Skipper1

Hi guys I'm new to the site, I've posted already in another section with a problem I've been having with my 05 octavia vrs, long story short it's been confirmed my turbo has an oil leak, I'm few minutes away from manchester airport and wondering has anybody got any recommendations of turbo specialists to get it all fixed up, thanks in advance

Hi all, quick update Cars been in a garage today and mechanic said the turbo is definetly leaking oil, any recommendations on where to go next, ie, any body know best place for a replacement and get it done, the garage today is far too busy and said I'd be better goin a specialist , guessing not a cheap fix !!!

Yeah I've looked thus morning , £100 for a Bosch one, but I'm off away for few days so not thinking about it till I'm back, thanks for the pointers , I will update my post when I hopefully get it running correctly,

I've had it in a local garage today , he ran some basic checks, he confirms no leaks and says what I've already seen on here that system too lean can mean various problems it could be, I'm goin away for a few days so have to book it in elsewhere for further checks when I'm back, thanks

Mines driving me insane , still trying to figure out what's happening , have a look at my thread turbo issues and recommendations, it's a nightmare, and quick question did you get your maf from gsf or tps parts? Think I'm going to change mine as it's gonna be trial and error but it's definetly saying system too lean , so hopeing it's maybe related to my other issue then,

Yes that's exactly what i mean, drive it hard and it doesn't do it, and yes definetly speed does still increase when the revs shoot up that's why it feels like the turbo slipping , it's hard to explain totally but the revs can shoot up to the 3500rpm mark whilst accelerating from say 40 mph in 3 rd gear , it gets too always pretty much bang on the 3000 rpm before it slips and shoots upto 3500 then back down to 3000 rpm when the needle does the wild drop there's a slight hesitation then it carries on picking up speed , hope that makes sense , as I said its difficult to explain, but gonna have to get it booked in somewhere soon as it's driving me mad ,

And just to be clear the revs shooting up never happens straight after changing gear and letting the clutch up, it's just when your driving and cruising along and put the accelerator down the car picks up fine until it hits around 3000 rpm it does it, if I don't get to the bottom of it can anybody recommend any skoda independent specialists or any local good manchester places to take it regards too the system running lean part, thanks guys

Without sounding too stupid, if I'm wrong an it did turn out to be the clutch, what can I do other than wait for the issue too get worse ? Ie any way of checking it other than my description of what I'm saying is happening already,

Not the most hands on person , but suppose best way to learn is have a go myself , thanks for the pointers , keep you updated .

I'm a newbie but today posted about what I thought was a turbo fault with erratic revs, and just tonight got a vag code reader saying exact same thing , system to lean bank 1, but other than my turbo issue my car runs perfect, has your car got any problems that effects the driving or just the engine light on the dash that's pointed you too get the code read ?

Thanks brownbarge, and yeah it's been turned off now with this vag code reader, only fault it's showing is what the previous owner mentioned, system too lean bank 1 , if it was the clutch I'm certain it would slip for certain when I taking off quick and giving it some stick, and it doesn't , if I'm goin through the gears quick it works perfect, so any ideas as this code of system too lean ? Guessing that could be maf sensor ? But still doesn't solve my original problem ... But overall loving the vrs , and fingers crossed I can get it sorted some how

Hi had a friend round, unplugged the maf sensor and just took it out for a spin and the asr lite has now come on and stayed on haha, but the car is 80 % better , sounds daft and hard to explain! but no I'm certain it isn't the clutch as wen I take off from a standing start and accelerate hard through the gears it's fine , nothing slips! it's more when I'm driving in low revs and accelerate slowly then near the 3000 mark it's shooting up ... Just going to plug it in with a code reader so update you in 30 mins

Thanks for the quick reply, and not that technically minded enough to disconnect the maf to be honest , when I bought the car seller said he had a fault code and it shown system too lean bank 1, but no light on the dash since I bought it 5 weeks ago, and I'm near manchester airport

Sorry , posted in wrong section, reposted elsewhere, newbie mistake

Hi all, I'm the proud owner of an 05 octavia vrs, 103k on the clock , I'm having an issue with the turbo , it keeps behaving erractically, easiest way to discribe it is, example , I'm doin 40 mph in 3rd gear , revs are at around 2500 I accelerate then around the 3000 rpm mark the turbo kinda slips and hesitates and shoots upto 3500 - 4000 then back down to 3000 mark an then takes off as normal, this happens in all gears but if I take off from stationary and accelerate hard an get the turbo kicking in early on it will happily go through the gears and turbo operates perfect . So very stumped and any advice will be very welcome and I'm in manchester so any recommendations for any turbo specialists will also be welcome, sorry for the mega long thread