BMW S1000R trip to Wilfs Cafe (Hawkeshead brewery) 190 miles roundtrip

 

around 6degC
7am start , back at 1pm
heated grips a godsend
around 190 miles (around 100 miles of which are backroad)
roads grippier than they looked, very few bikes out in the morning.
great breakfast sarnies at Wilfs Cafe

[DRAFT] VW Tiguan 150PD 4Motion 2.0TDI cambelt change / service / mot

 
cambelt :genuine parts incl water pump
full service : pattern parts
mot

First run of 2023 out to J&S Accessories BMW S1000R 41 miles roundtrip

 

cold, damp roads but good to get out.

quick coffee at the fourways cafe and back home.

how to replace a gloplug 2017 Tiguan Mk2 2.0 TDI : Cylinder 4 Glow Plug Circuit P0674 00 [237] - Electrical Fault

 almost as soon as i deal with the air sensor up pops another fault (to be fair I have seen it before, but cleared and ignored it)

4987 - Cylinder 4 Glow Plug Circuit (Q13)
          P0674 00 [237] - Electrical Fault
          MIL ON - Confirmed - Tested Since Memory Clear
             Freeze Frame:
                    Fault Status: 00000001
                    Fault Priority: 2
                    Fault Frequency: 6
                    Mileage: 80683 km
                    Date: 2022.11.20
                    Time: 12:58:13

                    Engine RPM: 913.00 /min
                    Normed load value: 27.5 %
                    Vehicle speed: 0 km/h
                    Coolant temperature: 12 °C
                    Intake air temperature: 13 °C
                    Ambient air pressure: 1000 mbar
                    Voltage terminal 30: 11.640 V
                    Unlearning counter according OBD: 40
                    Electric auxiliary heater: shut-off conditions-Bits 0-7: 0
                    Electric auxiliary heater: shut-off conditions-Bits 0-7: 0
                    Electric auxiliary heater: relay activation-Bits 0-7: 0
                    Pre-glow time: 2100 ms
                    Glow status-Bits 0-7: 0
                    Glow status-Bits 0-7: 176
                    Glow cycles above temperature threshold-Bits 0-7: 0
                    Glow cycles above temperature threshold-Bits 0-7: 2
                    Glow cycles below temperature threshold-Bits 0-7: 0
                    Glow cycles below temperature threshold-Bits 0-7: 0
                    Outside temperature sensor 1: B1: raw value: 9.0 °C

apparently 3 are normal gloplugs and one is special (normally cylinder 3) which an an additional sensor and is much more expensive

Luckily this is cylinder 4
Should really change as a set, but this time Im going to wing it.

2 parts I needed to buy

1. New Bosch gloplug (ECP partno 438 44 0017) from EuroCarParts : £14.99 inc VAT
2. Draper 16579 Metric 3/8-Inch Square Drive Hi-Torq 6-Point Deep 10 mm Socket  https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B072JTMVYC

useful video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28QsRx5HJ-c

• 5-10 min job
• engine cover pull off
• pull off glopplug connector
• use air line or pipe to blow out any debri in plug hole
• remove/replace gloplug (make sure you compare them side by side for similarity)
• repeat steps in reverse
• clear DTC 
• make a brew

Heres the new and old and 10mm socket 

how to replace air quality sensor (G238 : 5K0907659) Tiguan 2017 : 263425 - Air Quality Sensor B10AF 04 [008] - Internal System Fault

2017 Mk2 Tiguan 150TDI 4Motion , yellow DTC light on

Fault code was

263425 - Air Quality Sensor
          B10AF 04 [008] - Internal System Fault
          Intermittent - Confirmed - Tested Since Memory Clear
             Freeze Frame:
                    Fault Status: 00000001
                    Fault Priority: 3
                    Reset counter: 243
                    Mileage: 77120 km
                    Date: 2022.08.28
                    Time: 10:16:46

                    Outside temperature: 19.0 °C
                    Voltage terminal 30: 14.3 V
                    System run time-Engine running time: 253 s
                    System run time-Terminal 15 on: 253 s
                    Air quality status: Malfunction
                    System run time-Engine running time: 253 s
                    System run time-Terminal 15 on: 253 s

threads that helped

https://forums.ross-tech.com/index.php?threads/29183/

https://forums.ross-tech.com/index.php?threads/25677/

non critical role, you can still drive the car 

• Sensor for air quality detects pollutants in the ambient air (mostly gasoline and/or diesel fumes).
• The Climatronic Control Module -J255- evaluates the signal from the Air Quality Sensor -G238-. The A/C system is activated depending on the strength and type of heavily polluted air.

This picture , 19 indicates the sensor G238

Note on my UK car this was incorrect, mine was on the passengers side (offside) for me

https://vwts.ru/articles/electro/vw-tiguan-2-fitting-locations.html#1.18

Air Quality Sensor -G238-, Removing and Installing is shown in the link below.

It also gives a comprehensive list of what the sensor does.

https://www.vwtiguan.org/874/additional_components_for_control_and_regulation.html

dont have access to TPS, so bought from autodoc £39 + 5 shipping, took 5 days

OEM Part number is 5K0907659 (superceeds 1K part number)

https://www.autodoc.co.uk/aic/16115754

PIC

Options also for other sensors for £48 (Hella) £63 (Herth and Buss) and £89 (Vemo) , time will tell if the AIC part is ok

(If i chose again Id probably go for the Hella part as it looks like the part I removed : https://www.autodoc.co.uk/hella/7915637 )

Replacement is easy.

• open bonnet
• sensor is on the RHS (for a uk car)
• remove 1 or more clips holding wiper arm back cover to car body on front edge
• lift up the black plastic cover  (enough so you can gain access , you dont need to remove it)
• remove black cover (optional) but its easy
• push tabs to allow removal of sensor from car body bracket
• disconnect connector from sensor
• replace (checking its a match for what you had before)  and reverse steps
• use vcds or other to scan and remove any fault codes

[DRAFT] a year of motorcycling in review

insurance time : year 1 was £XXXX , renewal for year ahead was £XXXX

mot  time

just over 3000 miles this year

from 9253 miles MOT 2021  to 12427 miles MOT 2022 =  3174 miles

tyres diablo rosso iv

fuel

costs  3174 miles at approx 45mpg? = 71 gallons (320 litres)

320 x 1.70 (uk super unleaded)  = £544 year cost in fuel
 

mods (link to previous blog entries)

• tailtidy
• smaller number plate
• back to small wind deflector
• led ring + white lights
• crash protection

gear

dianese carvemaster 2 
helmet

sena30k

gloves

boots