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Not really - but they do potentially highlight the different between vehicles within different size sectors...

Lexus - hardly crummy based models but as I understand it a large number of them use naturally aspirated engines and the Atkinson cycle? And I'm not sure you can realistically compare an Aygo with an Octavia... both come in base specs and high specs but are aimed at a different market sector... Personally my Swift could hardly be called crummy given the level of tech within it exceeds a lot of much bigger, premium models... but then again it does have a turbo...

Yep got it - I can see now where you mean - I was thinking too far north but it's ages since I've been up there.

Is that from up near the zoo?

Sounds like one of the buttons is stuck down so it's constantly transmitting and has lost synchronisation with the car. Would suggest you try to check / unstick the buttons and then re such the fob

I think he's trying to deflect from his assertion that there aren't many non-turbo cars in the UK these days ... an assertion that is patently wrong. Either way you're right... It's not much to do with the effect of bio fuel on economy...

Eh??? Not many new cars are NA granted but there are still lots being sold and also bear in mind that the average age of the uk car fleet is about 9 years and that means a large proportion of those will be NA. And that's not forgetting all the older cars and classics. And finally consider that only two years ago less than 40% of vehicles manufactured were turbocharged.

There's a couple knocking about near us - both in the dark green. One, with the 'adventure pack and external 'panniers' and one in matt finish - the first looks daft but the second looks absolutely naff...

The part number I used on our 2007 4x4x BMM was 3C0145828K, Personally I'd go new from ebay and not bother with a scrapper as a S/H one is likely to be half knackered anyway. 3c0145828k | eBay The one I used was this one (but was cheaper then!) 3C0145828K Volkswagen (V.W.), SEAT, SKODA, AUDI TURBO HOSE | eBay

That one looks familiar - I reckon you must've been looking for one at the same time as me!

Posh Passat Estate?

Yep i can understand that and its a slighly different need to mine on the edge of the Pennines. The Vredensteins will be going on my Swift as and when it needs new tyres. Partly because they are available in the size I need whereas others aren't but also because ive run vredesteins sportracs before and i really rated them and I'd expect the quatracs to be equally good.

I ran the older version of the CrossClimates on our Mk2 Octavia 4x4 from when they first came out until we got rid a few months ago. They were excellent tyres regardless of weather and far superior to the OE Dunlops and other Goodyear tyres I've had previously. In terms of wear they lasted as well as I expected and we never had an issue with cracking, unlike some of the Bridgestones I've had before and the OE Dunlops that had cracked in the sipes down to the threads after a few thousand miles.

in our Kodiaq the armrest slides forward and can be height adjusted via tilt. That's on a 2018 model but I'd doubt it will have changed (although best to check with the new version if that's what you are considering).

E10 is going to be an issue for my 1995 MX5 by all accounts - so I'll have to switch to the higher octane stuff that will remain at E5. Mpg doesn't worry me but the potential effect on other components /hoses etc. does.

For info I was asking to see whether it would be a worthwhile change. I have an SE with halogen lights and, coming from an Octy II with HID and a Swift with LED lights, was debating changing the Kodiaq bulbs to higher output Halogen ones as and when I get the chance as winter approaches but thought I'd ask about the coding change to see if that was worthwhile as well given it's the same platform. At present, whilst I have a couple of multimeters I don't have VCDS or OBDeleven (and don't have much clue about coding...) so can't trial this and haven't seen any evidence or otherwise that it works on a Kodiaq as most owners have higher spec LED equipped vehicles than my lowly SE... Would be good to know either way as I'm certainly not keen on putting LED's in the standard reflectors and, from what I can make out retrofitting OE LED light units will be expensive and awkward.

Just wondering if anyone knows whether the coding to increase the headlight / foglight voltage as per the thread below works , or is even necessary on the Kodiaq?? ie does that kodiaq run a relatively low voltage for the lights to prologue bulb life like other VAG cars?

I 'think' it primes when you turn on the ignition? So it should be sufficient enough to change the oil, switch the ignition (and maybe run the engine for a couple of minutes) then re-check the haldex oil level. Haldex Filter Clean and oil change Gen 5 - Skoda Octavia Mk III (2013 onward) - BRISKODA

Same here - from 1986 when I was 18 I worked as a sponsored student at Dowty Group, moving between various machine shops / draughting teams and production control teams and then at 22 started as a highway engineer again spending a lot of time on draughting machines until CAD took hold in the mid 90's. Somewhere I've still got some of the A0 drawings of the mining roof support I did in 1987 for the No 7 longwall face at the Bevercotes Colliery in Nottinghamshire - the GA for that was on my wall for quite a while at one stage! I still do a fair bit of drawing and sketching to get info across (but mostly A3 sketching now) and have even worked through an 'Understanding Architecture Through Drawing' book to help improve my abilities.

Hi @J.R.... The image linked below should help. They are widely spaced at the edges of the bore and slightly angled but definitely two per cylinder...

Pretty certain I've seen the other one in existence that Skoda UK have on the A43 near Brackley. If it wasn't that it was something very very similar in Orange with SKODA across the hump at the back

I used Gtechniq C4 on our old Honda Civic and it worked brilliantly. Expensive but a one off fix

Cheers @J.R. not sure why I typed canbus... I knew it was the BCM but then had a slight waver as to whether it was some other module... But you knew what I meant or was getting at

That sounds like the Canbus is cutting power to the bulbs following it detecting a 'fault' - as indicated by the yellow warning on the dash. I'd check the bulbs and wattage are correct and also the connectors as a starting point. Also have you made any changes to the dipped beams? I only ask as I had a 50w HID kit fitted in the dipped beam at one time and it would throw a fault code if the main beams were used, even though all lights continued to function. As soon as the 50w kit was swapped out for a 35w kit the issue went away.

Been looking at these today for a Client wanting some swept path work carrying out on the assumption he has these as his fleet vehicles... blimey they are expensive Standard Sprinter Progressive's start at £31k so the eSprinter is double!