DieselMonte

Not sure on the sheep dip scenario, I know someone who had to get warranty work done on their car and they didnt do any sort of cleaning or anything before or after fixing the car. There were even oily prints around the front of the car from someone working on it! Granted some dealers may be taking it more seriously but thats just my 2 cents.

Is it the white stuff near the bead of the tyre or is it black and greasy all on the sidewall. If its the latter its just the tire shine dealers use. If its the former then its just the stuff tire shops use to help get the tire on the rim,will come off in one or two washes.

Just get a Tdi monte carlo... or swap in a 1.6 tdi powertrain,would be an easier swap I presume as it is made for a fabia 2.

This might be the way to go for me then, sort of the "best of two worlds" I figure thats how most dpf deletes get done around here,either that or a straight pipe.

This is one way I have heard of doing it. I didn't know whether it was a word of mouth thing or if it actually worked. I heard of drilling out a certain size hole to bypass it but I can't remember what size off the top of my head.

Good point I did post that at 1am so I wasnt able to make any sort of decent argument. I dont have any low emissions zones near me. I'm not worried about fines or anything as its unlikely I would find myself in the situation where that stuff would be checked. So long as I'm not rolling coal everywhere no one would bother to check if a dpf is installed we dont really have low emissions zones in Ireland so That wouldnt matter anyway. Its moreso removing it to prevent it clogging and causing trouble rather than gutting it to make way for maximum power. I'm not concerned with a little bit of smoke nor a bit of a sulphur smell at idle. Both sepulchrave and Amd have valid points, as I believe I have said before,I have time to make a decision either way so I can see whether the dpf starts causing trouble. In which case that thing is getting ripped out. If not, i'll have to consider things as they sit.

Lot of useful bits of information here. I haven't gotten a remap on my car (been dragging my feet as I wanted to save that money incase I needed to fix anything for Nct). I hope to get 150 hp out of my car for now and keep it at that power for atleast a year or two ,so I likely wouldnt have to delete the dpf out of concern for it being messed up by (presumably) higher egt's. If I can keep it installed without worrying about it clogging up (which it shouldn't do with my driving) that would be great,But I know quite a few people with newer diesels where the dpf has proven to be the achilles heel to an otherwise completely reliable car, and its not typically due to operator error. I'm still 50/50 on keeping it in or not, if I can just get the regen mapped out and the egr turned way back that would suit me fine (for now.)

My car is mostly ready for its nct but I need to do a few things to it. Firstly I need to do the exhaust, then I need to get standard license plates, lastly I need to find a way to free up the seatbelts some more but I believe if I leave the seatbelts clasped in They will pass. After that I have 2 years to do whatever I want mod wise.

So since my car is going for its test next month,I can start getting things in order for making a bit of power out of it. I'm hoping to remove the egr and dpf. Does anyone have any suggestions on a dpf less downpipe? I want to run without a dpf mostly because I dont want the expense of having to buy a replacement to get through emissions. I want to be able to swap it back whenever it goes for its next test which would be august 2022 providing it passes this time.

It adds character (and hides the dents).

Got some cheapo gauges to put in the fabia under the radio. It has oil and water temp plus an oil pressure gauge. Got them cheap enough and while they're probably not the best and most accurate gauges they'll do the job in the sense that it'll show that I have some oil pressure and the temps aren't too high. Also decided to throw up my most recent picture of it, dirt et al. Finally, with the covid situation as it is I have seen a few fabias up going cheap enough for me to look at. I actually went to see an identical fabia to mine with a 1.4 mpi engine but ended up not getting it. Even though it only had 95000 miles it was arguably in WORSE condition than my car. I didnt think the engine would make it the 30 km or so home and so I left empty handed. The search continues!

Got a midpipe and backbox off ebay for 80 euro shipped. Its only a replacement for the standard one for now,just to pass its nct come august. After that I'll have 2 years until its next nct so I figure I can mod away once it goes through. Pics of the new and old exhaust,no way the old one will pass and atleast the new exhaust will clean things up underneath. Plus,it has a 30 month warranty. All things considered, for 80 euro I'm happy with the quality

Fair enough I've been so bored lately I've just spent all my time tidying up all the stuff no one will ever see.

Looks like its in need for a good cleaning under the bonnet! I did my fabia the other night and it came up a treat. Also, i'd remove the plastic piece where the intake hose would have connected to the grille. Its just 2 torx screws and it comes off.

I'm just south of the border with northern ireland about an hour from Dublin and an hour from Belfast.

A new cheap filter every year is better than a pricey one every two. As long as maintenance is kept regular enough you can get away with the cheaper stuff.

So can we say that 240 or so hp is the limit for a stock bottom end? Its still impressive for a 1.6 that should only make 105 hp to go to 263 hp even if only for a while.

Was it a big job putting in a 2l? Are you still using the stock 5 speed? That is a serious leap forward in terms of power especially since a 2l might hold a better chance of taking the power reliably.

The brochure I got off ebay for one of these say 10.9 second 0 to 62 mph for a standard Tdi 105 Fabia.

I cant recall exactly but I know they were the stock monte carlo alloys. So if I were to guess,probably a 215/35 r17 because it didnt look massively different than the tires on mine in terms of profile.

Before I got mine I went to look at a red one with 35s on it!

I Like the meatier tires on the grey one what size are they?

For reference this is what it says when I put in my vin.

I wouldn't say issue , but If you were unsure whether or not the fix was done (seemingly) You can tell depending on if it has one of these fitted. I took it out thinking it was just a restriction on the intake,not realising it was a part of the fix for dieselgate. Granted I have it running without it for months and have only now come up with a maf code. (granted the car didn't seem to lose power). I'm still not sure the code is related to my fettling. If you check the part number it comes up as a flow straightener/transformer and doing some research online comes up with videos describing them as being put in 1.6tdi models (and only 1.6 tdi engines oddly) along with a software update to bring the engine into compliance.

Would appear not. If you want to double check you can take off the pipe from the airbox going to the turbo and see if there is a piece of grated plastic in front of the maf. It would seem this piece was added to mess with the maf. I removed the one on mine but I figure that caused the pending maf code I got today.