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That's what has me confused.. The new engine doesn't use a drop of oil...I've never had to top it up between services and there's never any oil on the ground where I park...and sometimes my car stays in the same place for days on end as I cycle to work.

So got the car back from Skoda...they said there was a very slight leak from the rear crank oil seal. Said it would require the gearbox to be removed to replace the seal @ 9hrs labour + parts, it would be at least €1k. They seemed to think that it isn't really serious enough to warrant going to all that expense as it's not using any oil....Not sure what to do

Okay, so I went back to the garage and he put the car up on the ramp. He showed me the leak. He said it's the seal in the gearbox that is leaking. Will be bringing it to Skoda next week.

Thanks for all the information. I rang the (independent) garage back that serviced my car and asked them for a price to repair the seal...but the guy couldn't remember my car (and hadn't written it on the invoice) and couldn't be sure if it was the gearbox or the driveshaft so he's asked me to bring the car back for another look. Dropping it down later and he's going to put it up on the ramp and have another look.

Ran my vin through the Recall actions tool and looks like I've had all recall actions applied http://master.skoda-auto.com/mini-apps/recall-actions

Rang Skoda there and they told me that 34F7 was carried out in June 2014 (along with 74C7 which was the heater elements in the seats) She said there was no other campaigns showing as required.

I only added the bit about my engine oil for reference (as I'm still a little bit bitter about it, having complained since the very first service that the car was using too much oil and constantly being told it was within parameters) Why does the issue manifest itself after a new engine I wonder? The garage seemed to be suggesting they could just replace the seal and all would be good. Would this be the case if caught in time?

It did get the mineral oil change and software update yes. I had the new engine fitted just over 2 years ago by a Skoda dealer. (It's not used a single drop of oil since)

Dropped my 2011 Fabia vRS in for a service and they mentioned to me that there was oil weeping from the clutch. I'm probably being really ignorant here but I thought the DSG was a dry clutch?

Thanks for the information GoneOffSKi I would say the technician has never worked on one of these before...I'm in the Republic of Ireland and there are probably 20 Fabia RS's in the country so chances are pretty slim he has. I have taken the car back from the garage and will be sending it into a company that specialise in engine reconditioning/rebuilding

He did say he was trying to clear it so I presume that's what he was doing. He said he'll have another look on Monday.

Just off the phone to the mechanic there...said there was a broken wire to coil pack/plug #4....said petrol has washed the cylinder and there is no compression....most likely needing an engine rebuild. 32k miles on the clock...unreal. :(

Yeh I cleared the fault but it returned straight away. I've booked it in to be looked at tomorrow.

Hey guys....have a 2011 Fabia vRS....the other night while driving home, the car lost power and went into limp mode...it's idling very rough and is very down on power...I scanned the car and the below fault appeared. Has anyone any idea what the problem is? (There doesn't seem to be a lot of information on the net about it)

On a recent trip to Kerry in the South West of Ireland