SG-TP-AB RS230 - Timeline

[donweather]

Not much to report lately, I have however removed the JB4 and its now for sale.
Plan is to get a PWR Intercooler and a custom tune in the coming months.

JB4 sale link
Burger Motorsport JB4 VW EA888 TSI Golf GTI R Mk7 Skoda

Which custom tune you looking at?

[HPRS230]

About time I did something...

New tyres on today, RE003 and a wheel alignment.

Also managed to fit some more under trays, I'm not sure of the details as I got them via a mate that ordered.

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[HPRS230]

Not much to report lately, I have however removed the JB4 and its now for sale.
Plan is to get a PWR Intercooler and a custom tune in the coming months.

JB4 sale link
Burger Motorsport JB4 VW EA888 TSI Golf GTI R Mk7 Skoda

[brad]

Should I be worried about the one oil'ed up old plug?

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The insulator, electrode and earth are all clean, so I wouldn't be concerned.

[HPRS230]

Post Skoda Dealer service (60k) service
Dealer found a water leak, so they replaced the Waterpump and thermostat (Warranty)
- Reinstall JB4
- Compression test (all 155psi (cheap gauge))
- Installed NGK Audi RS7 spark plugs.
Should I be worried about the one oil'ed up old plug?




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[HPRS230]

Finally got the sweep indicators installed along with LED puddle lights.

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[donweather]

No silly questions mate.
There's a negative post on the fire wall, so I had it hard wired to that and the positive post on the battery and charged it that way.

Have a look on your manual as that's what I did at the time and pointed me to the firewall negative post. I changed while all connected.

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Great thanks.

[HPRS230]

This may be a silly question but do you have to disconnect the battery from the car before charging? Or can you charge whist battery is connected to the car?

No silly questions mate.
There's a negative post on the fire wall, so I had it hard wired to that and the positive post on the battery and charged it that way.

Have a look on your manual as that's what I did at the time and pointed me to the firewall negative post. I changed while all connected.

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[donweather]

Let's see how long I can get with a dieing battery... Rather not buy a new battery in winter/lock down conditions...
All Ctek'd up now.
Went with the CT5 so the Mrs can plug it in and can't charge in the wrong mode, but a people on Skodamodderz said the MXS5 was also Stop/Start ok.
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This may be a silly question but do you have to disconnect the battery from the car before charging? Or can you charge whist battery is connected to the car?

[Lucas_R]

...and will do top up/maintenance charges once a month.

This is exactly what I do on both my cars each month or so. I have a CTEK MXS 5.0 and it does the job well, certainly cant be doing any harm.

[HPRS230]

New battery day! The CT5 managed to keep the dead battery alive for a while, but after a few slow cranks while out thought best to sort it out.

Got a new Century (CYB) DIN65LH AGM for those playing at home.got it on charge now and will do top up/maintenance charges once a month.

Reading that the AGM battery should last a little longer but who knows in the current World we live in aye....

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[HPRS230]

Yea dead batteries light up the dash board for sure lol.

Yea internet said s/s batteries should use X y z charger.

Yea I'll try and make it last. Tbh we not going far these days and always Skoda assist

Yea plan to get a new battery once we all back to normal.



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[LunchboxVRS]

Chargers are suited to some or many types of battery construction (AGM, Gel, Ect). Charger won’t care if the car has stop/start.
Just need to make sure the charger does that type. Most of the new CTEK do a variety so should be fine.

Just had to replace mine after 4 years. I drove to the shops fine. Wouldn’t start when I went to leave. Lucky super cheap was next door so I got a small jump pack.

Tried to charge it when I got home but it would say charged after 5 minutes. Got out the tester and it had Dropped 2 cells. No warning at all.

Because I tried to start it when it was really flat it induced so many fault codes. Had to clear them after the new battery. Take it for a spin then clear the rest.

I’d get a new one before it goes in a big way. You will have to do the coding once It’s changed as well.

[HPRS230]

Let's see how long I can get with a dieing battery... Rather not buy a new battery in winter/lock down conditions...
All Ctek'd up now.
Went with the CT5 so the Mrs can plug it in and can't charge in the wrong mode, but a people on Skodamodderz said the MXS5 was also Stop/Start ok.

[HPRS230]

hi mate, I just noticed you have exhaust wrap and turbo blanket fitted. have you checked the temps to see if it made any noticeable difference?

I'm struggling with high oil temps at the moment and looking for solutions but I think an oil cooler will be inevitable...

Hey Bud, I did a few things at once so can't say exactly what brought oil temp down. I sit around 110 where as I was up around the 115 on the motor way cruising.
That was the grill cut out, oil housing cooler, wrap and turbo blanket.

Yea a couple have done the racing line oil cooler with reasonable success, but even 1 guy still has high temp and he has the steal oil pan with larger capacity.

Hopefully that helps (maybe)

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