KenONeill

I wonder who else actually understood this?

Yes, read the fault codes and find out what the car reports the fault as being, instead of guessing.

I know the generalities for all the main designs, if not the specifics of a Jikov or a Pierburg.

This rings alarm bells for me; specifically that the level sensor may not have been installed by the "upgrader".

And that says a lot about vodka!

Not me for sure (not even an E-series 1750, or a Vanden Plas 1500).

That's putting it a bit strongly, but yes it does think that it knows better than you do.

You did notice that I put "save fuel" in quotes? Exactly because I don't think it saves much, and if you're driving gently, it does risk undercharging the battery enough to start ECUs complaining about low voltage. I have seen a VCDS scan from an earlier car that had a loose alternator control wire.

"Motorsport is dangerous. You enter and attend events at your own risk". It says so on the back of every ticket. Plus there's evidence the stewards of the meeting didn't have during the race, clearly showing Max turning in on Lewis.

Alternator turned off to "save fuel"?

Probably, but it took me about 20s to get a list of garages near you by typing "skoda mechanic Fort William" into a browser window.

Either way, you should be replacing both dampers as a pair, oh and going somewhere actually competent to work on your car.

Wipe the damper, and see if the oil reappears in a month or so. If it does, get a quote from an Indy, then make their receptionist's week, by saying what the main stealer quoted.

That looks more like a fixed interval.

No; that's the initial values for variable; check it in a few weeks and one or both of them will have changed (and not necessarily lower in either case).

Oh oh! DO that and you're liable to ruin the threads. Or did you mean jets, because those numbers look like jet sizes?

Kewel. "swp" is actually a thing too, just not in this context. The only oil additive I've ever used was Molyslip, which increases lubricity rather than viscosity (actually viscosity is the enemy of lubricity, and hence of flow rate). Gallery oil pressure is a bit of a red herring, because bearing oil pressure is measured in hundreds of bar rather than just tens of PSI.

Well yes, in principle, presuming you've misremembered and mean STP oil treatment. I'm not sure I like the use of oil treatments to change the chemistry of the oil.

Other idea - blocked oil pickup, meaning you can get pressure but not flow?

That's different; if I'd known that I'd not even have made the original suggestion.

But it's not actually on the service schedule...

Yes. I started from "what are common links between both dipped headlight filaments?"

Try pressing the "Auto" button first. It may save you a trip, a bill, and a red face.

Yes, until the car falls off the axle stand anyway...

When was the pollen filter last changed?