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  1. Gyp

    Lambda sensor

    Son's Citigo failed similarly last week. Garage ran a bottle of cataclean through it and it passed https://www.halfords.com/motoring/engine-oils-and-fluids/fuel-and-oil-additives/cataclean-500ml-616247.html
  2. I think there needs to be some clarity over what's meant by getting the full brakes replaced. Calipers? Hoses? Cylinders? Fluids? If the idea is to replace all the friction materials (pads and shoes) then that's not a bad idea. Also the front disks might not be a bad idea as they are cheap enough. All that is achievable by a home mechanic for about £170 using proper Brembo parts. Add about £30 for the fluids if you want to change them. Then double it if you want an independent to do it And double it again for a main dealer.
  3. When I bought my second Octavia, I stripped out the interior and completely lined it with Dynamat. It never occurred to me to start hitting the car with a stick though.
  4. That's useful. I wonder if it's possible to get the door card off without cheerily breaking the electric window switch housing..? And is the hitting the car with a stick at the end of the video some kind of punishment for the poor thing? Thanks, both. I can now decide whether to have a go or just rest my arm on the arm rest...
  5. As so often happens my Google mojo is failing me. Is there a guide somewhere to removing the arm rest on the driver's door? I've got an intermittent rattle which stops the moment I put any pressure - just resting an arm - on the arm rest. I'm sure there's just a loose bolt or whatever under there but don't want to risk damaging the door card getting to it! Help!
  6. The butterfly opening in the intake of the Citigo is limited on the (nominally) 59bhp models and allowed to open fully on the (nominally) 74bhp versions. Because there's no turbo boost to adjust etc, whilst there's likely a little tweaking with the injection and ignition, what the tuners are doing is fundamentally allowing the inlet butterfly to open fully on the lower power engine to match the higher power one. Celtic are showing a slight improvement all the way through the range which is good, but not entirely surprising as the engine will be able to flow a little more air with a wide open throttle. The thing to be aware of is, unlike a diesel remap where the extra torque is usually very apparent all the way through the rev range, you'll likely only notice a difference on the Citigo when you're revving beyond 5k as it'll continue to make power rather than running out of puff and requiring another gear. If your car has a rev counter (I think they all do but not 100% sure), it's worth keeping an eye on the revs you are going to gauge how often you're exploiting that top end of the rev range. i.e. is it worth it for the few times you're up by the red line? The dyno chart on the Superchips site shows similarly that the power continues as the revs increase rather than plateauing at 5,000rpm https://www.superchips.co.uk/ECU-Remap/Skoda/Citigo-MK1-2012-2016/Petrol/SE-1-0-MPI-59-bhp/stage-1 Also worth considering the insurance implications as the insurers, if they will insure a remapped car, typically load the premium based on % power increase. From 68 to 84 is 24%, though if the insurers take is as a 59bhp increase to 84 that's a whopping 42%. Anyway, as in the simplest terms, the Citigo is just being set up to run the same as the 74bhp model then there should be no problems. As the 59bhp car has slightly shorter gearing than the 74bhp, it should feel *slightly* peppier through the gears. Celtic has, as far as I know, a very good reputation. If you get it donw, do report back and let us know how it goes.
  7. Not sure if you'll get a response from 777boeingman as they've not been on the site for over 2 years
  8. Simply that we have a bit of a noise in neutral that goes when the clutch is depressed. (and again once we drive off)
  9. When I bought my last BMW motorbike, the salesman told me that the bike had been owned by one of their regular and mature customers who had traded it in for something a little more sedate. This was true. However said owner had had it for less than a week before falling off of it and trading it in and before that it was their shop demo. The salesman had not lied, he'd just been a little economical with the truth. Back to the Citigo; my lad's (now 7 years old) has always had a clutch that rattled like the OPs and has gone from 3k miles to 50k miles no problem. I've not noticed differences in the shut lines, but I'll have a look when he returns from using it like a formula 1 car tomorrow. I still reckon that it's an utterly brilliant car and I love driving it.
  10. Best one of those I've come across was a nearly-new Citroen in the 1980's where the heater fan stopped blowing. Having removed the fan, the dealer discovered a grubby ceramic mug that had clearly fallen in the top of the heater ducting at the factory and after a while had wedged the fan so it stopped. Hopefully the production line staff can take their breaks away from the cars now 🙂
  11. Have you had the car from new? If not, is it possible that a previous owner had a different radio in there? It's not unusual for these to dislodge when the radio is taken out and if so it would fall behind the dash and down into the footwell. If it was lose behind the dash it would most likely end up in the footwell if the lower dash was disturbed, perhaps when gaining access to the heater blower resistor
  12. Where I've seen them used before is to go over the bolt (or equivalent sticky-out thing) at the back of the radio, such that it can locate into (typically) a metal bracket affixed to the car. It allows the back of the radio to be supported when it's pushed in without the need for the installer to get their fingers round the back to do anything up
  13. True, however when I looked at it before, in addition to the cradle at about £40, the bit in the dash came with the attached wiring loom and was about £90. There was a fair amount of cable to be disconnected/removed from the original mounting too. For me, to make it work nicely it would be good to put the Mk Ii radio in (with DAB), but that would require an antenna change too. All getting a bit complicated (too much hassle)
  14. The only minor catch is that the facelift phone holder with built in USB is a different form factor and electrical interface to the original PID bracket. The shape of the hole in the top of the dash is the same but that's it - the bracket doesn't fit. If it did, I'd simply look to mount a phone or tablet on the docking station and use that
  15. I've not paid much attention to our Citigo as it simply works without fuss, and my lad services it once a year only really moaning about accessing the pollen filter. I wasn't aware that there was a problem with corrosion around the fuel cap. I'll have to investigate. Great... one more thing to worry about!
  16. As an aside, I naively thought that paying for Skoda connect services would include firmware updates but no. Seems like it has the map updates but not firmware. I've not subscribed btw.
  17. Thank you. Downloading now, but before I do it I'll see what the dealer does next
  18. Ah, software version. I've surprised the dealer didn't do this as part of the service
  19. There wasn't much in my inbox but it's clear now. Dealer replaced the antenna with no difference - whilst they are still dealing with it as a warranty issue, I'm not overly keen to start fiddling as I don't want to give them a reason to cut me adrift 1440?
  20. Whereas who I've got a Skoda workshop manager. Would he do?
  21. For the last one, here's where the trusty Garmin put me
  22. Oh, I might be doing the photos right... I pulled into the side of the road for the photo. I'm actually on the B road, just before (lower) than it's shown on the map Here I'm parked on the A3102, just past Marlow Way On the return journey, still on the A3102, pretty much on the dot under Wootton Note that heading both directions, it's placed me to the North(ish) of the road that I'm on
  23. Ken, if that were the problem, wouldn't that mean that the "feature" would be common across all VAG cars with the same bead unit?
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