dan1

You should be able to get the coding changed for the control unit a lot of the airbag control units are the same its just the code that dictates the equipment recognised by the control unit if you know someone with vagcom they should be able to do it i can find out the correct coding if you like!!!

I agree if you didn't sign anything to say you agree with £500 excess then i don't see how they can make you pay it!!!!

Yeah mine did the same thing just book it in to your stealer and they will do it under warranty no problem!!!!

I have got K666 VRS on my Octavia VRS that i got off here from NinjaAlex just bought K66 VRS for my Fabia their both black magic look the nuts parked next to each other on the drive!!!!

My turbo blew a couple of weeks ago i fitted a pd150 unit, Its awesome lots more torque really happy with it cost just over £600 brand new from euro car parts!!! A litttle bit of messing about to fit it but with a little help from Jabba Sport did it myself, its the nuts!!!!!

PD150 turbo now fitted and running sweet with a little bit of help from the guys at Jabbasport, they are Gods, thank you guys, really happy...so is the wife ;-) It goes like stink, cant wait for the re-map...Happy Days

Got it from euro car parts was £640 all in there was a £50 surcharge which i can't get back cos it's not the same unit as mine never mind though pretty happy with that price it is a brand new garret unit not a recon!!!!

I have just brought a pd150 turbo for my fabia vrs from euro car parts i am sure it should be a vnt17 but it has vnt15 on the plate!!! the part number is 721031-5006S i have searched this number and it is a pd150 unit just a bit confused about the vnt15 bit any ideas?!?!?

I think thats what she had in mind didn't pan out that way though!!!! obviously we were on a private road travelling at said speeds!!!!! Was just looking on allards website nice bit of kit that turbo!!

That they are!! but it's much more fun making the wife feel guilty

Well it did alex it may have been on the way out but that is what killed it i was in the codrivers seat!!! It over reved lost all power then came the blue smoke!!!

What turbo do you have on your fabia looks pretty quick!! where can i get one and will i need to remortgage !!!!!!

Lol i wouldn't say that i have slept since then

Cheers baz not looking that way though!! i know those clips are rubbish was a skoda master tech up until december last year it is 100% the turbo now working at a independant garage due to getting fed up with main dealer politics!!!!! fitting it won't be a problem thinking uprated replacement is the way forwards just not sure where to get one!!!! The wife said thanks Gadgetman for backing her up!!! But the fact the dappy bint went from 6th to 3rd at about 80 killed it:rofl:

I am sure!!!! it was like something out of a james bond movie lots of smoke!!!! i mean LOTS oil coming out of the exhaust and everything engine is ok though!!! thank god

Ok guys neeed some help wife was driving the fabia today picked a wrong gear and blew the turbo :(Not a happy bunny am i!!!!!! Need to source one ASAP i have a 06 vrs with a BLT engine any ideas where the best place to get one at a reasonable price!!! Toying with the idea of a upgrade what is the best way forward, Shes gonna have to use my octavia vrs in the mean time i am worried for its saftey!!!!:eek:

It's not a compression it is a fluid that picks up exhast gasses in the cooling system pretty much all garages use it !

Get someone to put a block test on it that will tell you if the head gasket has gone the chemical will put up any exhaust gases in the cooling system, if you are using coolant rather than loosing it and the oil is clean and you have no leaks this test will pick up the problem might take a few mins or could take 15 to 20 mins but will let you know where you stand!!!!! Let me know how you get on :-)

To stop you getting crap on your clothes just clean the dirt from the top runner, ie "the adjustable bit" thats what they do at a dealer will fix the problem for sure!!! :thumbup:

Looking good alex !!!!! what hp is it running?

Hi guys a am a skoda master tech that used to work for one of the above (not mentioning any names) i am now working for a independant garage in Hardwick just outside Cambridge we would be happy to attend to your needs at a very reasonable price!!! pm me:thumbup:

You could well have a fault compressor this is pretty common for the octavia II i have changed loads of these under warranty get it into your local dealer they should be able to sort it for you!!! You could take a look your self to confim the fault look at the compressor pulley with the engine running make sure the center of the pulley is rotating and not just the outside as it has a shear pulley on it as the compressor runs all the time so the shear pulley stops it from wrecking the belt when the compressor siezes which they do frequently!!!!!!!!

You should be able to get that split plasic welded and resprayed would look like new we have a bodyshop where i work you would be amazed what can be repaired these days!!! Roadkill seams to be getting rockhard these days we had a golf in that had hit a badger it mullered the front end and cracked the gearbox casing!!!!!!!!!! must have had a crash helmet on or something!!

Just buy it and enjoy, mine is pretty much the same spec as that and coming up to 140k now!!!!!! still sweet as a nut!!!

Don't get a 1.4 16v they are pony!!!!!!!!!! Diesal all the way i think as power is your issue that rules out the 1.2!!!lol