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13 minutes ago, edwards said:
but I will admit that it is overkill.
You say that like it's a bad thing :-)
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Noting today that the water temp is almost immediately up to the magic 90C, I thought I'd have a look to see when the oil got up to a decent operating temperature.
I was somewhat surprised that even at the end of my 10 mile drive home today (14C air temp), which included climbing the nice and steep Birdlip hill in Gloucestershire, the oil temp gauge on the (stop laughing) Sport display hadn't started registering.
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What are the 2.0 petrol and diesel like for wheelspin pulling away?
I need to be quite careful starting off in my 1.4 TSi Sportline estate, especially if it's cold/wet/up hill/on a corner as I can get a fair amount of wheelspin which means the getaway isn't as quick as planned.
Coming from a remapped Yeti 170 4x4 which would just grip and go, it's rather disappointing. If I was going for a larger engine than the 1.4, I would have thought getting a 4x4 variant would be a must.
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The plastic shapes that are part of the official spare wheel kit have "pockets" either side of the wheel.
The boot floor that's part of the official spare wheel kit has "hinges" to allow the floor sides to fold up to allow access to these pockets.
By opening up these flaps, the suitable depth for the bag holders is restored and harmony is reestablished.
Of course this also relies upon you not having a boot full of junk or a boot liner that stops the flaps from being raised.
4 minutes ago, Tilt said:Are these raised floors hinged or fold-able????
In my Octy it lifts at the rear and folds backwards. The very back piece stays in place whilst the two other pieces fold upwards together.
It has a little slot that the rear edge sits into creating a partition wall which gives two smaller partitions, for the shopping at the very back and also a good leaning place preventing the shopping moving too much.
Two seconds to lift the floor up and drop into the slots.
You beat me to it!
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On 20/06/2020 at 15:45, Gyp said:
Right back from the depths...
Having a bit of a garage clear out, I've got enough of the wood for the uprights and the carpet left if anyone else wants to build one all they'd need to add is the OSB and a couple of hours of effort.
Free to collector from Gloucestershire/North Wilts
Now gone!
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1 minute ago, freemansteve said:
The steering is electro-hydraulic by the way, which means the pump is electrically driven rather than belt driven, but the rack is hydraulic (a much more efficient system, as it happens and fully powered irrespective engine revs).
That's what I wasn't sure about - so there is fluid in there somewhere
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I could be wrong but I thought the Citigo power steering was electric.
If it's leaking, it's leaking electrons
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And err... ours too.
I could have sworn it was adjustable, but I've been out and looked and no!
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4 hours ago, thebrighton said:
I don't recall saying they didn't have intermittent, it's adjustable intermittent they don't have. I don't recall ever owning or driving a car that didn't have intemittent.
It quite obviously isn't standard. The 62 plate is a SE Greentach and the 66 a Colour Edition both of which definitely haven't and never have had adjustable intermittent. Neither have auto wipers either.
Apologies; I meant to say that all of our Skodas have had intermittent wipe with adjustable time delay.
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22 minutes ago, thebrighton said:
Not sure why you're amazed, I've owned over 20 cars and the grand total of one has had adjustable intermittent, a Suzuki Swift. Perhaps I just don't buy enough top of the range models
Well clearly I am insufficiently familiar with the somewhat disappointing vehicular transportation that's inflicted upon the proletariat
All of our Skodas have had intermittent wipe. Even, I'm sure, our Fabia 1.2 Classic. Mind you that also had cruise control...
It's our far from inexpensive MX5 that doesn't, though I'm sure the logic there would have been that adding the know would have added weight and would therefore have been the wrong thing to do
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Just now, thebrighton said:
Nope, neither came with that option.
I'm amazed
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18 minutes ago, thebrighton said:
Of course the intermittent speed is another whole new issue. On our 62 plate the intermittent wipes every 5 seconds whilst on our 66 plate it is a useless 16 seconds!
Don't they both have adjustable timings (A)?
Our Citigo does, though as one of our other cars doesn't I know it's not universal
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5 hours ago, Aybesea said:
I have just downsized from a 52 plate polo 1.2 9n to a Citigo Colour Edition (White and black alloys)
The car is March 2017 reg and at this moment in time finding out about the differences between the two cars etc.However couple of days ago i drove the car out in the rain and found that the wipers stop working when you stop at road juctions etc.For a few seconds i thought i knocked the wiper switch to off but no.I hoping this is not normal ,maybe okay at traffic lights but downright dangerous at other road junctions.I done a search on this and found a old post going back to 2011 but there was no answer to this problem,i also looked at the online user manual and my own but there is no mention of this at all.Does anybody elsewho has a 2017 Colour Edition have this quirk or can it be changed? Hopefully it can.
Not noticed that on the Citigo (may have to go for a drive to see), but my Superb goes from continuous to intermittent automagically when I'm stationary.
Does your wiper stop completely or just go to intermittent?
edit - just checked...
If set to continuous, the wiper goes to intermittent when stopped. If set to intermittent, the wiper stops when stopped.
Nothing about it in the manual though
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I don't get current Citigo prices. I paid £5.5k for a 2015 ex-demo SE with 3,000 miles on the clock in 2015.
It seems like it might be worth more now than it was then!
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22 hours ago, matsakas said:
Is there chance for those schematics and measurements of this project you did here? I plan to do same for my MK3 Superb.
Other than the dimensions on the first post I don't have any schematics, though as it's basically 2 pieces of wood and some batons you can't go far wrong
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On the basis of a strong recommendation on here, a Kitsound MyJack https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B018G9FP4W
I suspect the later myjack 2 would do the trick too https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071J7Y52F
This looks remarkably similar to the original one https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bluetooth-Receiver-Wireless-Microphone-Speakers-MeadHawk-Metal-Grey/dp/B086VZQG55
Pair it with a 90-degree adaptor so it's not sticking out and easily damaged
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12 minutes ago, Blackcountryman said:
Yes, Nokia unit,but monthly allowed call time on it is limited.If it uses call time to run the sat nav,then that is out.Prefer to fit a sat nav unit,running off USB lead.Trying to use the cradle instead of a sucker on the screen.....
Fair enough - I was going to suggest using something like Google maps in offline mode, so you put the maps on your phone using wifi at home and it doesn't use data when you're out and about, but that might not work or be available for you.
As our citigo has the mk1 mount, I'll shut up now 🙂
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This might sound like a daft question, but do you have a smartphone?
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27 minutes ago, BirminghamAnn said:
Ha Ha. You offering?
No. I'm pretty sure there's no dongle in there, but to be fair I've no idea what an OBD socket looks like.
I'll pack a bag!
I can't find a picture of a right hand drive Yeti, but here's a youtube video of a left hand drive one. It's the blue multi pin socket
The RHD one is pretty much a mirror image, so the socket is on the same position but on the right.
I know it's unlikely, but if there's anything plugged into it, unplug it!
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56 minutes ago, BirminghamAnn said:
My son is reluctant to charge the battery again as he says it's difficult to get the battery out.
Ah that might be part of the problem, you need to get a better son.
This is a long shot, but has anyone put an OBD2 dongle into the OBD socket under the dash?
I spent ages trying to diagnose the battery drain on my Yeti and it ended up being the dongle that I'd attached to help me track down the problem...
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Can I suggest before anything is cut open that the connections are checked on the current plate to ensure that once the plate is taken apart it has appropriate voltages etc for whatever is intended.
If it was me I'd still be looking to unclip the original wire from the radio and take it up through the dash hole and then working from there to either just use the phone holder, or set up a new wiring configuration based on something like the USB power adapter above.
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28 minutes ago, Nicoli2390 said:
oh damn, it’s more than just replacing that mount then? I’m not even bothered about the USB port, just want to be able to set my phone up as a sat nav!thank you for the feedback!
Ah well in that case it's not so hard...
The cable to your current fitting can be disconnected from the back of the radio and pulled out.
Then put in the new fitting and phone holder.
You won't have USB but you'll have your phone set up as a sat nav!
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It requires a different wiring harness that's designed for the later radio, so to do the whole thing you need the harness (about £100) and a later radio (£?)
I looked at it a while back and gave up quite quickly
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Right back from the depths...
Having a bit of a garage clear out, I've got enough of the wood for the uprights and the carpet left if anyone else wants to build one all they'd need to add is the OSB and a couple of hours of effort.
Free to collector from Gloucestershire/North Wilts
How long for oil to warm up? (1.4TSi)
in Skoda Superb Mk III (2015 - 2023)
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Thanks both - what I expect I have is a software bug or dodgy sensor (likely the former as I've no warning lights etc)
Took it out this evening and within about a mile of slow driving in town (slow, but no traffic) the temp was showing over 50C and rising.
Considering that I deliberately did a couple of long climbs at lunchtime, the latter with the throttle buried in the carpet and the display happily showing 110kW and 30 something boosts (can't remember the unit but the gauge was all the way round), I can't believe that the oil temp didn't reach 50C
I checked the oil level and that's fine, so it seems that turning it off and back on again has answered my question - the oil temp goes up quite quickly :-)