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Hi, sorry for the slow reply. I haven't posted a specific post about what I did but have mentioned it on another thread. Basically when you pull of the engine cover and turn it over you will see the four connectors, one in each corner. They slide out so you can change them. The originals that were in mine were a sort of hard plastic and were kinda loose/worn allowing the cover to rattle. So I spoke to my local Skoda dealership and they found the parts and it priced at around £10 but they didn't have any in so would have to order them and asked me to pay for them. As it was so little I said I wanted to pay cash and they insisted I came in to pay that cash before they would order them. Not liking their attitude I got the part number and spoke to a local VW dealer instead and they ordered them in without me having to pay in advance. The supplied connectors were the same shape, size, but made of more rubberized material and has a very snug fit and any vibrations that may exist will be absorbed instead of turning into a rattle. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

Hi, I have the 2.0 TDi 140BHP Elegance on a 10 plate. Bought it at the start of August this year and it had 35000 on the clock and for the money I paid for it it is easily the best valued car I have ever owned. Having run it for about ten weeks now the mileage is up to 42000 and I can quite happily say from a driving, comfort, gadget, financial (mpg) point of view again it is quite simply the best car I have ever owned. Best MPG so far doing a trip from Gatwick to Heathrow was 63mpg and that was with the speed floating between 65-70mph. Round the town it never seems to be worse than 45mpg. I basically searched good old autotrader to find mine and ended up travelling from Gatwick to Cwmbran, South Wales, to get it from a non-skoda dealership out there. As for real negatives, I struggle to find one. I have had a few minor rattles/squeaks/creaks which after a little investigation have been found and solved. I've also quietened down a couple of engine rattles by securing the air intake a little better than Skoda had bothered to do and also replaced the plastic engine cover mounts with rubber ones which absorb vibrations and therefore doesn't allow the engine cover to vibrate any more. Also I have changed the front tyres on mine from a budget pair to a decent pair as having the 18 inch wheels means you are more likely to suffer road noise, and the budgets I had on mine where incredibly noisy and so I got shot of them. On the whole though this is a fantastic car, you might even say it's Superb! :-)

I've not the slightest clue what this is all about either :no:

Mine was suffering excessive tyre noise but now I've sorted it. My car came from a dealership with Fullrun tyres fitted, looking almost brand new. No idea if it was the garage or the previous owner who had fitted them but I would highly recommend that if anyone is ever considering getting a set of these to forget about them instantly. They are by far the nosiest tyres I have ever known but also the most useless in the wet. Anything beyond the most modest of sensible driving would see you on the edge of losing what grip there was, and that doesn't bode well should you find yourself in an emergency braking situation. Anyway, solved my problem by picking up some part worn Michelin Pilot S3's, driving in virtual silence now :-)

Hi all, sorry to jump in on the original posters thread, but what was the recall for, ie what problem caused them to update the programming. It's just my seat isn't working fully. It makes all the movements, holding 1 will shift the seat to the position I first set, but seemingly I can't set any new positions to either presets 1, 2 or 3. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

Finally my 24 month contract was up on my old Desire phone and so I upgraded to the Samsung Galaxy III in the knowledge that with Android version 4.04 it would allow Rsap connections, well it does, but I have a couple of problems. Firstly, my Superb is a 10 reg and so I can only connect my phone via Rsap. Initially it does connect just fine but after about 90-120 seconds the columbus will show a message saying something along the lines of "Bluetooth connection with phone not possible" but then within the next 20 seconds it reconnects and stays connected. I know that this is just a small problem as it does stay connected the second time, but would love it not to have the initial hiccup in the first place. Secondly, the phonebook won't download? I have no contacts on the actual Sim and I would have thought that this is what would be the problem, but, the other phone I have used (Nokia 6300) didn't have the contacts on the Sim either but it downloaded the phonebook just fine. Also when taking a call from the wife yesterday her name displayed properly on the Columbus unit. Any idea's or thoughts on how to solve these two minor but annoying problems would be great :-)

Yeah I had that to.......does this mean we are special.......or clearly just special cases who need help lol ;-)

Hi, my thoughts would be that if the hardware was there, ie the receiver, then you'd have the feature already. As you have no option to switch on the telly I would say there is no receiver in your car. As for the speed limit restricting the DVD, I would suggest not. Can't imagine any dealer would be that irresponsible with matters of safety. Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk 2

Hi, As far as I'm aware its just a case of turning the radio down should you not want to listen to it whilst having the map up. Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk 2

Great idea, would love to have something like this if my Columbus decides its had enough. Not entirely sure I would buy from Ca-Fi or not. They sell from Hong Kong and the Eurpean partners seem to be based in some countries we are told to be wary of when it comes to buying stuff on the likes of ebay. I have no wish to suggest this isn't a great product but for something that is such a great idea and would have a massive market in the UK due to the popularity of Android and the amount of cars we have here that I'm surprised there is no direct outlet for them here. Plus if you do buy from them, in the T&C's it states there will be import duty payable, so that'll push the price up by 20%.

Yeah, sure can, but not until tomorrow :-)

Ah, of course, your the other way around. You need to try and locate the engine bay wall nearest where your passengers left foot would be, if you see what I mean. It should be covered in a silver lining, if you can get your arm in there and give the lining a bit of a banging you might find, like I did, a bit that vibrates back at you after being struck. Then all you would need to do is pin down the wall lining to stop that area vibrating.

Ah ok, had to check lol The white plastic/bottle, looks like it's the brake fluid container but I may be wrong. Mine, I'm sure, is on the left handside of the engine block. I'd have to say I'm not experience at all with other variants of engine slotted into the Superbs, and so if it's different to what I faced with here then I'm at a bit of a loss to be able to help you. What I found and did has totally worked for me, I have a noise free drive each and every time now. No tinny foil like metallic rattle/vibration/resonance anymore and no booming exhaust-ish type sound coming from the engine whilst holding revs or slowly moving through the lower rev range in 1st or 2nd gear due to securing the air intake system and not allowing it to move and rattle as freely as it did. I hope you find a way to do the same or similar, I guess there is always a chance that someone who has your variant on the engine will be able to interpret what I did to mine to see if it can work on yours. Good Luck :-)

Nope, didn't unmount anything, but one thing I have just noticed, your profile says your car is the Audi TT and not a Skoda Superb? If that is correct then it's not going to be the same as mine because this topic is all about the Skoda Superb II, and mine is the 2.0 TDi 140 BHP CR, hence the reason my pictures look nothing like your engine.

The AC warranty shouldn't affect any Skoda warranty but I would say get it in to your local Skoda dealership sharpish as you're right on the border line for the warranty time limit of 3 years, unless of course your mileage is already way above 60,000 miles in which case the Skoda warranty is already void. Good Luck :-)