Done that, tried local Skoda dealership, only £279, good heavens. Local MOT guy does them, booked in with him. Don't know price yet.
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I charge £180 for a DSG fluid change and filter/Oring and new drain bung seal (plus in that price we do the dual clutch adjustments with a scan tool).
I buy the fluid in 208ltr drums as we do so many...
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do you do much with the VAQ 'e-differential' (the electric/hydraulic limited slip diff thing on the vrs petrol/golf gti)? they are amazing to drive, but i bet they aren't cheap to fix...
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Are they reliable if serviced every 40k?
My dad and brother have had a couple of Skodas with dsg boxes and had no issues although none of their cars have done big miles.
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Haldex? Motor powered thing?
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I got a 130.000 mile six speed DSG - Highline Passat Estate car. Gearbox is like new - but I changed the fluid and done the clutch adjustments at 30k intervals. Clean fluid and setting the dual clutch throws - makes them last for sure...
Combination of clutch dust in oil and not adjusting the clutch packs make more dust and wrecks the Mechatronic solenoid packs.
The local guy has only done an Audi TT and bought the tool for the job. Are the the same tool? You might have a job.
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Yeah this is the same tool. You do need to raise the gearbox temp and measure it with a scan tool - to set the fluid level. You can get the filter out of yours without taking battery tray out - so it's easier than doing an Audi TT.
Basically you overfill it - raise temp and set the level when the fluid spills out of the snorkel type thing @ the right temp. Then do the adaptions for the clutch pack.
Fairly simple stuff - VCDS channel 030 "go".... No security access required with a scan tool. Simple electronic service adjustment.
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I am convinced that the high failure rates are attributed to not adjusting the clutch packs up when servicing the gearbox - either people don't know they gotta be done - or they not equipped to do it... With a manual clutch - the driver sets the biting point with his left leg - but with Mechatronic gearbox - the robot bit does it... Your DSG box is a manual box with a clutch - they just replaced the clutch pedal with computor....
Just noticed the interior lights not working by door opening, tried most of the options, they work manualy but not by door opening. Tried the hand book to no avail. Is it maybe in the car menu? Anyway It's doing me nut in. 2014 Octavia elegance 2 ltr diesel. I must be be missing something. ( Probably sense).
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Everything working apart from interior lights.
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one door or all doors?
All doors. Just a thought, the alarm came on a month or so back, the cause was the front passenger door not fully closed. Don't know if that had anything to do with it.
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not a hidden fuse is there
try the switch manual to auto flick it back and forwards a few times could be a bad contact
As Octo says the interior light fittings themselves cause problems. You can pop it out and have a probe with a meter. Do you have more than one interior light? Both failed?
If you have VCDS diagnostics you can look at the door switch positions which will show open/closed/safety and it will show any other switch positions like cruise control, wipers etc working/not live. Also look out for fault codes in the Cent Elecs controller in VCDS. VW calls it the J519 or Onboard Voltage Control Unit. It supplies/switches current for the interior lights and runs any delay circuit. As always, it's worth testing every fuse in every fuse box first because often more than one fuse feeds a single lamp/motor/controller etc. Re the alarm- VCDS can show the last few triggers if your alarm is original equipment. I doubt if the alarm has much to do with it though.
If you have VCDS diagnostics you can look at the door switch positions which will show open/closed/safety and it will show any other switch positions like cruise control, wipers etc working/not live. Also look out for fault codes in the Cent Elecs controller in VCDS. VW calls it the J519 or Onboard Voltage Control Unit. It supplies/switches current for the interior lights and runs any delay circuit. As always, it's worth testing every fuse in every fuse box first because often more than one fuse feeds a single lamp/motor/controller etc. Re the alarm- VCDS can show the last few triggers if your alarm is original equipment. I doubt if the alarm has much to do with it though.
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Seems quite nippy when you shunt the gear selector over to sport mode. Lots more road noise than the Disco, though. Swings and roundabouts. It’ll be much cheaper to run and hopefully won’t keep failing in complex and expensive ways.
Disco went into limp mode a few days ago. Wife is so used to it she just carried on, then turned it off and on again.
At 34,000 miles, my hope is that the Volvo will be at the right point in the bathtub failure curve.
Edit: I’ve always, since I was 17, bought a Haynes manual for my cars, but there isn’t one for this model. Any alternatives? I know the Haynes aren’t brilliant, but the info you get for the price is pretty good.
Seems quite nippy when you shunt the gear selector over to sport mode. Lots more road noise than the Disco, though. Swings and roundabouts. It’ll be much cheaper to run and hopefully won’t keep failing in complex and expensive ways.
Disco went into limp mode a few days ago. Wife is so used to it she just carried on, then turned it off and on again.
At 34,000 miles, my hope is that the Volvo will be at the right point in the bathtub failure curve.
Edit: I’ve always, since I was 17, bought a Haynes manual for my cars, but there isn’t one for this model. Any alternatives? I know the Haynes aren’t brilliant, but the info you get for the price is pretty good.
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What tyres are on it? It should be pretty quiet.
I had real cheap nasty Barums fitted to an old work van. The road noise was horrendous.
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Haynes Manuel's, a thing of the past for when owners expected to roll up their sleeves and replace a gearbox on a Saturday afternoon! Why there's no need for such things now we have these lovely reliable efficient electric cars.
What model of Discovery did you have?
