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Check it out yourself, you are a mechanic are you not? You can code so that the passenger door does the priming with a TSI.

It primes even with keyless entry and start.

It does prime the fuel if the car has sat a few hours. Try listening. People who park a car and need to go in the passenger door might notice and extra crank before the engine fires. Like i said, 'many are not aware', that is of many things.

Many are not aware what goes on or 40 or 45 seconds. The fuel primes when you open the drivers door, many never hear that. Then some want to see the lights check and go out, or want the needle sweep. If you get in and start the car, and then put on the seat belt, maybe the heated rear screen, the heated mirrors, put off the Stop / Start, and the lane assist, then by the time you put it in gear, Drive, 1st, Reverse or whatever the tick over is likely dropped anyway. Then there is the Demisting, maybe, or summer still a high tick over and AC on and it does not drop as low.

Sounds like their Service Desk person was quoting for a 1.5 TSI ACT and Water pump, or just did not want the job in.

Welcome. You have posted in the Kamiq section rather than the Mk2 Octavia section, so maybe a Mod can move your post and give it a title like Help. Someone will be along that can maybe help. @Breezy_Pete maybe or others if you give them a VIN, or Reg Number or they might know.

^^^ 2nded. & price for price BEV new to ICE vehicle that could be 50 pence a kWh or a petrol passenger car. MINI Cooper SE Electric 4 miles a kWh x 40 kWh @ 50 pence = £20. 160 miles. **I get 3.1-3.7 miles a kWh. x 30 = £15.00 so 111 miles. 40 kWh / £20 would be 148 miles.** Vauxhall Corsa electric. Or others Stellantis group or even VW group maybe 4 miles a kWh. ............... MINI Cooper 1.5 petrol or a BMW Series 1 or 2. 144.7 pence a litre. 13.8 litres = 3 gallons. 53.3 mpg. Maybe not... Maybe so for someone that gets 4 miles a kWh from a BEV not built on an EV only platform. 55 mpg petrols, maybe. There will be Mild Hybrids that achieve easily over a 160 mile run. Skoda Octavia MHEV. Skoda Fabia, Scala or Kamiq maybe. Polo etc. Corsa 130 ps Auto. Suzuki Swift. Renault Clio / Capture. Ford Focus / Puma. Mazda 3. Dacia Sandero / Jogger.

@Gaz no, but then 5 miles a kWh is a wish and a dream for many EV drivers even in ideal conditions. Even TESLA ones if you look at the TESLA Model 3 thread and the latest video on the new long range car. (I laugh at the roads driven in Cornwall and speaking of being in Standard rather than performance on roads were getting to 50 mph might be a wish and a dream.) And as for handling others appreciate if on coming drivers stay to their own side of the road if possible in their wide cars. I still just want to know how many miles per kWh an BEV is doing.. I do not drive km,s. & really it is all just a load of numbers until you understand this guff. Same with Petrol / Diesel, i buy litres, i want to know how many miles i can go per litre. (I do know how many litres in a gallon. but i do not drive in km,s, i know miles...) 70-75 mph is not driving fast, it is just driving to get on with a journey where the roads and speed limit allow, We know the over 70 mph is above any UK speed limit, & above 60 is if it is the NSL in a car,.,

Those who can home charge, have bigger battery / longer range cars, or business users running cars as part of their job and claiming back VAT etc are one thing. then there are others that a private drivers and using public charging. Very different ranges and real world costs for different people, then there is location location location as far as where one lives or travels to. Even living on islands off the British Mainland. There are people who could not imagine using ferries many times in a year and others that do it for business or where money / cost is not an issue. Social divide. Main point in the equation, 60 mpg diesel = to the 5 miles per kWh. Lovely getting either of these in what ever weather / seasons in what ever vehicle.

Not flood damage then just water ingress to the passenger cabin, which is not unusual with a Skoda.

Fantastic. How would VW group trained Technicians at Dealerships in Australia be able to actually test ones that any owners reported they thought were faulty? 'Would they be told, 'Never heard of that before'. Just like the kangeroos have not. which is a Default position it seems from threads and posts on here from members having issues with a faulty Skoda.

@deek72 TSI & TDI,s came with 105ps. So as well saying a TSI 105 ps if that is what it is.

They engineered it to sound like a wet fart.

Really. VW, Audi or SEAT 2023/24 4 Cylinder TSI,s with just 245 ps ?

Just a small point. If on a phone then people reading posts do not see where someone has a location. Like a member from India posting. Off Side or Near Side depends on if the vehicle is a Left hand drive or Right hand drive car.

@Notnefmail If the ambient temperature was 23*oC then the coolant was no hotter than that until it did get heated, so if the Blue light goes out at 50*oC then that is when it goes out. ? Is it a 1.6 TDI CR?

@yeti99 The change is not recent on the schedule / recommendation it was a year ago. ? What engine does your Yeti have? As to prices quoted, a TDI and Cambelt & Water Pump is one price, parts and labour. A TSI might be less, but a 1.4 TSI or 1.5 TSI ACT can be really silly prices, and some at dealerships just quote the really silly price they see on a screen. Cam Belt Guidance change (1).pdf

@Notnefmail Welcome. How long and how many miles have you had the car for? What is it, a 1.2 or 1.6 TDI?

Loving the MINI. It would be good to be able to go twice as far on outward trips with cheaper electricity from a home charge but i knew what to expect before getting it and i am not wishing i have a new bigger battery MINI from China. I do not have the panel gap issue, and i have black trim not chrome and it just pushes in place and i have no issues other than if someones wants to steal it they could just remove it all in under 5 minutes. I do not have rattles from the roof or anyplace other than from crap i have in the car. The Sat Nav and guidance really really is terrible and i use Waze or Google. I have been running now leaving it in MID (default) and the higher regen when in my home town for the last week of doing just 1 or 2 miles each start. The steering is lighter, it feels like a dud but 1 pedal driving and 5 miles per kWh through the day. That is 7 - 10 miles a kWh going downhill and around 4 and a bit showing coming back uphill. I can not head off from 100% / 112 miles range to do actually 112 miles round trip and doing an average 65 mph on the dual carriage way 2 up and a dog and get back without charging. 90 miles would have it showing just 5 % left. So i charge before the journey home rather than slowing down and just incase there is any need to divert or hold ups or change of plan. A.N. Others observations. There is Leather & Cloth in that MINI Level 2, but no Alcentara. There is no Leather in the New MINI, it is a man made fake leather. Knows as plastic. Feels like leather.

@darkmatterink 'why not us?' will be because it is EU Type Approved vehicles that get imported and sold to you.

Now time for you to post your cars thread for the Project.

Location location location but surely Rubber during winter, worst of weather etc.

Sorry no idea. ? Have you paid for a new battery and starter?

OK. So maybe no difference if always checked the same way. But after 15 minutes is not a 'few minutes' as said in the owners manual, & warm is not 'At Operating Temperature' or Normal Operating Temperature. So know there is enough in when cold, engine not started, then again when it has been run to operating temperature using the dame time. But stopping the car and opening the bonnet and checking after less than 5 minutes seems simple enough. Like a Technician should check after doing a service and carrying out a road test. If they ever do road tests and not just take the car around to the pick up bay, or where it gets Wash (Scratch) & vacuum.