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The marking with Mit Silika is on the upper 1/2 and would be visible so if it’s not there you’re ok. As mentioned above it’s only mk3 onwards it seems. I had concerns too!

Is there a max size for sd card? I’ve 128gb one brand new out the box, copied unzipped files on to it and put it in the slot and get “sd card Error. Check sd card”. Genuine Kingston card so not cheapy one either. On my laptop the folders and files look fine. I've tried it formatted as FAT32 and NTFS (took forever to do!) but get the same error...

Ah, I was in one or two nav update threads in different tabs in Chrome, looking for info, and have replied in the wrong one! Will post it in the right one later!! thank you for point it out 😅

that instruction seems to be for "This Update is intended only to be used with the PIDs (Portable System - Garmin unit)" and does not cover Columbus units - the last maps to update on Columbus is around 32Gb so a 4Gb card isn't going to cut it! Think we are talking at cross purposes here, its the actual maps I'm looking to update

Is there a max size for sd card? I’ve 128gb one brand new out the box, copied unzipped files on to it and put it in the slot and get “sd card Error. Check sd card”. Genuine Kingston card so not cheapy one either. On my laptop the folders and files look fine

I use Optimate charges on my bikes, and you can pick up and Optimate 1 for £30-£40 but not sure it suitable for car batteries but cant see why not, it would just take a lot longer to charge a relatively flat battery, and they can recover almost flat batteries too (actually a smart smart charger). Aldi/Lidl do ones to for less than £20 and have a car battery on constant trickle charge and it does seem to keep it charged. Dont know about the ctek/ring options but hth.

Oil temp goes up with water but lags a bit behind so as it warms up say the water is 65c the oil will be 55c or 60c. At 90c the oil is around the 89/90c too depending on driving. The oil temp does not overtake the water reading so doubt its the CTS or the dash could read 65c for example but the oil could be up to 80/90c. Also the interior heater is colder when its not warming up compared to when its at full temperature which you'd expect if the engine's not hot so it seem the gauge reads right, its just weird that turning it off and back on even for a few seconds means it then heats up as it should, and if the ambient temperature it 7c or above its ok, but when its really cold of a morning its doing the weird non-heating up thing!!?! If the thermostat was sticking open then I would not expect to see it warm up at all really when it was -2c out but it did to 65/70c and the on/off fix worked, and that wouldn't cause the thermostat to un-stick so I'd like to rule the stat out too. Its got new water pump which made no difference; system was bled before and after with no change (but didn't expect there to be to be honest). Two things: i) I read somewhere about the engine oil cooler having one of the same stats as the DSG gearbox but only read that on 1 thread and no where else so not sure if its true and certainly cannot see one anywhere. ii) there is an electric water pump in the system; is it possible that is running when it shouldn't, or not running when it should and if that is the case what effect would it have? I am not sure exactly what the electric pump is for...... My 5-series had one but it just circulated hot water to the interior heater so you can keep water without the engine running.

Old post but is there a fix for this?

The DSG stat is definitely the right way round, it’s odd that it happens when ambient temp is low but that a simple turn it off and back on again fixes it.

do you mean the thermostats themselves, or electrical sensors? The DSG stat has been changed, and personally doubt that the main stat is duff. Water pump has been changed too with cam belt.

Ok so this is weird. since changing the DSG stat a couple of weeks ago, in the morning it won’t warm up (weather was -4c Wednesday +4c Thursday). In the afternoon it’s been 5c both days when I have gone to the car after work and it’s been perfect on the return journey. Last Friday -2c, drove 20mins and no more than 70c on the gauge. Stopped for 2 mins in lay-by, key out & locked car so hopefully systems shut down. Restarted and drove off & it went to 90c and stayed there & ok for the next 5 miles home, still -2c out?! I’ve repeated this a couple of time and works every time. anything over +5/6c out and it seem fine, when really cold it does this weird thing. Sound like a sensor feeding bad info to the engine ECU? Any ideas??

No, was a Fabi Bilstein one off Amazon

Thank you though. Came home an hour ago and it was ok, but it was -4c this morning. Will be frosty again tomorrow so will see what happens

Yes that’s the one I changed having read the thread 👍

Hi. Great forum. I have changed the DSG coolant regulator and it was perfect, dead on 90 for 2 x 25 mile drives, and was feeling smug! Today it was back to the same trick, 65c max (-4c outside) even in stationary traffic. Am I looking at the main stat now on the side of the engine? 2014 2.0l diesel Superb DSG model