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Mine stopped cooling too. Local aircon shop (we have lots of them in Australia because it gets hot here) degassed the system, removed the compressor, fitted a new compressor control valve, reassembled and regassed. $504AUD in total. The valve itself was $235 of that. He reckons 80% of jobs on these cars where some shops would replace the whole compressor only need the valve.
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Towing 1600kg with diesel DSG?
davekmoore replied to davekmoore's topic in Skoda Superb Mk II (2008-2015)
The suspension was a factory sports option which came with 18s, about an inch lower, and stiffer springs. I reckon the latter two cancel each other out and in any case I should be under 80kg towball weight. How would I get access to diagnostics in order to monitor DSG temps, and at what temp should I be giving it a rest? -
Sorry to start a new topic if this is already dealt with, but I did do a search to no avail. The subwoofer on my 2010 Elegance Wagon rattles when the bass is turned to any positive level and the volume is over about a third. Can someone please remind me where the sub is and what the factory fix for the issue is?
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In Australia. Have 2010 Superb Elegance 2.0 TDi DSG Wagon with 120,000kms. Had it from new and never towed with it yet. My Mazda MX-5 is about to cease to be a road and track car and become only a track car so I need to start towing it to events. The trailer and car will be 1,500kg, or less if I go with a dolly trailer. I know the motor and the car will happily tow that weight, but how will the DSG box fare?
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Thanks everyone. I'm not technical but know someone fairly locally who is. I'll pass all this on and arrange to go see him.
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Del part number 3T0035680B HW Version H42 SW Version 3814 SV-SW Version C_EU_10.342_t1 HW Vehicle 0xC801
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How do I check the current firmware and how do I update it?
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Going through the menus using my schoolboy German allows me to get as far as selecting English as language. The message then shown cannot be translated by Babel Fish. It is "Die gewunschte Sprache wird geladen" which I think means "the chosen language is being loaded". All good, except the message never goes away and the language is never loaded.
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Resetting/rebooting by pressing <, > and eject either briefly or for 10 seconds puts up a message in German which never goes away. It doesn't reset or reboot The MFD is set for UK English. The welcome screen on the Columbus is in English. Is it time to disconnect the battery?
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My wife's Columbus has gone to German language and has lost her preset stations. This happened the journey after I'd reset the time on the clock (but had not changed anything else). The display in front of the driver is still in English UK, it's just the radio that seems to have lost the plot. What's the solution?
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re-map, 170 dsg and towing
davekmoore replied to misterbee13's topic in Skoda Superb Mk II (2008-2015)
Will the park assist know what to do with a 'van on the back? -
Seats sliding automatically back on exit
davekmoore replied to jwfmk's topic in Skoda Superb Mk II (2008-2015)
Can this be made to happen via VCDS on a 2010 car? Incidentally mine is not called a Combi, nor and Estate, but in Oz they're called Wagons - oh, unless they're a Hyundai, when they might be a Tourer. -
Not possible to select Skoda - or VW or Audi sadly.
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Yup, mine also becomes accurate to within 45 seconds, when I'm only a minute away from the destination, which renders the unit useless for me. Surely there must be a fix for people who need to know how long it will take to get someone when they set off rather than only knowing accurately just before they arrive?
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Any thoughts, please?
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No argument from me. I am tragic. It does a great job of further confusing people here in Oz though.
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Rolf ogles mum's proud son B A R M Y
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My Columbus gives ETAs as 20% later than reality if set to fast and 40% later if set to slow. I'd put up with how awful the rest of the GPS is if I could get this t be correct. Is there a fix?
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600mile drive tomorrow. Any tips?
davekmoore replied to gianthotdog's topic in Skoda Superb Mk II (2008-2015)
688 miles (1100 kms) my personal best including visiting three customers. Audio via Pandora streaming radio on the iPhone. GPS by tom tom on the iPhone (Columbus GPS is poo). Rather tired by the end of the day. -
Coil overs might be good but they'd need to be high spec to avoid reducing comfort. I'll be interested to hear if you go this direction.
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Elegance - optimal wheel size?
davekmoore replied to rolifantje's topic in Skoda Superb Mk II (2008-2015)
My Elegance has the 18s with "sports" suspension. I liked the combination at first but would now not have had the lowering or stiffer springs. Maybe one day if the shockers get tired I might go for progressive rate springs and more sophisticated shockers. For you, 17s or 16s with bigger sidewalls will give you more comfort but less grip, less precision, and more chance of rolling a tyre of the wheel under a combination of braking and cornering (google superb moose test). -
140 without sports suspension or larger wheels.
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Rattly B pillar driving me mad
davekmoore replied to 2SkodaFamily's topic in Skoda Superb Mk II (2008-2015)
x3 for lock lubrication. Never had to do this on any other car ever. -
Columbus satnav - what a load of rubbish!
davekmoore replied to GordonH's topic in Skoda Superb Mk II (2008-2015)
My satnav is awful. ETA is way later than reality. The voice often incorrectly tells me to turn off the road the map is correctly showing me going along.