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PetrolDave
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Everything posted by PetrolDave
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Why I asked about the release bearing...
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Do you mean the gearbox?
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Neither my 2015 nor 2016 Octavias have had the SoC function working.
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Wrong, the Battery Management System aims to charge the battery to no more than 80%, as I explained in my previous post
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Has the clutch release bearing been changed?
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On my previous 1.4TSI I used to monitor the battery voltage on occasions and it would be 14.x volts after starting but when driving would drop as low as 12.x volts as the battery management tried to keep the battery state of charge no more than 80% to allow headroom for some micro regnerative braking (when the voltage again increased to 14.x volts).
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Th Canton amp has a digital input so there are no analog inputs to connect to. The sub output from the Canton amp will be affected by the Canton EQ controls.
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If BMW are as 'careless' with the 155mph limiter as Audi then the M5 will do more than 155mph - the Audi B7 RS4 had a 155mph limiter (unless you paid ££££ for the limiter removal factory option) but several owners checked it with GPS on unlimited German autobahns and the limiter didn't happen until nearly 170mph.
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The Octavia 4 has completely different hardware and software to the 2019 Leon (and to my Octavia 3 which also shows numbers in D mode), so anything that applies to older models is interesting but irrelevant here. I think it's same to assume that 'in their wisdom' Skoda have changed the default functionality, whether there's a coding or adaptation tweak is a good question...
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@PurpletomSlight side note, your signature says: But here we're discussing a 2017 Octavia vRS that you've owned since April 2023. Might be an idea to update your signature?
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Does your Octavia have Canton? That uses a digital output and I *think* that means the analog outputs are disabled.
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Neither my 2015 1.4TSI nor my 2016 1.8TSI had the under bonnet pad, so I bought and fitted them. The 2015 1.4TSI didn't have an engine cover either so I got a VW badged one and a Skoda bonnet badge and fitted them too.
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And that's the limiting factor at the moment, availability of a non-hogged and working Rapid Charger. Solve this and many more people will consider the switch from ICE to EV.
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See List of VCDS Owners
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You would be far better posting in the correct Fabia forum Skoda Fabia Mk III
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I think @pab567is the best one to answer that.
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Sounds like you've been unlucky - from 2006 until 2016 I had an Audi RS4 Avant (4.2 V8) but retirement meant I needed something more sensible and since then I've had a couple of Mk3 Octavias (a 1.4TSI Elegance estate and a 1.8TSI L&K hatch) and had fewer build quality issues than I had with the RS4.
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That looks like a MIB2 Amundsen without DAB and with Canton to me.
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I left my 1.4TSI Octavia in the long term car park at Heathrow airport for 3 weeks when the battery was 4 years old, started with no issues on my return.
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I had my 15 plate 1.4TSI done at 5 years for the same reason. For me the extra cost due to the ACT version of the EA211 makes Skoda UK's position even harder to understand or accept.
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For me the real issue, which has been mentioned on here for many years, is why Skoda UK say 5 years or 50,000 miles when the advice from all other importers and the manufacturer specifies much longer time and/or distance intervals? Seems to me that Skoda UK are intent on making unnecessary business for their franchised dealers since the environment in the UK really cannot be so extreme - can it???
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Updating firmware carries a small but finite risk of bricking the hardware, so dealers are under instructions to only update firmware when a specific problem is reported by the owner and the factory agrees to the update.
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I had a Michelin digital one with preset which I used for 19 years on anything from a Citroen C1 to a Mercedes Sprinter 416 (twin rear wheels). When it failed after 19 years I was happy to replace it with the newer version.
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The lower emissions are not supposed to mean lower costs for the owner, just better for the environment. And one thing is very clear we're all having to pay higher costs (purchase, running, etc.) to reduce our impact on the environment.
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