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Yes sounds like the timing chain on the way out as my one did this I got my one changed all good now. It's big job to do but not to hard to do if you know what you are doing when doing it I would change the water pump assembly as it has to come off to do the timing chain. All the parts for my one Come to £880 all OEM parts and it took about 6 hours to do it. Skoda dealer wanted £1200 for the parts and a week to do the work

Most likely to be the coolant pump common problem with the 1.4 TSI as it Dives the supercharger as well I start looking there

Not on the fabia as the mk 1,2 & 3 all sit on the same platform and have the same wheel PDC 5X100

Yes a lot of VAG wheels will fit as long as they're 5x100

I take it you got a MK2 vRS so the parts you need are Oil filter 03C115561H Fuel filter 1K0201051K Sump plug N90813202 Cabin filter 6R0819653 Can't do air filter as I've got a pipe cross one in my vRS estate hope it helps you out

I tend to use OEM parts as much as possible on my vRS estate as you get some come back if it goes wrong I have use Bosch part before and there good got Bosch plugs and coll pack in at the moment and wiper blades had no problems with them at all

I've got Twenty20 Daylight +150 H7 in my fabia rs they are £22.99 (pair) from ABD.co.uk Where a lot better than the standard Halogen bulbs more light on the road and the hotspot is more were you need it be but can't give you a full review to winter and the very dark nights 👍

to be honest i'm getting it done to stop big problems all coming at once as timing chains, water pumps and turbos are weak points. Normally i do it but too busy with work and my dad pass a way no long ago so still dealing with that and i get on with my local skoda dealer and they going to check the hole car over for me at the same time. It give me a head start were to look as i will do most of the work on it as i want to upgrade most parts as i plan to keep it forever.

i'm back in a fabia vRS estate ( had 3 of them now ) i forgot how much fun they are to drive not had it long it need some TLC but got skoda service history up to 2016 and it been serviced at the same place the last 5 years and in them 5 years it's only covered 20.000 miles. engine is good no oil problems still on full mark after 500 miles but its book in for timing chain and water pump at skoda as i can't seem to find it ever being changed and it's on 140.000 miles now. DSG is good on problems (but need to check to see if it's had the recall) will be when it go for it's timing chain. in general it's not in bad shape bodywork is ok need some paint work on some parts wheels need a refurb but it's 9 years old so it's going to need some work and i can upgrade part as i go so looking forward to see were i end up with the car as they have a lot of porential to be a great little car

i'm back in a fabia vRS estate ( had 3 now ) forgot how much fun they are to drive some pics of the new toy

Date of registration March 2012 (12 plate with CAVE engine) purchased March 2021 Colour Race Blue Options fitted Black pack, Black Gigaro Wheels, Red vRS Interior, Armrest, Sunroof, Rear Electric Windows

very interesting will need to look into this more as i want to remap my 2.0 TSI sportline and get the DSG mapped as well

took my dads SE L 1.5 TSI for it's service yesterday and said about EPC light being on all the time seem it a faulty pressure sensor they need to order one in as they run out. so look like it's a common problem

It's the Bridgestone tyres they are crap In the cold weather and on snow my dad got them on his SE L 1.5 DSG

Thank you I've got a lot more planed for it but lock down is not helping but i'll get there in the end

The best fix for this is bosch aerotwin a 684 s for the front wipers and bosh a 331 h for the rear wiper both my sportline and my dads SE L had judders and sticky wipers and the bosch wipers fix it

Thought i make a thread to log all the work/things i do to my sportline. But first some spec its a karoq sportline 2.0 190 TSI 4X4 7SP DSG 2020 model year with the following options virtual cockpit heated front and rear seats traffic sign recognition canton sound system auto light and high beam assist spare wheel personalisation of drive mode selection Some pics of it at the dealers and i had it at work for two day detailing it