Twiz

"Sorted". Took them a while to find, but the harmonic balancer on the 1.0T can be mounted in more than one position and it wasn't in the correct position. Damned if I understand how *that* part requires timing, but it did.

The car goes in next Wednesday. I've just not been driving it. Luckily... I have another car - Rapid with a dodgy DSG which I was also told NFF, so I suspect I'll be getting another opinion on that later. I've asked for a technical write-up on the Fabia and I'll be going to Skoda Au as well as the dealership management. It's also running cold (water temps never move past mid/high 70 C range, and again NFF. REALLY angry about the whole situation. This is why I used to do all of my own work - but I stupidly sold my '72 240Z with RB20DET, big turbo, plate LSD, big brakes... Biggest car mistake I ever made. I really hate being treated like an idiot by the dealership.

Same - just had the belt replaced by the dealer two days ago, the car now has a built-in massage chair at certain revs. "No Fault Found" and "The three cylinders do that". If the test car or this car had been this bad since new, I'd never have bought it. It's shaking the car at ~ 1250 in neutral/park or when driving at just under 2K revs, so at 80 - 90 kph the car feels like it had an out-of-balance wheel. The dealer doesn't give a damn, I'm being forced to take it elsewhere for a look into what they might have borkened.