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So it went into the dealer today to be looked at but they apparently can't replicate the issue with their 'sprinkler' (that could be because I've already adjusted the rear hatch rubber stops, tightened the tailgate light fittings and tightened the tailgate gas strut mount out of necessity given the heavy rain we've had recently - so I may already have fixed it). However, they have also informed me that water sitting on top of the hatch seal, internal to the sealing line (see below), is 'normal'... It's not and doesn't explain how water got behind the internal tailgate trim such that it ran out from behind the trim when the hatch was opened on two separate occasions. I wouldn't mind if they simply said 'it's not leaking at the moment so we can't trace it but bring it back if it does it again'... but trying to suggest it's normal and how the seal is supposed to work is taking the mickey.

Yep a parrot was what I was thinking as it looks similar to the wire to the ls3200 we had in our octavia

Done as I'm on the beers now...

Yep that's the one... Mine split that hose twice round the back so not visible but could be felt.

I believe it is a fault with the dpf additive pump short circuiting to +ve

Check the turbo to intercooler hose at the turbo end... The rubber bend before it joins the hard pipe that runs forward to the intercooler. If you feel round the back of it as it comes out of the turbo you may find its split. Its a common fault on the BMM engine (ours was replaced twice at roughly 7 year intervals)

If it meets thevspec it should be fine. I used mannol 507 spec oil for years in my old Scout with no I'll effects.

My best one was in Cambridge cycling past Pembroke College along Trumpington Street. As I went past a parked car the drivers door opened so I swing hard right. I was going too fast really and couldn't stop before I hit the open gutter in front of the college. The front wheel went down it and stopped, I went over the handlebars but because I had toe clips on the bike then followed me and I ended up on my back with the bike still attached at the college gate. I was in such a position that I needed a passer by to loosen the clips so I could unhook my feet and get up. No injury just a bruised ego. A few days later a mate got similar treatment from another driver but ended up hitting the car door and going over the top of it...

My guess would be that at one stage it may have had a hands free kit fitted and rather than remove it properly the wires have just been cut to get it out...

It shouldn't need a dremel... That is sure to break the glass capsule. I'd go for a sharp knife and gently cut the plastic to get the capsule out.

Noo... There must be somewhere dry you can store the Capri! You could have used my garage if my MX-5 wasn't in it!! Hmmm... Wonder if I know anyone with an empty garage...

I don't know the situation you are in but people have tried to persuade me to sell my '95 MX-5 a few times for various reasons (kids / not used etc.) But no one has succeeded yet and they won't.

Many thank to Pawel for sending me a link. For info and so I set aside enough time how long have others found the update has taken to install?

Have to say you could be right re the trims. Ours is an SE in business grey and it looks well as it has no chrome pack on the sides so suits but higher specs do have a chrome pack as standard which would suit the darker quartz grey. And actually in certain lights the business grey does have a slight hint of blue...

@pab567 Hi Pawel... Just wondering if you have an update for the following Bolero in a 2018 Kodiaq? We're struggling to get our Android 10 phones to connect via smartlink so we can use satnav from the phones so wondering if an update will help. Thanks in advance. Edit: the lack of connection to our phone actually looks like it might be because they are both Android Go based phones and apparently android auto isn't compatible with Go... Doh! A software update might still be useful though...

We've got business grey and when looking to buy a few weeks back found it appeared much better and less scratched than the other darker colours on the forecourts. SWMBO liked petrol blue but having struggled to find the spec we wanted ended up with the grey and in hindsight we're pleased with it.

And I ca successfully report that yes Carista works very well... enabled a variety of things so the Kodiaq is now a bit more like what I want...

Nice to see he supports the 'correct' Sheffield-based football team though!... and hope he's not too put out by this year's (poor) performance. My family is split between the two teams (and between England and Northern Ireland supporters) so it's always a source of amusement...

It certainly caused confusion when I bought my father in laws civic off him, brought it to the mainland and tried to MOT it... It was on a mainland plate but had been 'exported' and registered in NI so there were no DVLA records for it... the garage thought it was stolen...

DVLA don't even hold data for NI cars so I'd say yes...

It's a real shame if it's emergency services only - the Scout and 4x4 versions of the previous versions were very sought after and popular, even if total sales weren't huge...

Oh I get that... I just don't understand why you might need (or want) the coding you were talking about... although maybe that's just me (I suppose it's like me wanting an alarm 'beep' coding)

I certainly wouldn't be going near a new Octavia if I were replacing at the moment (just got a S/H Kodiaq and specifically avoided the Octy) as there are too many issues across the VW group with the tech (apart from the fact that the front of the new Octy is rather fugly)

That's really bad and I'd suggest is bound to leak at some point. Typical of Halfords half-arsed approach to fitting stuff though... If they've got it that far they'd have been better off leaving it 'inside' the car and popping it out from behind the headlining and up to the rear screen rather than the half in half out approach they've taken that comes out of the gaitor and then needs to squash between the hatch seal and hatch to get to the camera. I'd take it back to them and get them to do it properly (although beware of them breaking trim...

is this issue to do with the old issue of VW having reversed the permanent and switched live feeds to the radio so it doesn't match ISO wiring (I recall these need to be switched over if fitting an aftermarket headunit).