Sittingbull

Feel for you buddy, I would have hoped that all the excessive oil users would have been rooted out and repaired or replaced by now. Using 2 litres of oil in 1000 miles is definitely excessive. Our engine was replaced under manufacturer warranty when it was using a litre every 600 miles or so, other owners can no doubt tell of similar experiences. Keep a record of receipts for oil purchased, when you top it up and the quantity of oil you've had to use so that you can speak to warranty company from position of certainty, will be interesting to see their reaction and how they intend to resolve things for you, ideally it would be a replacement engine but as Ootohere has written, that could be a hard battle.

It was a few years back but from memory I think we paid £230 for water pump and belts then a couple of hours labour at local garage so again from memory it was around £330 all in, I will have receipts somewhere but not in front of me at moment. There are cheaper pumps available but from other owners experience they sometimes run noisier than genuine equipment, perhaps don't last as well either.

Popping on to say still got our mk2 vRS, now 13 years old with our ownership now standing at 11 years. Car is rallye green with black roof, standard (almost) other than eibach springs and flex back custom exhaust, car now on 93k miles and rarely used as my wife (actual owner) no longer drives.

When ours (waterpump) went i bought genuine from Skodaparts and had local trusted mechanic fit for me including the two new belts, engine is timing chain.

It's the switch, although on the actual switch is slightly loose for some reason so not holding the "on" position, sorted it for now with it taped to "on" position but will need new switch. Aye we're plugging away G, will message you off forum, hope you and yours all well too.

Hi, anyone had situation whereby DRLs on mk2 vRS have stopped working when you start car up? They do come on when you switch sidelights on but previously they came on really bright when car running, not now. I know there's a switch beside the fuses and it still shows as DRLs should be on. I can't work out why they're only coming on when you switch sidelights on.

When our flexipipe went we opted for custom route to replace, Caltek Systems in Ayr supplied and fitted new flexi, centre res delete and new rear section, very pleased with the job done and how the wee car sounds.

Hi, our 2012 vrs is going in for water pump and aux belts replacement on Tuesday, I have the water pump and belts arriving today but wanted to know the coolant capacity for the mk2 vrs and to confirm its G13 we use now? Not losing coolant, just hearing squeak from belts, a tweet as such. Thanks

Just noticed you're in the Glasgow area, Simon Custom Exhausts in EK would do this for you, but you would be looking at a wait time as he's usually booked for months ahead, we didn't have that time to wait so followed another recommendation and went to Caltek in Ayr. Simons was I think 440 for custom system flexi back.

Not sure where you are based to point you to nearest custom exhaust place but any of them worth their salt will remove the old flexi and replace without any problem and for a fraction of the price you've been quoted. Ours went back in October, flexi was gone but not the cat. National tyres confirmed flexi was problem but they told me to go to custom place as back box also badly corroded. To replace system from Skoda was going to be over £1500. We went to Caltek systems in Ayr, half day job replaced flexi, centre section delete and new back box with staggered tail pipes, all stainless, for £640 all in. I know that's more expensive than some other places can do for. Sound is spot on. Short answer is to find reputable custom exhaust place in your area and have them do it.