eventually develop personal preferences for your settings which may be different to what others do. I've had my Mk4 for almost 2.5 years and after trialing various settings, turning systems on/off etc, I now leave all the default features active. It's a very competent car and find it entirely comfortable to live with.

And what if you remove all the power adaptors from cigarette lighter and dahscam?

Happy to update that about 6 months later i still have the repaired subwoofer in the boot working just fine. Don't want to jinx it now but it might have worked!

Supposedly accurate to 1% or about 1 mph which considering the Earth is not a sphere but satsuma shaped, polar radius 13 miles less than the equatorial radius. 3900 miles compared to 3913 miles i recall from Albedo 0.39 by Vangelis. Some facts have been refined shall we say.... https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/earthfact.html Maximum distance from the sun: 94 million 537 thousand miles Minimum distance from the sun: 91 million 377 thousand miles Mean distance from the sun: 92 million 957 thousand and 200 miles Mean Orbital velocity: 66000 miles per hour Orbital eccentricity: 0.017 Obliquity of the ecliptic: 23 degrees 27 minutes 8.26 seconds Length of the tropical year: equinox to equinox 365.24 days Length of the sidereal year: fixed star to fixed star 365.26 days Length of the mean solar day: 24 hours and 3 minutes and 56.5555 seconds at mean solar time Length of the mean sidereal day: 23 hours and 56 minutes and 4.091 seconds at mean sidereal time Mass: 6600 milion milion milion tons Equatorial diameter: 7927 miles Polar diameter: 7900 miles Oblateness: one 298th Density: 5.41 Mean surface gravitational acceleration of the rotating earth: 32.174 feet per second per second Escape velocity: 7 miles per second Albedo: 0.39

here what i find about skoda mk4 modifications via obdeleven one is my list of found modifications other is modifications for golf 8 that are part of them compatible with skoda obd skoda.docx Codierliste Golf 8 EN.pdf

6-figure milestone unlocked today!!

All good now. Diesel drained out of our petrol karoq. Was told it might take 1.5 hours for the Drain Fuel company to get here but came within 20 mins. Took 30mins to drain, he said filled up petrol worth £10.00. We went to the nearest petrol station and filled it up. THANK YOU EVERYONE.

The 'experts' were predicting a different scenario 50 years ago.

See my earlier post - certainly at St Ives beach there is little/no evidence of sea level rising in over 150 years.

Apologies. Seems ive updated both flash versions in odx and xml. The 3rd one is dataset but for B version. Ive attached C version Arteon dataset as you need. 14-Arteon DCC 5q0907376C.xml Edit: Ive also attached a passat dataset 14_5Q0907376C_passat_.xml

Go into the MIB system - CAR -> Settings -> Doors and Locking -> change from Single Door [Driver] to All Doors.