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  1. As suggested I enlisted an auto electrician and he found the fault was in the wiring, now sorted.
  2. Plugged in my OBD reader this morning and cleared the fault code, have done about 30 miles today in 4 separate journeys, check engine light has remained off all day, so whatever the problem was it appears to have corrected itself.
  3. Had the post cat oxygen sensor replaced yesterday, cleared the fault code unfortunately the check engine light is still coming on and showing the same fault code, I'm gutted 😞
  4. Thanks for that, just checked prices for replacement part, seems to be about £40 so not too bad.
  5. This afternoon while driving my 2011 Fabia VRS the check engine light came on, nothing appeared amiss with the running of the car so I carefully drove it back home. Once home I plugged in my OBD reader to check for fault codes, this was what it read, can anyone tell me what it means and how it can be fixed ?
  6. My 2011 Fabia VRS has developed cloudy patches on the inside of the instrument panel glass which have started to become irritating particularly when the sun shines through the side window onto the instrument panel. Is anyone able to tell me how easy or difficult it is to remove the glass to either clean or replace it as no doubt as time goes on the problem will more than likely get worse ?
  7. Totally agree with what you’re saying, as this is the only DSG, in fact only auto car of any kind I’ve owned so I can’t comment how it likely performs with other engines, I had a Rapid 1.2tsi Sport for a couple of years but that was manual, that would set off smartly without wheel spin if I remember correctly but being turbo only there’s always a little lag at very low revs until the boost starts under load, if I accelerated hard from low revs in a gear you could feel the shove come in strong at about 2300rpm. My big bugbear about DSG is although with the Twincharger there is prodigious torque from 2000rpm the box insists on dropping down several gears if you accelerate hard and flings the Rev counter needle towards the redline. Where less than blistering acceleration is needed I’ve started using manual and using my favourite main road overtaking gear, 4th and then applying hard but progressive amount of throttle so I avoid a needless downchange, I do the same when dealing with uphill or downhill gradients where the box tends to always select a lower gear than is really needed.
  8. I’ve got a DSG box Skoda admittedly it’s a VRS Fabia, it’s the first auto box car I’ve ever had, even with the wide (215/40 17s) tyres it’s all too easy to spin up the wheels from a standstill particularly if the road is greasy, I think the clutch engagement is rather keen if you prod the accelerator a bit quick, coupled with the gear ratio of first being very low, it’s tricky but with a bit of practice it is possible to apply enough accelerator movement to get away smartly without wheel spin, also best to leave it in D rather than S.
  9. Just checked Autotrader, 2010 &2011 VRS’s are going for £4250-£4500, 2013 & 2014 up to £7k, latest one selling at £7k has std heating not Climatronic and no cruise control so it’s a little overpriced imo.
  10. I’ve had my 2011 VRS for almost a year now, I’ve found fuel consumption can vary wildly depending on how it’s driven as well as weather conditions. The sort of use you say you’ll give it should produce 45mpg+, short journeys in winter have been yielding me about 33-35, cold ambient temperatures means oil temperature takes a long time to climb, even with water temperature at normal 90 degrees it can take another 10 miles + to get the oil that warm (check the display) it’s only then the economy will be at its best. You mention cruise control, not many cars came fitted with it as standard, I had it retrofitted on mine for £350 in the summer, the 90 mile round trip to Awesomegti in Manchester returned the best economy figure I’ve managed, 51mpg on a scorching hot day. Oil consumption too can vary wildly, my 2011 CAVE engine has done 60k miles now, long high speed motorway runs it uses about 0.3 litres/1000 miles but lots of short journeys from cold starts it’s closer to 1 litre/1000 miles needless to say weekly or fortnightly checks are recommended depending on the mileage you do.
  11. Thanks for the recommendations, there seems to be quite a selection of Philips bulbs at different prices, the Osram bulbs are a bit more than what I want to lay out.
  12. Now the winter is in full swing I’ve started doing quite a bit of driving in the dark and I’m finding the headlights on my 2011 Fabia VRS are barely adequate considering the performance of the car, beam pattern on dip and main beam is fine it’s just that the intensity is poor. Can anyone suggest an upgrade headlight bulb that will give a brighter and whiter light output at a not too excessive cost (under £20). I have seen some bulbs advertised which supposedly give double the brightness of standard bulbs, that imo is probably going too far, I’d be happy with 25-50% brighter, any suggestions ?
  13. Having had my steering rack replacement in situ for nearly two months now I have to say the improvement over the old one has become more noticeable the more I drive it, I think there was rather more up with the original than just worn seals and fluid loss, I get the feeling that the rack/pinion teeth were pretty worn as well and there was probably some amount of play which had gone unnoticed , with the new rack the turn in is now so much sharper than before, it almost seems like the steering ratio has been made quicker, not sure if there was ever a change made to the ratio through the production run at all, anyhow the car has a much more chuckable go cart like quality now which really puts a smile on my face, helps take the sting out of how much it cost me.
  14. Not sure if you may have seen my posts on the VRS oil consumption issues thread but my 2011 Cave engined VRS has a lot of variation in how much oil it uses depending on the type of use the car gets, my normal driving, short journeys of under 10 miles after a cold start gives an oil consumption of approximately 800 miles per litre. Based on a recent long motorway run I made the consumption for that worked out at around 0.3 litres per 1000 miles. Depending on how many miles you’re doing I’d suggest you check the oil level every week and try to keep it topped up to the maximum on the dipstick, the more you drive with the level low the faster the oil will get used imo.
  15. Well as it turned out 5 months on, with increasing mileage the steering fluid leak just got worse and worse to the point of the leak showing on the ground noticeably where I park my car so I’ve had to have the rack replaced. Managed to pick up a recon rack from Steering Specialists Ltd who are based in Wakefield and who sell via ebay, paid £119.99 delivered. Surprisingly not done on an exchange basis. Unit delivered in 2 days. The rack appears to have been remanufactured to a high standard, basically looking just like brand new. Got the car back from my mechanic this morning, cost for fitting including retracking/ wheel alignment £280, so a grand total of £400, I believe a new OEM rack main dealer fitted would probably have been well into 4 figures so I got off fairly light. Although the steering with the original rack was pretty good the “feel” with the replacement rack seems better.
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