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Post #1- you've got two genuine fails. But after that WTF do minor oil leaks have to do on an MOT. To me that's more like trying to frighten the motorist into getting work done at an exorbitant price. it's high time bona fide testers started to complain to DOT over thgis practice. Would be easy for MOT blokes to spot- after all ,all they have to do is do an audit of advisories and then concentrate on the places trying it on.
I asked them to check the issue that turned out to be the EGR pipe, I thought it was the manifold gasket, the car also had a service while it was in so I suspect they were doing it thoroughly. The oil leaks don't fuss me but I know if I keep this car in good nick it will do me for as long as I need. Only 84k on the clock which isn't bad for 07.
I would definitely prefer things to be done much cheaper if I can, just wanted to be sure I wasn't being excessively charged.
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I've just discovered that my local SEAT dealer's workshop charge £154 an hour, gulp!
Holy moly!
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Buy a performance suspension kit, you won't regret it, I have the Bilstein B12 pro kit, paid £525 for it delivered. Fitted it myself but it's quite a quick and easy job to do so labour shouldn't cost too much.
Honestly nothing would please me more than a nice set of AP coilovers, but I also have a holiday to Spain this month and a 4 year old daughter with childcare bills, the timing is rather awful
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In your situation I would replace the entire suspension with new springs and shocks rather than replace the front springs alone and I would have the rear caliper replaced with a vanilla silver one.
Forget the advisories for now, you can get them done in due course.
Good advice, I'll probably look to source what I can, I have 2 weeks test left before it's off the road, I could probably get help or find a garage and save myself quite a sum.
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Caliper - Can't comment for certain, but "red" makes me think of a Brembo caliper rather than one of the standard VAG ones which are either raw castings or painted green.
Thanks,
The callipers on the Special Edition (or Limited Edition I never know which one) are all red, so I imagine they are like rocking horse poo in terms of sourcing.
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BTW chaps, the whistling transformed to a blowing noise, it was the EGR pipe as discovered today at the garage.
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Afternoon all,
My VRS SE has just failed it's MOT, I have a list of the work and the cost and would really like to know if the figures are in the right area, I'm not distrusting of the garage, I just like to know my options (I expect not many as I have neither the skill, tools or time to do it myself
)MOT Fail
Off side front coil spring snapped £138
near side rear brake calliper has excessive travel £210 (because it's the red one)
Advisories
Oil leak from rocker cover gasket £129
Gear box oil leak from end cap £89.88
Rear bump stops perished £90
EGR pipe leaking £138
The garage is a specialist VAG garage with plenty of great reviews, which is the reason I took the car there.
Cheers.
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Hi I had this problem, it tuned out to be the exhaust manifold gasket
I'm due a service and MOT next month, in the mean time my car isn't going to sh!t a turbo or anything is it?
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I have similar on mine, only happens when I'm giving it some beans, not quite as loud as that but I figured it was some kind of leak either from the air intake or turbo, I can also smell exhaust fumes when i'm travelling slowly, I thought this might be just when I'm in traffic but it's never really been there before I had this slight whistle/screeching.
Time to check hoses?
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If it was me I would be having a look at the turbo, it would be better to catch it now rather than a catastrophic failure with bits of turbo everywhere and a possible runaway engine to top it off
It does seem like the turbo to me, I think I'll be taking it easy and not give it too much work to do until it goes in for it's service and I ask them to check it.
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Ultimately how can any of us know for sure without looking at the car?
You're right, the only way to truly know would be to have a car inspected fully by a mechanic such as yourself, and the car is booked in for 4th May. I was hoping for either a shared experience or perhaps a known fault of a component so I could assess whether I'm OK driving some 500 miles over the weekend,
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I've also noticed this, I'm due a service so I just assumed that it was old oil, but then I know very little about these things. So if this happens after the service, there's nothing to worry about then?
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Hello good people of Briskoda
I noticed a strange whistle coming from my car the last 48 hours, at first I thought it might have been a bit of rubbing on one of my pads but i've just studied it on the way home and it's coming from the turbo (or just air intake for now). It happens if I'm giving it a good nudge on the accelerator, not necessarily foot to floor but also I only hear the sound between 2200 and 3000 rpm approx. It's not the normal turbo whistle I know what that sounds like and I rather enjoy it, more just a louder noise that sounds as mentioned like a squeaky brake.
At this moment I just need to know if it's going to be OK until I can get it looked at, I'm travelling to London and back from Darlington over the weekend and need my trooper to do me a solid on this one.
It's Fabia VRS.
Thanks in advance,
Mark.
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It sounds very much like you have air in the clutch circuit, this is usually caused by allowing the brake fluid level to drop too low, the clutch pedal on the Fabia has a bottom detent mechanism to reduce the effort needed in keeping the pedal pressed, it's like a helper spring, if you push the pedal to the floor with no fluid in the system you'll find it stays there. You must use a pressure bleeder to bleed the system, pumping the pedal won't work.
Right no bother, I'll get it sorted.
Thanks very much!
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An SE meet would be awesome!
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If you're having difficulty getting 1/R, I'd suspect clutch drag, which suggests the clutch hydraulics need bleeding as a first step, and possibly a new slave cylinder or flex pipe (if there is one).
Thanks,
With it being a hydraulic clutch, would this cause the other issue I have? The clutch sometimes doesn't return under my foot, it's soft and feels dampened. Can be for 2-8 presses of the clutch which is annoying in traffic using the bite to move.
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Hi Guys,
I'm having the same problem, the gear changes are notably different when cold, also occasionally I struggle getting into 1st or reverse and have to pump the clutch/turn engine off or whatever takes me at the time.
My local VAG specialist want £35 to do a diagnostic which tbh I'm not fussed about the cost unless it's something serious!
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Hi all,
A few times my clutch pedal has been slow to return under my foot, it's random when it does it and feels like it's being dampened, it also does it with the engine off as I sat and tested it for a while.
Likey cause/fix?
Fabia vRS SE.
Cheers
Mark.
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Hi, what's in the repair kit?
Basically the last owner of my car removed the motor and blade completely so I need everything apart from the wiring.
Cheers.
Mark.
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Rear wiper motor and wiper assembly if possible [emoji4]
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Amazing, I topped up my screen wash before i left, so that's likely the cause.
Cheers both! I did read that thread before but I clearly have a terrible memory.
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Howdy all.
It seems my intermittent wiper setting isn't working, specifically the wipers don't work when on that setting but do work when on normal and fast.
Next is actually a question, below the dipped beam switch is a cubby hole that has a sliding lever in it, it has 'ON' written on it. No idea what it does or what position on actually is.
Thanks in advance.
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858 now with me
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Nice, thanks guys.
It has Anthracite coloured alloys which I was going to do anyway, I'd like a more smokey look on the headlights if i can, the current ones are brand new by the looks of things. My god was it fun to drive!
74k on the clock so I'm chuffed to bits. Can't remember the SE number tbf but I'm sure i will post more on here!
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MOT fail & advisories
in Skoda Fabia Mk I (1999-2007)
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I'm thinking EGR delete as an alternative to replacing the pipe? would anyone recommend this?