How did he repair it? Have u got pics? Didnt know you could repair cuts in sidewalls

1 minute ago, Adrian55555 said:

How did he repair it? Have u got pics? Didnt know you could repair cuts in sidewalls

 

I did not see the whole operation, but watched him cut a piece of what was probably a sheet of glue to the right shape and insert it into the "wound". He must have put it into some sort of heating press, but I did not see that part of the fix and can only guess.

 

It wasn't  a straight cut or gouge, but more a superficial slice of rubber. Over the six days it took to see, then get the cut fixed, I never lost any air.

Cool, never seen it done in uk! Was more curious than anything. Good they got it sorted! 

On ‎15‎/‎09‎/‎2018 at 22:24, Alan_P said:

The forums biggest advocate of Skoda (and petrol) with three “faultless” cars has changed his faulty Superb to a diesel 5 series? Did somebody have a gun to your head?

On 01/06/2018 at 09:33, GaSelle said:
I’ve had three different brand new 520d’s as rentals during the pas few weeks in the UK. Where do you feel the materials are superior to the Superb? There is more road noise in the 5’er as well, but that’s hard to compare - you have some very rough tarmac in the UK.

You can now hassle BMW owners at their forum for posting negative comments about the brand
 

It´s my second Superb 3V 1.4 TSI DSG. The clutches failed in the first one at 5K km, and was replaced. Car was sold at 65K km. It drove fine in the meantime. New Superb arrived in CW22 this year, and clutches started slipping last week at 8K km. Called the dealer who informed me that:

* 2018 Superb has the exact same cluth as the 2016 had

*They were willing to replace the clutches to the same ones, as in the old car (which obvioúsly did not last long anyway)

*That my old car had the cluthes replaced again after I sold it to them

*They did not think there would be any further development fixing these issues. According to them the issue is isolated to Denmark, Holland and Northern Germany due to "climate".

*They did not have any prices on the 2.0 TSI 190, and delivery would not be before "sometime next year" (280 is to uneconomical for my driving, and don´t fancy VAG TDI´s)

 

So yes, a 5-series. Not superior in material quality, noise levels or space - but more refined, better drivetrain, better seat position and powerfull enough for me. And no clutches that can slip

13 minutes ago, GaSelle said:

It´s my second Superb 3V 1.4 TSI DSG. The clutches failed in the first one at 5K km, and was replaced. Car was sold at 65K km. It drove fine in the meantime. New Superb arrived in CW22 this year, and clutches started slipping last week at 8K km. Called the dealer who informed me that:

* 2018 Superb has the exact same cluth as the 2016 had

*They were willing to replace the clutches to the same ones, as in the old car (which obvioúsly did not last long anyway)

*That my old car had the cluthes replaced again after I sold it to them

*They did not think there would be any further development fixing these issues. According to them the issue is isolated to Denmark, Holland and Northern Germany due to "climate".

*They did not have any prices on the 2.0 TSI 190, and delivery would not be before "sometime next year" (280 is to uneconomical for my driving, and don´t fancy VAG TDI´s)

 

So yes, a 5-series. Not superior in material quality, noise levels or space - but more refined, better drivetrain, better seat position and powerfull enough for me. And no clutches that can slip

How dare you post anything negative about Skoda!

I’m positive you will be a big a fan of BMW... at least while you own it

I´m not negative about Skoda as such; still think the Superb is a great car, good value for money, great design, unbeatable space and a lot of technology. But if the clutches in the DQ200 can´t be fixed, and they can´t supply any other petrol powered Superb´s (with DQ381) then I´m done with it - for now.

Surprised you didn't go back to your Allegro...

2 hours ago, xman said:

Surprised you didn't go back to your Allegro...

I have to disappoint you. I sense, that I'm a bit younger than you. So I'm too young to have had a chance to own an Allegro. Second, I've not complained about most aspects about my Superb, only about the clutches.

Goodbye

Does getting it a build week count? (42 as it happens) 

1 hour ago, xman said:

Goodbye

I'll stick around, don't worry 

1 hour ago, DjEatch said:

Does getting it a build week count? (42 as it happens) 

Excellent news! The countdown begins 

My petrol light came on.  Usually nothing to be excited about but the car has covered 500 miles on a single tank of Tesco Momentum, with another 45 miles indicated range. 

 

Not too bad for a 280 

Edited 18 September, 20187 yr by penguin17

Not bad at all my 220 does around that too. But i dont do many long journeys

Edited 18 September, 20187 yr by Adrian55555

So, my turn now.

Superb S3, 1,4 TSI.

55k KM in.

Flywheel failure (if anybody is interested I can post a video, of how it sounds). Got it replaced.

Today, I will try the new Google Maps CarPlay feature.

All in all, the car is still rolling good.

The first three years have been OK I think, concerning that my car is part of the first shipment of S3-s sold in Estonia.

Have had minor F***-ups. MF buttons on the wheel have failed, some minor challenges with vibration and noises in the "cabin".

But all in all. The 55k ride economy wise has been great, at the moment the real consumption is around 6,8. Concerning that most of the mileage has been aquired in the city.

Let´s see what the next 2 years will bring :).

And last side not. I have pretty much every add-on that there is to add in the cabin, starting from all rubber thingys that you can add , ending with wireless charging add-ons and stuff like that.

All in all, the car has been great :). If I can decrease the hours spent in the service (minor f*****-ups) for the next 2 years, the car will be perfect :).

When did the flywheel fail? Was it a dual mass flywheel and did they replace it under warranty? Last question is the 150ps ACT or the 125ps engine?

Hi!

 

I have the 150ps ACT engine.

The flywheel was replaced under warranty.

But the funny thing is that I´m pretty sure, that the failure started at the point, when the car was 6 months old.

Firstly, I would like to say, that the "flywheel failure" in My case did not disturb driving, in fact, it didint disturb me at all.

How it all started?

When the car was 6 months old I started hearing some metal clicking noises when the engine came from heavy stress enviroment (let´s say a 200km drive with hot weather).

I stopped the car, and then I could hear a quiet noice of metal clicking from the engine bay. Firstly, it seemed that the climate compressor was doing the sound.

Then I went to the dealers (2,5 years ago) , the dealer said it was fine. And it was fine, because the car worked normally, no clitches, only the sound was the factor of disturbance. And , it was impossible to hear the sound when the vehicle was moving. So, you could only hear it in case you had a long drive , you stopped the vehicle and left the engine running.

Fast forward 2,5 years , every time I went to service I asked them to check the noise out. Service to me - Don´t worry, be happy, everythings cool. Me - OK.

2 months ago I had a long Eurotrip with my family. The car was fullstock (Car mass + 700kg). And that was the first time I heard that the metal clicking sound had become so strong, that it would out-line idle engine sounds.

Went to the dealers again saying, guys, this is not cool anymore , PLEASE CHECK IT AGAIN.

2 weeks went by, OK , dude your flywheel has an anomaly. We need to replace it.

3 weeks without a car, then car back with a new flywheel all good.

And , I still don´t know what the cause was and WHAT happened. 

End of story.

So the lesson for you guys.

Check this video out: 

My noise was pretty much the same, only the "cracking sound" was softer and more metal like.

But, after I did some research, I found out that Flywheel failure (early stage) does not usually have a concrete sound that each failing flywheel does.

What it does have is a sound pattern, If you can say that. The sound patters, that the VW in the video does is the same, as my car did.

Unfortunately I can´t upload the video from car here, cause the file is too big and ATM I am too lazy to compress it smaller :).

Either way, If any of you has a hunch that his/her car might have the same issue, PM me and I will send you the videos.

Early stage sounds and late stage sounds and how they changed over time.

To sum it up:

1. Despite the fact that I bought a brand new car I still need to be the Sherlock that encodes every odd sound that my car does. This really sucks TBH. I did the same when I was a driving a used car. So no change here.

2. Service USUALLY does not disclose what they did. Meaning, yes you will see the worklist, but you do not actually know what was done.

3. I hope this post helps some of you guys to prevent the same idiotic pattern happening to you.

4. Enjoy your S3, it actually is a REALLY good car. The fact that most services or dealers CAN´T handle themselves and what they are or supposed to be doing is another issue.

 

 

 

I'm a bit upset to learn the 1.4tsi has a dmf, never occurred to me but I supposed with 2 cylinder ACT operation it's inevitable. Also disappointed that they are still failing after so many years development.

 

Ain't life a bitch.

Not quite today, but last week!

 

I put my MY18 Superb Sportine 206TSI 4x4 (or 280 for you Europeans) on the dyno to get my JB4 further tweaked.

 

Ended up with ¬220kW or ¬300PS at all 4 wheels, or approximately (if using 20% drive train loss) 260kW / 360PS at the engine. 

 

Interesting stock result (map 0) which was very strong at 183.5kW or 250PS at the wheels.

 

Mods: BMS JB4 tuner, 034 Motorsports P34 intake, CTS turbo inlet.

 

Edited 20 September, 20187 yr by bbuchan8

Today I went into my garage to check my battery charger, and the front number plate had dropped off (after just 1000 miles). This is what happens when a pdi technician sticks a concave (bent, p*sspoor quality) "bestplate" frame on a convex bumper surface.

 

Removed the plate from the stupid frame and spent half an hour or so picking/cleaning off some of the randomly applied double sticky tape before put the bare plate back on. Slightly to one side, but the sticky didn't want to unstick for repositioning.

 

Rear number plate had to be repositioned when I complained on delivery that they must have used the 17 degree and 1½ inch too low template that Offski tells us they use to position plates. Still looks bad.

 

I'll have a go at fixing that sometime. I'll probably find that they used a screwdriver to scrape off the old sticky.

 

Must check those transport blocks have been removed.

 

1 hour ago, xman said:

Removed the plate from the stupid frame and spent half an hour or so picking/cleaning off some of the randomly applied double sticky tape before put the bare plate back on. Slightly to one side, but the sticky didn't want to unstick for repositioning.

 

Rear number plate had to be repositioned when I complained on delivery that they must have used the 17 degree and 1½ inch too low template that Offski tells us they use to position plates. Still looks bad.

 

I'll have a go at fixing that sometime. I'll probably find that they used a screwdriver to scrape off the old sticky.

 

Must check those transport blocks have been removed.

 

 

Mine have the plastic coloured “stealth” screws holding them on – maybe try those, think Halfords sell them. 

On 20/09/2018 at 20:39, bbuchan8 said:

Not quite today, but last week!

 

I put my MY18 Superb Sportine 206TSI 4x4 (or 280 for you Europeans) on the dyno to get my JB4 further tweaked.

 

Ended up with ¬220kW or ¬300PS at all 4 wheels, or approximately (if using 20% drive train loss) 260kW / 360PS at the engine. 

 

Interesting stock result (map 0) which was very strong at 183.5kW or 250PS at the wheels.

 

Mods: BMS JB4 tuner, 034 Motorsports P34 intake, CTS turbo inlet.

 

Awesome result mate, may I ask what UGP chrged for Dyno tweaking? I noticed it on Autoinstructs website for $250, was that it?

38 minutes ago, StealthRS245 said:

Awesome result mate, may I ask what UGP chrged for Dyno tweaking? I noticed it on Autoinstructs website for $250, was that it?

 

Yep I actually went through Autoinstruct. $250 for the JB4 tuning on their dyno for a couple of hours.

 

UGP were fantastic. Top guys really friendly and helpful while explaining the tuning.

8 hours ago, bbuchan8 said:

 

Yep I actually went through Autoinstruct. $250 for the JB4 tuning on their dyno for a couple of hours.

 

UGP were fantastic. Top guys really friendly and helpful while explaining the tuning.

Sweet, must get booked in

Made it home in one piece. London to Sicily to Salzburg to London. 25 days. I'll have to post a report, including all my war stories and battle scars, all of which (I must say) were self-inflicted. Also, I was cursing the Germans for having long stretches of the A8 and A5 saddled with roadworks and huge tailbacks. Then, I got to Folkestone and the M20 at rush hour. Sheesh! 

 

Plus, I opened my post from the last three weeks to find a traffic fine from Southwark Council and a postage stamp-sized CCTV photo of my car supposedly doing something wrong: "Failing to drive in the direction shown by the arrow on a blue sign (proceeding in the wrong direction). Contravention Code: 32D."

 

WTF? I put my bra on upside down?!!