It is currently 28 Mar 2024, 22:13
Rod wrote:I opened the bonnet of my car to top up the washer system and noticed how clean it was - so clean I had to take a photo of it
But it brought home to me why I don't really want to service my cars anymore - I don't recognise half the bits in it!
Rod
9fingers wrote:tracerman wrote:PS , Bob I have a Kia Rio 1.5 diesel turbo , goes like excrement off a scraping device , love to feel the turbo come in , love it every time I go out , a couple of years ago had 9 points on my licence , however I too have been tempted to look at a Skoda because I cannot get a Haynes manual for the Kia , I think its a Kia policy so I have to go to a dealer for servicing . I would be interested to hear your comments about how accessible things are on the Octavia .
Steve
I looked recently at the Haynes website and was quite shocked how few modern manuals they are producing now of any makes so I don't think Kia will be any less available than a modern Ford.
Looking under the bonnet of the Octavia, at least you could see all round the engine and 100% of it is under the bonnet unlike my Cmax.
Service information has been uploaded to the interweb and links exist on the Briskoda forum. I've yet to see how comprehensive it is. The forum seems quit active with technical stuff as well as the usual "pimp my Skoda" threads.
There appears to be some very capable software for diagnostics but the hardware interface costs nearly £300 and buying that gives a license and free updates to the software which runs on a windows platform. It is apparently virtually as capable as the diagnostics available to VAG dealers.
This contrasts to a modest price interface for Ford at £20-£30 and open source software Forscan that I'm used to.
Bob
9fingers wrote:David, you need three functional blocks.
1) An OBDII interface
2) A means to connect it to
3) A host computer running diagnosis software.
I far prefer a simple cable connection to a laptop PC for 2 and 3 although wifi and bluetooth are available to tablets and phones. There is generally far less support of apple products.
My interface is an elmscan 5 https://www.scantool.net/elmscan5-compact/ which is no longer available but they have a link on that page to a successor. It comes with a USB cable. I assume it will work also.
ELM did the original work on the interface (ELM327) and left the early versions of their code unprotected and it has been copied in various cloned interfaces which are reputed to have different (aka inferior) performance.
caveat emptor
3) in my case is an old XP laptop running code from here http://forscan.org/download.html
hth
Bob
Pinch wrote:I think all the modern electrical stuff with new cars these days is very cool, but it's when these things get old - 10+ years maybe. Only yesterday, we've had to replace the key card for Mrs P's Megane and this was apparently a deal at £180 programmed. Renault wanted around £500
I tried to break down the cost: I don't know the cost of the actual key card, but the labour was 10 minutes.
Robert wrote:I have an automatic handbrake with a switch for manual operation that I rarely use - love it. .
Tusses wrote:Robert wrote:I have an automatic handbrake with a switch for manual operation that I rarely use - love it. .
I've always wondered what would happen if your brakes failed and you have no handle to pull ?
Is the electrickery one a proper independent brake , or does it just apply normal brakes automatically ?
9fingers wrote:
No the EPB is not independent in the same way as a standard handbrake and foot brake are not independent. They share pads and discs.
Bob
9fingers wrote:On the ford it was an electromechanical box of tricks that pulled the cables to each rear wheel. the control system measured the tension in the cables .....
Bob
RogerS wrote:9fingers wrote:On the ford it was an electromechanical box of tricks that pulled the cables to each rear wheel. the control system measured the tension in the cables .....
Bob
But why ? Why go to all that over-engineering ? Hand pulled cable brakes are perfectly OK (NB I accept that in your personal circumstances that there IS a point).
Rod wrote:All I can say if modern cars are over engineered, then I'm all for it. They are a lot more reliable than earlier cars when you had to carry a load of spare parts with you.
None of my cars have broken down in the last 30yrs.
Rod
tracerman wrote:People - I am currently finding out the hard way that modern cars have too much techy stuff . ...... I am wondering whether anybody knows of a way to un-jam the EGR without trying to dismantle it , ......
Cheers
PS Merry Christmas .
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