kellaway86

Hey guys, My vrs has been sat for the last 3 weeks with a flat battery, Battery changed this morning and started up and idled fine. Went to move off and engine started hunting/wouldn't rev over 1500rpm ish. Glow plug light came on and started flashing and so did the T/C light. Code reader showing P0726 Any one had anything similar? Video here : https://photos.app.goo.gl/8gYywmXukyaj6jRM8 Dan

Well guys, bit of a update. Cars been flawless been serviced again and had another years ticket in January put on. I'm unfortunately having to put the Fabia up for sale. New house and new child and the Fabia is not big enough for me any more. I'm going to be posting up and for sale ad next day or two. I'm not wondering two far from a VRS tho.... Just a small upgrade to the fabia's bigger brother! Picking up a 2015 Mk3 Octavia Estate VRS 184 TDI with 42k on the clock on Thursday. Going to be a hell of a change from the little fab for sure!

That sucks mate, flicker is another option! I use lightroom connected directly to it, makes life easy.

Rear Brakes, Well the old girl had been suffering with sticking rear brakes, i took the calipers off and tried to free them up but they where just to rusty internally to save. The rebuild kits come in around 75% of the cost of a new caliper so no brainier to get new ones!. The drivers side rear wheel bearing was making a right old racket as well, so changed the lot. You can see where the calipers have been sticking, and boy it had been giving my mpg a good kicking! IMG_1621.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr Crack the fluid lines. IMG_1623.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr Drivers side hub nut off for hub/bearing assembly IMG_1625.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr It was well nackard, the side to side play in the bearing was amazing. Not bad for 128k as its original! IMG_1626.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1627.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr Stub axle cleaned up. IMG_1628.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr New assembly, koyo made in uk to my shock! Not OEM but worth a punt at the price and they had good reviews! IMG_1629.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1630.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr One of the new calipers, shame as im unable at the moment to get hold of some more vrs green paint :( IMG_1631.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr Off with the old! IMG_1632.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr If my magic, all back together! IMG_1636.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr Got her bled up with the ezi-bleed and was all sorted. Went for a test drive and all was sorted, could not believe how loud that old bearing was. Must of been bad for a while!

So got the old girl back from the body shop, the work is pretty much flawless apart from drivers side rear quarter which has more orange peal than a orange. Spoke to the lad and its going to go back and get some wet sanding to sort it out. So gave it was and a polish and here are the finished results. I'm well chuffed. Ill let the pictures do the talking! IMG_1603.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1604.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1605.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1606.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1607.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1608.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1609.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1610.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr You can see the stonechip layer that's been put on for extra protection. Not OEM i know but i don't want the same to happen again. IMG_1613.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1614.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr This could be my last update for a while, as i'm starting a new job, bought a house but it doesn't have a garage :( and my first child due Oct 17! Will still update when i work on her

Rusty Sills So the rust on the sills was really starting to take hold and let the car down so she is in the body shop. Here is whats getting fixed. IMG_1591.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1592.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1594.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1595.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1596.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1597.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr So got it dropped off at the body shop and they have had a couple of days on it so far. 20170524_123846.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr 20170524_123815.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr 20170524_123754.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr 20170524_123747.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr 20170524_123743.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr 20170524_123737.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr So she getting ground back to good metal then new stonechip and paint. Glad i got this sorted going by how bad the tin worm had worked in behind the bumper!

New Euro car parts radiator! IMG_1580.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr Back together at last IMG_1584.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1585.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1587.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr As i know alot you like tools, i picked up this 50kg beauty for a bargain tenner!. IMG_1589.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1590.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr Bit over kill i know!

So this happened IMG_1502.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1505.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr Radiator decided to no longer hold coolant! So got the old VRS in the garage and started the fun job of changing the radiator! Start of the process! IMG_1506.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr Getting close IMG_1514.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr Get the radiator out to be greated by a right mess of broken wires / poor previous repairs! IMG_1516.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1517.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1518.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1523.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr Starting to get a good collection of parts from this job! IMG_1524.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr More broken wires found IMG_1526.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1533.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1540.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr Start of the repair process! IMG_1545.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr Correctly soldiered and heat shrinked. IMG_1549.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1554.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr All wires re wrapped with decent loom tape, hopefully protect them for years to come! IMG_1556.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1559.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1560.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1561.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1562.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr While the radiator was out i decided to give the bay a jetwash and jetwash the waterways / pipework out. IMG_1568.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1569.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1575.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr New Euro car parts radiator! y, on Flickr

TPS will most likely have one on the shelf.

I'm guessing lofty is crushed under a lemon vrs, going by the lack of updates!

I'm sure that's not going to go anywhere, but boy that looks sketchy!! I hate having cars on 4 x axle stands as it is. Bet that it was at some crazy ass angles on the way up Should make for some good access tho

Would probably stick to the trusted 312mm upgrade, guaranteed no problems then

I was expecting a fight, was very surprised when 3 of them undid with little effort. The number 2 plug how ever came out screaming and tight all the way till the end. Was a touching cloth moment! Nightmare when they break off, glad I've not had one happen to me!

Glow Plug Change. Typical gets to spring and one of the glow plugs decides to die So the EML pops up! IMG_1393.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1395.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr Code is Cylinder 4 glowplug failed. So i nipped to ECP and picked up 4 new Bosch ones, no point in just changing one! IMG_1377.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr So first pry the harness off the plugs. IMG_1375.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr Choose your favorite 10mm Deep socket. IMG_1376.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr Lucky for me these wernt original, so they came out with ease. IMG_1380.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr They where Lucas LP043 plugs, not original from the factory. IMG_1390.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr Re-installation is as simple, just dab of cooper grease on the threads and scew in and tighten to 15nm IMG_1386.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1387.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1389.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr All 4 installed to spec. IMG_1391.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr Reinstalled the harness then set about cleaning some of the oily mess that had accumulated over the years. Used some 151 Elbow Grease degreaser from the trust pound shop, works a treat! Quick blast with the jetwash and a wipe over with some AF Revive. IMG_1399.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1398.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr Then used the Torque app to clear the code! IMG_1396.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr All Sorted

Fixing some little nags. So went and picked some parts up from a local lad who was breaking some VRS's and grabbed a few items. IMG_1353.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1354.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr My old gearstick middle was past its best i had a broken vent and my wiper arm was all bent out of shape and i had a headlight cover missing! IMG_1357.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1358.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1359.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr So swapped the gearstick over. IMG_1360.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr The little touches make all the difference. IMG_1363.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr Installed the vent and the headlight cover. IMG_1365.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1366.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr Wiper arm was more of a fight, i had to get all cave man on it. IMG_1367.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr Air hammer FTW IMG_1368.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr IMG_1369.jpg by Daniel Kellaway, on Flickr Super seized on the splines. Didnt get any pictures of the new one as my camera died, but its just a wiper