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Hi planehazza, thanks for the heads up, I will have a look at a Shark one .

Hi Everyone, I have not been on here for a while & can see there has been some changes.. I am sure this has been asked a lot of times on here, but, because I am new to remaps & have never had any car of mine remapped. However, I quite fancy a Stage 1 remap for my 2010 Octavia VRS 2.0 TSi, CCZA engine. It is totally factory standard, nothing has been messed about with. From google searches, it brings up old threads from years ago, but nothing up to date. So, could anyone on here recommend a good, up to date stage 1 remap/company/cost roughly etc? I will take on board all advice etc. Many Thanks.

Hi, Welcome to this helpful forum, i am sure someone will be able to help you. With regards to your leak, Have you tried to clean the leaked oil off the parts that are covered? if you do that, you may be able to locate where it is leaking from? Sorry, that is not much help, but it is what i would do first. Anyway, welcome to the forum

I wish my car had been sorted in time for this, i definitely would have been there had it been. I like the pics aswell. Next one, i will defo be there, so keep me posted with dates, locations & times etc... Hopefully, before Xmas aswell...

Hi Everyone, Time for an update on my FL Octavia VRS. 2.0 TSi... Today 22/11/16..........I got my car back from the Specialist & WOW..........WHAT A DIFFERENCE.. :clap: I am seriously seriously happy now . It received, A New Timing Chain, Timing chain Tensioner, timing chain guides, new metal cover/panel, New gaskets etc & Nice fresh G13 coolant. I Have to say, what a difference, No rattle on start up, silent running once started (it was not noisey, but there is definitely a difference, it is quieter) It is good to have it back . Needs a rear wheel bearing, but it is booked in for that & a wheel bearing is nothing that worries me, just normal wear & tear at 106,000 odd miles..lol The very good specialist that carried out the work, told me that the timing chain had stretched & that the old tensioner would definitely NOT have lasted very much longer had i not got it replaced when i did.... . Phew...lol So....to ANYONE with a FL OCTAVIA VRS MK2 2.0 TSi (CCZA Engine Code) that has a brief half a second/ to a second, metallic rattle upon start up,DO NOT IGNORE IT,, PLEASE GET IT SORTED ASAP, Mine was very close to slipping the timing chain & lunching it's engine, resulting in BIG BUCKS to replace the engine. So, save yourself the aggro & stress & get is sorted.. :thumbup: Cost is cheaper, compared to £5000 for a new engine. Also, to everyone on this forum, for all the advice & Help, a MASSIVE THANK YOU :thumbup: I will get my car washed, waxed etc, then post up pictures soon. If anyone has anything they want to know, or ask, feel free to PM me & i will reply as soon as i can. Also, i wanted to mark the thread as solved, but dont know how to...

Hi, I have PM'd you :thumbup:

Hi, Thanks for replying back, your advice is much apprieciated :thumbup: Funny you mention the TFSi thing, My car, like your's, shows as a TFSi on the V5c, Hence why i thought it was a TFSi. I would not call you paranoid eithier, as you said, the cost of repairing a lunched engine is just not worth it, hence why i crapped it when i read some of the horror stories, not just on Octavias, but Audis, Seats, Vw's with this engine. I sold my trusty 2001 Vw golf GTi , with the bomb proof AUM1.8T Engine, for the Skoda, Paid just £300 to have the timing belt, tensioner & water pump changed on the golf, it never gave me a single moments trouble that car, or some sleepless nights like the skoda did upon finding out about this issue....lol. But, i digress, I will keep everyone posted once it is dropped off & fixed

Hi vRSrod, I have looked through my cars service history from Skoda Since it was New, There is no mention of any work done to the chain & tensioner, Most of it is just normal things like, oil, plugs, bulbs etc. I know that i am perhaps worrying to much, but after reading about the cam chain tensioner failure on these engines, & seeing this video just last week...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGqF5xHx3tE I just cannot afford to play "cam chain tensioner roulette".... & like you said, it gives me proper peace of mind knowing that it is done :thumbup: If you do have the rattle, just at least get it checked out, £600 spent to rectify, is better than £5000 for a replacement engine.

Hi mikey vrs, I am also glad to be getting it sorted, i miss it alot...lol. As for the TSi / TFSi part....I apologise,..I did not mean to cause any confusion, i thought it was a TFSi... lol. Thanks for pointing that out :thumbup:. If any mods on the site wish to revise the post to avoid confusion, please feel free to do so. Once again, Thank you to everyone who replied back. I will sort out nice pictures of the car once it is sorted, get it posted up

Hi Everyone, Sorry for the mega delay in updating this thread, i have been very busy since i last posted. Update on my lovely FL Octy VRS I did originally message Skoda UK, As advised to, & they did indeed reply back, wanting me to take it to my nearest Skoda Dealer for investigation into this noise, However, due to work commitments, life etc....I did not manage to get it arranged, plus i dont want to pay £300 odd for just a diagnosis, then more for repair etc..So fast forward a few weeks &..... I have finally managed to get it booked into a well rated, knowledgeable, independent Audi/VW/Skoda Specialist in Edinburgh, for replacement of...The Timing Chain/s, Timing Chain Guides & Cam Chain Tensioner. I am so happy, I can finally use my car once it is fixed... :thumbup: The Indy also asked me if "it rattles" then said "they usually jump the off the cam chain when starting"... All of the above, because of a brief half a second/ 1 second rattle from the engine on cold start up (sounds very like an old 1.2 corsa with a slack/worn timing chain), which is apparently a sign of impending cam chain tensioner failure, which is catastrophic for these engines when it does indeed fail. So PLEASE, If you are reading this & you have a MK2 Facelift Octavia VRS 2.0 TFSI, CCZA engine code, & have this noise, PLEASE get it checked out/Repaired, otherwise, you will regret not doing it. The only downside is, that i need to wait until the 21st of this month for it to get done, as they are fully booked up until then. For everyone that replied originally, I cannot thank you all enough for your very helpful advice :thumbup: :thumbup: . I will defiinitley post up pictures of it once it is sorted, because it is a smart looking thing.

I would be up for this, if it happens.

Hi, You are correct, it is a facelift mk2 with the CCZA ea888 vw series engine. It comes back as a VRS 2.0 TFSi, The noise is like, say, an old vauxhall corsa 1.2 with slack timing chain on start up, i can only describe it as sounding similar to that. it only lasted around half a second to 1 second max, then ran as normal. But as said, after i found out the possible cause, i have not used or started it since, because i don't want to run the risk of the chain slipping off the camshafts, if it is the tensioner. There are no other worrying things about the car. it drives amazing, runs well etc. Also, thanks for the heads up on the indie garage FatblokeVRS , I will keep him in mind. Thanks BLUETFSi

Hi meta55b, Thanks for the heads up. I have done what silver1011 said, & contacted Skoda UK via their online contact form. As it is Friday night now, i expect that i might not hear anything back from them until Monday. I would rather it went to Skoda themselves if there is any goodwill gesture in this. However, if not, then a good independent it will have to be. I am missing driving my car sooooo much right now :( , I am relegated to using the other halfs Astra 1.6 twinport....quite a comedown from the VRS...

Correct, it would be West End Garage. No offence to anyone here, but my car is going no where near an arnold shark garage.

....i like taking risks myself, but not on a potential £5-6k replacement engine bill , i have genuinely scared myself to even start/drive it. So, it looks like it will need to be recovered. :yes: . The closest dealer to me is probably the one at Sighthill. I am going to fire off a little message to Skoda UK, I guess i should also tell them that i do not want to start the car because of this? & see what they say? I will keep you all posted on what happens from here. Thank you so much for the help & advice.

Hi silver1011, thank you for your informative reply, i really appreciate that advice you have given me . I have read the list of failures, that you said to point the dealer in the direction of if they play the "never heard of it Sir" trick, that is why i am worried after reading it. I know this sounds silly, but,is it a general enquiry i send? or a complaint? & once i get in contact with Skoda UK & they tell me to take it to a dealer, how will i get it to them? i do not want to attempt to start or drive the car to get it to them. Would they be able to recover it to them? (at my cost). many Thanks BLUETFSi

Hi, thanks for replying back to me, i purchased the car privately after seeing it advertised on a classified ad on a well known auction website. Everything checked out with the car, HPi check, the service history etc. I had no issues about buying it at the time (2 weeks ago). I never knew about the tensioner issues before i bought it (i just thought because the old mk1 octavia was pretty much bullet proof, this would be the same reliability wise) I did look in the service book & at all the reciepts from the Skoda Dealer, & apart from service items, like spark plugs, filters & oil etc, there is NO mention of any cam chain replacement in its life. As for, does it have a cam chain?, i believe it has (from what i have read anyway). it is the 2.0 TFSi engine. I am somewhere near Edinburgh. Many Thanks BLUETFSi

Hi Everyone, I am new to this forum, so go easy on me. I need some advice with regards to my recently purchased 2010 Octavia VRS 2.0 TFSI. The car has just turned over to 106,000 miles, with full supplying Skoda dealer service history, it was last serviced at 96,000 miles & is on the follow display service schedule (so due soon) On Monday morning this week, i went out to the car as normal & upon start up, there was a very very brief metallic rattle from the top of the engine, it lasted perhaps half a second to a second, then ran as normal, no funny noises etc. I thought this was strange & upon getting home from work, decided to look up what the rattle may have been. it seems it is the cam chain tensioner on its way out. I am genuinly now too scared to even start the car after what i found & read, it has not been used since monday. As it is now out of warranty & i cant afford a replacement engine if it lunches itself, i need some advice on, cost of replacing the tensioner & where is a good independant skoda garage that could do this job? Sorry if this is confusing, i just need some knowledgeable advice, because i am scared to use my lovely car at the moment. Many thanks. BLUETFSi