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Yes I did this on mine. The cat and dpf come off together as one piece. Just be careful not to be too rough when you are removing the internals as there is very little tolerance for error when reattaching the cat to the turbo to seal properly.

Hi, I got mine done just over 2 years now. Before the map dyno result was 370nm torque and 170bhp. After map Dyno was 450nm of torque and 228bhp. My dpf and cat were in a bad way at the time also so I had them gutted along with egr blank. Driving the car since is literally like night and day. This was done a little over 38k miles ago and haven’t had any negative impact that I can see. That said, i also had a lot of work done to the engine at this time, including sleeving the cylinders, new pistons and rings, bearings, valve guides, valve seals etc… as well as new clutch and flywheel. Car has just over 170k miles now and drives like new. Loads and torque and pulls really well. How many miles on your car at the minute, what year is it? What’s the oil consumption like?

I had the same problem with my 2014 vrs diesel. Drove me mad for ages. Like the previous posts, it was quite violent when it happened. Almost like you were pressing the brake on/off. Was going on for months, and eventually a fault showed. Turned out to be the crank shaft sensor. Replaced it with genuine part and never happened again.

Just over 130k miles at the time. Inside the cylinder bores were severely pitted/scored. The company that did the engine work suggested that the engine had possibly received “washed diesel” at some stage and that the acid used to wash the dye from the diesel had caused the damage inside the cylinders. Can’t be positive that was what caused the damage for sure. Had to be losing a lot of oil from the rings and seals as a result, which I imagine was in turn terrible for the cat/dpf. Yes the car was constantly going into limp mode then as a result. The egr valve and egr cooler (another joke addition to an engine in my opinion) were full of gunk at the time aswell. My asv was working fine, no issues. I put in a new turbo and injectors at the time aswell. Yes there’s a nice bit of work in taking the dpf off. I wonder is it possible to inspect the inside of the cylinder bores to see if there is any damage?

Hi, I have a 2014 vrs tdi. I’ve had some of the issues you described in the past with mine. Mine at its worst was going through 1litre of oil in around 300 miles. Dpf fault was constantly showing, there was oil in the inlet pipe. Around 2 years ago I ended up rebuilding my engine completely, blanked the egr and gutted the dpf and cat. Car running perfect since. Is taking the dpf off and emptying it altogether an option for you? May be a whole lot cheaper than 8k. My dpf was completely blocked solid.

Hey Tristan, Is is anything like what’s described in this thread?

Yes

Turn the esc off and it revs all the way up.

So @kodiaqsportline I am quoting Adrian flux directly here: “The definition of a ‘modified’ vehicle, as far as insurance is concerned, is a vehicle that has been altered from factory standard (or since it has left the factory). This could be anything from installing a new engine to simply adding a bumper sticker, but every modification you make to your car comes with a compromise.” so someone replaces their car mats with ones from Halfords instead of factory standard Škoda mats. or someone replaces their window wipers with cheap halford ones instead of factory standard ones or someone just replaces their 18” alloys for 19” alloys like I’m talking about in the post. are you honestly coming on here saying someone’s insurance is going to be void?? Come on, seriously. That reminds me, I must ring my insurance company Monday and ask them is it ok that I used autofill ceramic coating on my car yesterday as it didn’t come from the factory like this.

that’s news to me. I’ve been driving for 18 years, half of which I’ve been a front line police officer. In that time I’ve attended/dealt with all types of collisions from minor damage to fatal collisions. I’ve personally dealt with insurance companies for hundreds of insurance claims involving: stolen vehicles, criminal damage, material damage collisions, minor and serious injury collisions and fatal collisions and never in my life have I EVER heard of an insurance company refusing to payout a claim because a car had 19” wheels instead of 18” wheels. This notion that “they need to know” annoys me so much. I’m not trying to argue with anybody or come across as condescending but telling people to ring their insurance company because they changed their wheels is absolute nonsense IN MY OPINION. that’s just my 2 cents worth from actual real life experience in the real world.

Are you actually being serious?

Why would you want to tell your insurance that you have 19” wheels??

No you are right. The plain black with red stitching are original. I ordered originals from kopacek (super Skoda) in Czech Republic. Just make sure they are RHD. They were €99 delivered to Ireland. You can get black with red stitching from various sellers in Uk for half the price but I prefer the original ones.

Are the front and back badge the same by any chance?

Looking very well!! 👌👌 Where did you get the remote start?