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there's autotech in stapleford who's a vag specialist who I've been using for a long time now and he's very good and well priced. regarding the back plate have you had the wheels off and had a look? these sometimes become rusty and break down at the fixing points leading to them moving about and making noise. have you had the tracking checked?

so when you say no compression is tis actually 0 or low ? any other compression issues or just no2 ? the rings were probably seized or not sealing well possibly due to excess fuelling ..Any petrol smell in the sump ? could also be a water leak maybe how many miles has it done? I wouldn't drive it - might need new rings but maybe more

performance and handling wise a good start would be better springs and shocks, uprated rear anti roll bar and a remap that should be a decent base. assuming you engine is Skoda 1.4 TSI 147 bhp from a remap you'd be looking at 185bhp 294 Nm

Welcome hope you enjoy your first skoda

hmm interesting I've been n both and honestly I prefer the Octavia inside although there's not a lot in it anyway - really nice car spacers and drop look spot on!

so thought I'd update. really nice premises very clean and professional, free Coffee/Tea, water, TV and even an xbox to keep you busy while waiting , Will is a thoroughly nice dude and spent the time to explain what he was doing and what effect that has on the car and spent a good 2.5 hours on the car getting it to where he was happy utilising multiple dyno runs ( print out shows 7 runs in total) ended up with 228bhp and 431nm. I have since driven around 250 miles an I can honesty say he's done a great job! the curve is super smooth and the pull is very linear the car drives really nice now much better than before , power when requested is almost instant, there's no hesitation, no clutch slip, the traction control light hasn't even come on (granted I've not given it the beans yet) and as an added bonus the mpg seems better too it ran 63.8mpg on the way home! and on the commute this morning normally gets high 40's but today ended at 53mpg. Overall I'm really happy with it and the job Will has done, I highly recommend him and won't hesitate taking my next car to him- I definitely wont be waiting as long next time!

fag packet maths.. not heard that one for a while, manufacturing or construction by any chance ?? yeah it's much better to drive now, very similar in stock delivery, just that power seems readily available now- 3 and 4th are a lot of fun!! 20-50 in 3rd is almost instant do you know how to delete posts? and embed videos into a post?

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new figures 228bhp 431.1nm (317.8 ft lbs)

super happy, will spent a good 3 hours on it. the car was running really well and very clean (guess all the motorway miles / good fuels and cleaners do help) so ended up pulling 185 non mapped delivery of power is very lineal and a really smooth in all the gears ..wish I had done it sooner 😅

remap day

nice bit of beading from the ceramic foam

if it's a large dealer they might be able to move it to a closer location - but yeah you're probably going to have to travel to get the one you want (Think mine was 1.5hrs away when I got it) id recommend driving a few local from say at available car to work out exactly what you're after h

I've seen that 230 looks like a cracking car if I wasn't planning on moving house again in the next 12 months I'd be off to have a look at it.

do you know how? can it be coded via ob eleven/VCDS or does it have to be mapped?

do you know if this is applicable to mk2's ?

yeah I saw that post - so your car went from 230 - 329? that's a huge jump if stock, did you get a print out? where was it you got it done ?

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so is premature wear on fuel pump due to lack of fuel

you should be able to full throttle your car without error codes popping up - that's a sign something's wrong (potentially) P2196 VOLKSWAGEN Possible Causes What does this mean? Faulty Front Heated Oxygen Sensor Bank 1 Front Heated Oxygen Sensor Bank 1 harness is open or shorted Front Heated Oxygen Sensor Bank 1 circuit poor electrical connection Inappropriate fuel pressure Faulty fuel injectors Intake air leaks may be faulty Vacuums leaks so you might see reduced mileage (depending how long you've had the car you might not have noticed) maybe the oxygen sensor is starting to fail check the wiring also have a look at your air filer and maf sensor whilst you're at it,

I assume you're only joking so I won't go into it - but yeah, fuel light will be on the dash so I'd want to get that off as soon possible , as the light goes on ( 80 miles on mine) I go fill up. also don't trust that gauge.

your fuel gauge / range would really bother me

picked up some new bits previous buckets are old and small .. so x2 megs 5 gallon buckets and grit guards, wheel brush as my micro fibers torn polar blast snow foam (my BH auto has ran out so thought I'd give something else a go) megs ultimate detailer and a new bottle of miller's as I'd ran out and used a full tank with the turbo cleaner going through.. no, I didn't notice any difference but maybe it's cleaned, maybe it was a waste.

looking well and truly past their best