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I got some VCDS data for the cam belt and injectors. I think the cam reading is ok and the blet hasn't stretched. Not sure if this is relevant for injectors but this is from a warm start. There were slight fluctuation on the reading where each injector value one would dip under 1.0.

I'll do a check on VCDS for the timing chain stretch opefully being a low miage car this should be an issue. New spark plugs were put in last September as I noticed a slight roughness on startup as the plugs have never been changed. It has been run on 95 ron (not my choosing) but now I'm using the car it's getting VPower. Switching to VPower hasn't made any noticeable difference. Not sure about the air filter. I would have thought it would have been changed as part of a major dealer service. That is useful list of things to check. Will need to do a bit or reading to make sense of the values from VCDS. I'll mention it to a garage to do a smoke test if the VCDS numbers look ok.

This car hasn't needed any additional maintenance just yearly servicing with the dealer. At 12 years old now I need to except some big bills as plastics and rubber start to break. I was thinking if I should tuning it but with the engine'ss fragile reputation I've avoided doing it so far.

That’s what I was worried about. Don’t fancy throwing the parts cannon at it. From previous experiences going to a main dealer might not result diagnosing the issue after paying a premium. I might try and find an independent garage that has some knowledge of working on the twin-charger engines and is happy to do some diagnostic work without charging a fortune.

I’m having a issue on start-up from cold there is a noticeable lumpy idling. This hasn’t caused any massifier codes when scanning via VCDS. Last year as part of the service the sparkplugs were changes but the rough idol is getting more noticeable. My Audi had the same issue that eventually resulted in constant misfire. That was diagnosed as having a carbon build-up. I don’t want to have the same issue occurring with the Fabia. As the CTHE is direct injection and has done 41k miles I’m guessing the rough idol is most probably needs a carbon clean as well but haven’t seen any posts on the forum about having it done on a MK2 Fabia vRS. I did ask the Škoda dealer for a quote and they said it would be around £800 with a head gasket change. I could go for an hour diagnostic at £160. As there were no error codes, I’m a bit sceptical about paying that and they say there is no issue found. Has anyone else been through diagnosing cold rough idol as I don’t want to go to the expense of a carbon clean if it could be something else.

As my car was in the body shop getting some parking scratches removed, I was given a 2022 Fabia Se Comfort 80hp. I was really impressed with the car with the Mk IV version of the Fabia good standard of equipment and refinement. I was surprised that the 80hp version of the Fabia wasn’t turbo charged. The engine revved freely and above 3k rpm it gave ok performance. Comparing the engine to a 2009 Renault Clio with a 74hp 1.2 (which I have to drive sometimes) the refinement and usable performance of the Fabia is leagues ahead even on paper they should perform the same. The Clio’s performance is miserable especially on motorways and trying to acceleration to change lane but the Fabia offered enough performance and comfort for higher speed motorway driving. Looking at the June 2023 UK Brochure it has a list price of £18600 with Solid Colour Energy Blue which is the entry level Fabia. Which does seem high price for a Fabia but It’s comparable to other new car prices and most people buy based on monthly repayments rather than list prices. Having the loan car for a week allowed me to compare it with a 2014 5J Fabia. The newer Fabia it is a big upgrade from of specification and styling. Not surprised as the 5J was sold from 2007 and is based on a VW platform from 1999. Visually the Mk IV is noticeably lower than the Mk2 but the interior head room isn’t compromised by this. The engine of the newer Fabia does look small in the engine bay The 1.4 in the older Fabia really fills the engine bay in comparison Newer Fabia's boot seems to be as practical as the older model. I found the plastic shopping holder found in the old model useful. Interior shows how modern the Fabia has gotten compared with the Mk2 Fabia I do like the sports seats in the older Fabia which are comfortable and supportive but the interior really showing it's age. After a week of driving around in the new Fabia I did miss it when picking my car. It wasn't perfect with the touch screen radio being a distraction when trying to change a station to a non-preset one. The lane keep assist got confused with roundabouts so really I should have left that off but wanted to try it for the week to see if it was useful. I just like the fact it was a nice comfortable car that I could live with day to day. Currently it looks like this might be the last Fabia model with costly emissions requirements and electrification making the economics of producing small cars like this hard to justify. It will be a shame if this is the last model but it is a good send off.

No leaks since the work was done 6 years ago and the DSG has been working fine. The car still only has 24k miles since new so it doesn't get used that much.

I’ve driven 450miles since the cruise control fitted. I was surprised it works slightly differently to the one in my A3 so here are my observations on using it:- There is no indication what the speed limit is on the dashboard so when re-engaging cruise control I needed to check what speed that are is doing and then set it manually. The speed limiter only uses the engine breaking to keep to the speed when going down a hill or decreasing the speed to a lower one which can result in the car going over the set speed. On the A3 it will use the breaks are applied to decrease the speed so the car won't go over the set speed. Accelerating using the cruise control switches usually downshifts to a lower gear. It results in the acceleration being a bit quicker than I would like. Having the cruise control on the same stalk as the indicator is a bit fiddley and it is easy to accidently flash or indicate when changing the cruise control settings. I prefer the cruise control on dedicated stalk.

Got the cruise control fitted today after 3 weeks waiting for the part to be delivered. It cost £456 in total and took the entire day to fit it. I haven't tried it yet as my mother drove it. Hopefully it is easy to use unlike the Fabia 3 courtesy car I had a few weeks ago which had a speed limiter which I could not get on with instead of cruise control.

Managed to order it from the dealer. The reason why it isn't being returned on the parts system was due to it only linked to fitting a Roomster and none of the other Fabia models.

Thanks for the clarifying the part numbers. I will give them a call and hopefully telling the part number rather than searching via registration number will allow them to order the part I need.

Looking on eBay and I found a listing for a Fabia Cruise Control with a part number 5J2035623A. The following picture from the eBay listing states that it is for models built from 13/2010 to 22/2012 which is what the dealer told me with no alternative parts listed for post 2012 cars. I found this old post where it says 5J2054690A is suitable for models >22/2012. Why isn't the dealer not able to say that this part is suitable from their system?

I'm trying to order Cruise Control from the dealer for a 2014 DSG Fabia with MFA (Maxi-dot trip computer). But on their parts system its only lists models up to 2012 with a MFA as being able to be ordered. Is there a reason why this part is unable to be ordered through the official Skoda parts system?

The Fabia is standard but that's my mother's car. My car is running a Revo Stage 2 Remap, Downpipe, Air intake and intercooler.

I had thinking about getting a remap for the Fabia. While driving it the other day and thinking how acceleration felt so really smooth and it feels fairly nippy enough so I don't know how well it would drive after a remap with higher boost. I've always gone for Revo on my cars as I really like my local dealer so can't comment on how Revo compares with other maps. I'm toying with the idea of going stage 3 on my car but I will have to find another supplier as Revo doesn't offer a stage 3 tune.