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I've had my Fabia VRS for a week now and I bought it totally standard apart from upgraded intercooler pipes and I believe it may somewhat have been remapped as it feels quicker than my old 170bhp civic.

 

The day after I bought it, I noticed the EML constantly comes on and goes off. The car also vibrates on idle such as when stopped in traffic lights. You can feel the steering wheel, seats the whole car shuddering. This happens very less likely such as 1/10 chance. The engine however is quiet and not the usual loud tractor. As it vibrates 1/10 times, I thought I'd ignore it but then I'm bit worried whether if it will cause long term damage. So I was wondering if anyone on here has experienced similar problem and what is the fix?

 

Also is it normal for the car to smoke when boost kicks in? I've read that a poor remap causes this but when I rev my car on idle, I don't see black smoke coming from exhaust. 

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Take it to a garage and get a diagnodtic check done on it, or alternatively get an OBSII sensor and check your self.

With the smoke that could be burning oil.

Hopefully something simple.

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People that say they don't smoke are either liars or not very observant! :D

Black smoke is fuel related,so don't worry about thinking it's burning oil.

Ref the vibrations,it could be the DMF on its way out.

Has it ever had a new clutch/flywheel do you you know?

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Excuse my last paragraph from previous post. The car DOES smoke but it is black and I only see it after 2500 revs when turbo kicks. The turbo runs well with no lag, it's just the smoke I'm bit worried about. There is no blue smoke at all or smell of oil burning. When revving high on idle, there is no sign of smoke at all.

 

The vibration issue is still there and I haven't had a chance to scan the EML. I'm thinking of getting my own scanner, could someone suggest a good one for around £50ish please?

 

Clutch was done 40k miles ago and still feels strong.

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The flywheel was replaced with clutch?

The black smoke is nothing to worry about,probably just a half arsed/lazy remap imo :)

If you've got a laptop down load VCDS lite and get a cable to go from a USB port on your laptop to the car.

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