GavinMcCrae

it was blocked with heavy deposit of soot that could not be cleaned, possibly from turbo which u replaced during this debacle

its clha engine and yes its a water cooled "charge cooler". got it back today and forgot how nippy it is, it failed its mot on drop links, cv boot both easy fixes but does anyone know exactly where the crash sensor is on front of car as my airbag light is on and failed on it. so happy its back to normal performance. thank you to everyone's input on this problem

update. although I have had it confirmed that my dpf has a high level of soot and ash it seems this was not my problem. the charge cooler on front of engine is completely blocked, how i managed to drive with it in that state is beyond me. The Dpf Doctor removed it and tried to clean it but being so blocked no fluid passed through it what so ever so I have purchased one from ebay that appears to have been deep cleaned already arriving to tomorrow, fingers crossed.

Well I've had a productive day went to Dpf Doctor in Glasgow this morning and after 3 hours they confirmed my dpf is full of soot but may not be my main problem as my Charge Cooler is badly blocked and as its only £165 suggested replacing it so Monday we will see if my problems are solved. for a fraction of the £2650 skoda quoted for a different part

hoping that's just them trying to get a big sale, going to try dpf fuel additive and several dpf regens, even thought they said they tried a couple of times which it failed to complete and dpf GLOWED while doing it

Well Henrey’s Skoda Glasgow had it a couple of hours and say my dpf has 65 grams of soot and 45 grams is the max allowable. Ststic re gen of dpf failed as it’s too far gone and have advised to replace dpf........ costing £2652. not going to happen at this time as. Move house in a few days and don’t have the funds. Need to put some thought as to my next step.

it wont rev past 2250rpm even in gear on level roads only way it goes over that and 45 mph is down hill

no codes no lights on dash apart from airbag which I have been told is the offside front pedestrian impact sensor needing changed

yes been there Scott and his dad spent two days on it fixed the pump open circuit to no avail

thanks but I learned that one after a few days of the problem.

ayr cant look at till 15th dec paisley 5th jan but Henreys in Glasgow will look at it Tuesday exhaust is clear of blockages air intake too new fuel filter just going to take a while to get there from Girvan as I cant do more than 20mph up hills

Hello folks got a real problem with my car. as topic says it has no guts and have almost given up on it. after two local garages have it jointly for 7 months (still had my old car) and neither knows what's wrong. originally with the limp mode it reported maf implausible sensor error first garage changed maf and no change. replaced turbo with reconditioned item cleaned dpf cat and egr cooler, replaced cam shaft sensor. nothing worked. second garge found open circuit on intercooler water pump, traced to corroded wire, repaired and no change. timing belt had been changed recently but 2 mechanics have checked it to prove it isn't at fault. any help will be very much appreciated taking it to skoda next week for 2hr diagnostic which is going to cost £210

just bought my octavia at weekend to find on motorway home that the cruise did not work. thanks to the pdf mikeholroyd posted on how to clean the switch I now have it working. unbelievable how easy it was to do this. thankyou