jamescarroll

Haha! It actually is the diesel! We needed a bigger car that could last doing a fair few miles over the next three or four years. Added benefit of being able to tow too! A very solid car, just getting used to the size more than anything. Still has a fair bit of poke if you ride the torque right!

Sadly had to give this one up last week. Sorry to see her go but we needed a bigger car as we've had a new arrival. Hope it makes its way back to someone on here who'll look after her and keep her going! Still stock never got round to making those upgrades! Replaced with an Octavia III VRS so will be moving over to that area of the forum!

Thats the first VRS I’ve seen with a body kit! I don’t dislike it - just never really thought it needed one!

Hey all, just wanted to follow up. It’s looking like this is all sorted now. Having given the car a good look over on the drive, I couldn’t see anything obviously off with the lambda sensor, the connector or even the relevant fuses. Starting to suspect a shorted wire somewhere, I booked it in with my usual local garage and they’ve had a run over the cabling and found some worn wires that had already been taped over at some point previously. Now properly repaired! Pikced it up earlier today, no check engine light so far! Hopefully job done!

Recently had the waterpump changed on mine, too. Similar root cause - bearings gone. It was truly a horrible noise. Made the car sound like a tractor. That does sound expensive but dealers always are. A Skoda dealer told me their hourly rate was £100 when I was asking for quotes on supply and fitting of a replacement. It went to a local garage off the back of that. It wasn’t plain sailing though - the local garage sourced a non-genuine part which I think wasn’t the latest revision. Reading up, there are a few known issues with earlier batches of them not disengaging the magnetic clutch for the supercharger. Long story short, the job was done twice but with a genuine part the last time. Glad it’s sorted for you, though. Sometimes it’s worth paying more to avoid hassle.

Hey all, Still having a little fun with this one. Quite a bit of back and forth with the garage but the I think/hope the issue with the alternator is sorted. I asked them to dig a bit deeper to dive if we really needed a new one - they ran a further check and said that the rectifier was the source of the ‘implausible signal’ code. Replacement now fitted. Fingers crossed on that one. I am still getting the P223700 error code, however. Even after a sensor and spark plug change. Will be hunting again this weekend. On the upside, I’ve managed to find the source of the vacuum leak mention in the original post too.

Hope it serves you well. That’s the first Fabia VRS I’ve seen with a sunroof!

Really digging the look of this. Paint looks pristine too.

Hey, not sure I understand. If error codes are present showing errors on specific parts, why wouldn’t you look to replace or repair in the first instance? Then if that doesn’t address the issue you’d look deeper as required. Otherwise you could spend time and money on hunting issues that may not be there. Seems logical to me to be honest!

Hey all, quick update! Ta for the ongoing input as always. Just got back from the local VAG specialist. They managed to fit me in at short notice, always nice. Print out from the diagnostics shows two engine management codes: - P150300 - Load signal from alternator terminal DF implausible signal. - P223700 - O2 Sensor positive current control circuit bank 1 sensor 1 open. Booked in for a replacement alternator next week. They’re going to swap out the plugs and lambda sensor with the parts I’ve got on order as well. Hopefully on the way to being sorted. Also enquired about a timing chain change, waiting on a cost for that... aiming to put an induction kit on and have the ECU mapped in the future but want to make sure it’s solid beforehand! Also, as an edit - no spark plug changes when serviced in December. Just checked the service book. A little surprised actually. I was expecting them to pick that up. Never assume! Regards, James

Thanks for the input Kobayashi. I was on the hunt for shorted cables on the sensor loom but it all looked surprisingly good. The sensor itself was even looking pretty decent. Check engine light hasn’t reappeared after a brisk half hour run. Will see what the morning brings! Also just checked the fuse for the lambda sensor, all good there from visual inspection. Hopefully the garage can fit me in for a quick check over with VCDS on Saturday. Will post back with updates for sure. P.S. Always nice to hear from another Northerner running a VRS!

Evening all, wondering if someone can help me out with diagnosing a problem that’s cropped up on my VRS (MK2 CTHE) recently. The check engine light came on a week or so ago. Plugged in an OBD and connected Torque to find the P2237 error code. I cleared the code in case it was a one off but it reappeared the next day. A quick search found the following description for that code: “The upstream oxygen sensor for engine bank 1 has delivered a voltage signal that is not within the accepted parameters, causing the PCM to store a trouble code and possibly illuminate the service engine soon light. B1 denotes bank 1 of the engine block (typically the bank that contains the #1 cylinder). S1 tells you that the fault is found in sensor 1, or the upstream sensor (forward of the catalytic converter/s).” I’ve since check over the sensor and wiring, lightly cleaned and refitted (a new one is on order along with some new spark plugs just in case). Today, I got a new OBD device and ran it through Carista which showed an additional engine fault code on top of the original error code: 04350 After clearing, the latter code comes back immediately but the original error code doesn’t. I sadly can’t find any information on the latter code. If anyone is able to help on this it would be much appreciated! The idle was definitely rough whilst I was checking it was Carista tonight. Almost to the point of stalling a few times. That’s probably the longest I’ve sat in the car at idle for a while. If it will help, here’s a little more context on the car. It seems to be running fine at the moment other than the above. It was serviced in December at a main dealer. I’m almost certain there is a vacuum leak somewhere as there is a high pitched hiss near the back of the engine that I haven’t been able to lock down after hours of searching. Any input much appreciated! We have a few VAG specialists locally so I’m thinking of running the car down on Saturday to see if they can help diagnose the issue. Always keen to see on the Briskoda crowd have anything to add though! Thanks, James

Hey all, Wanted to follow up with some good news - the supercharger clutch squeal issue is resolved! After some back and forwarding with the garage (and also between them with their suppliers), we settled on returning the initial replacement part and replacing it with an OEM part (plus original belts) that I sourced myself from Skoda. The car feels and also sounds great again. Massive relief to finally get it sorted. Leason definitely learnt. Buy genuine. On a related note, the Skoda dealership were great with regards to ordering the parts in. I ordered them over the phone at three in the afternoon and got a phone call early the next morning informing me they’d arrived. I did also ask about their costs for fitting out of interest and nearly fell off my chair when I got the rough estimate. Hopefully this will be useful for someone!

Hey Scotty, very interesting. Thanks for the input. I’ve adjusted how I drive whilst I’m waiting on the garage to source a new part and don’t get the noise under ‘usual’ use. It does ‘squeek’ as soon as you dip the throttle in normal mode though - also noticed it happens less in sport mode. Likely because the revs are held higher so the supercharger doesn’t engage as readily. Out of interest, was the Golf a twincharger too?

Thanks, Davy. Good to be finally getting involved. So much information on here - it’s a brilliant resource. Everyone should be proud of the community.