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    Reduction Box Oil

    That's the one.
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    Reduction Box Oil

    My area MG Dealer used Shell SL2808. The engineer showed me the bottle, which had Chinese writing with "Shell SL2808" underneath. Should add, mailed MG UK to check when this was due as I couldn't see it on the service schedule. They said it was due at 40k miles or 6th service whichever came...
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    MG5 SR 4th Service Advice!

    Just in case the main deal was spouting "hearsay", I emailed MG UK explicitly asking them if and when the reduction gear oil needed changing. I mailed [email protected]: "For avoidance of doubt, can you please confirm whether or not the MG5 needs it's reduction gear oil changed at the...
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    MG5 SR 4th Service Advice!

    Does'nt even mention reduction gear oil change. My dealer said it was optional at 4th year. MG UK says is mandatory if you want warranty cover. So "clearly laid out for all to see..." isnt quite right.
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    Reduction Box Oil

    Just had mine done this morning. The MG Dealership used ShellSL2808. The bottle was covered In Chinese writing but underneath it clearly showed sl2808. (1litre). I checked with MG Uk ...they said they would only meet future warranty claims on the reduction gear if the oil was done at the 4th...
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    MG5 SR 4th Service Advice!

    I've just been told by MG UK's Customer services that this needs doing or it could affect the warranty. ( slight eek ). So, just got in touch with the dealer and they say they will do the oil change for me this Saturday. It's quite disappointing that they didn't have the right oil in stock when...
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    MG5 SR 4th Service Advice!

    I had my MG5 EV LR serviced at th main MG dealer in my area two weeks ago. This was the 4th year service, with mileage at 38,428mls. They quoted £307 for the service because apparently the car is due a reduction gearbox oil change. I couldnt find any information on this anywhere else but a...
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    Charge port door

    The whole assembly appears to be made out of thermoplastic. i.e. the type of plastic you can heat, soften and weld together. My charge port was cracked 50% the way round and the door would'nt open or close. I managed to lever it into place while "spot welding" with a soldering iron. Didnt look...
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    Physical log book

    Had mine serviced at two different dealers. Booked into Arnold Clark for third service. They couldn't see any records for my car at all. Will stick with stamped receipts!
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    Zappi + Intelligent Octopus in beta

    That's good helpful information. For MG5-LR (21&22 plate pre facelift ) the following comments may help would be IO users. After a few nights charging with IO ( IO connected to Myenergi-Zappi2, not directly to the MG5 LR ) I now know , for sure, that the percentage charge requested in the...
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    Zappi + Intelligent Octopus in beta

    tsedge, I agree that the Octopus Go is easier and more straighforward. But the lure of having an extended duration from 11.30pm to 5.30am and a lower rate too is just so appealing for a miser like me. ( OMG that 7.5p gets be so excited !! ) Means that I flip on appliances just before bedtime...
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    Zappi + Intelligent Octopus in beta

    Aha ! got it sussed. After a long call to Octopus yesterday, it turns out that the zappi should be set to "Fast", which is counter-intuitive. What happens then, is that IO connects to the Zappi, starts charging for a few seconds then switches the zappi to "ECO+". IO then lowers and raises the...
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    Zappi + Intelligent Octopus in beta

    For my MG5 LR ( 21 plate ) I set Zappi to "Eco+", with all Myenergi schedules having been deleted and boost/schedule set to "manual". Car plugged in. Octopus created a charging schedule so it all seemed like it was going to be okay but no charge was sent to car overnight. At 9am this morning it...
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    Electric prices could be on the up again say OfGem today

    The methane emissions measuring machine attached at the opposite end would be the icing on the cake for HMRC.
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    Electric prices could be on the up again say OfGem today

    As if the weather was'nt sufficienty depressing. I'm going to get two big logs and 4 stone wheels and make a car just like Fred & Barney have in The Flintstones. May even aspire to the SE LUX model with real pteradon leather. No doubt I'll just have the thing built and some kind bright spark...
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