lucy_t

Car is 7 years old and 80k miles on the clock, I wonder how well the refurbished one will get on. As above turbo was £290 and labour (with oil change and oil m filter) was £200 so £490 in total. Mostly everything is tracked on fuelly if you want a nosey

Car is back on the road and credit must be given to my local garage in lancaster DA France in Galgate all work completed for £200 (including parts etc for the oil & filter) and the turbo from midland leaves me £490 lighter but I have a car with no turbo noise at all even though I am being a bit careful at the mo. My unwell turbo http://www.flickr.com/photos/fidget/12343059874/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fidget/12343058734/ Can anyone advise what they think I may have done to cause the dfailure or what the engine may be suffering from that caused the turbo to fail please? The impeller of the turbo is loose and can be wobbled, which is definitley not a good sign either....

I ordered a recon turbo from midland turbos after getting the numbers off the broken one from my car. 724930-8 g/n kac09112R hgr 03g 253 014H I had spotted that gap turbos were selling one matching the same numbers for £290 with 36months warranty but MT wanted £310+vat with 24months warranty, after telling MT of the competitors price they matched it :-) The garage told me the impeller had broken on my existing one, so not dead sure what the root cause is yet. The car has had a shark remap on it for 50k miles so I don't think that caused the issue. As always big thanks to briskoda boys n gals

linked posts http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/292134-bkd-pd140-2007-turbo-problems/

Turbo is dead on my occy now and these posts are golder in helping me decide what to do, I am looking at a link on ebay for a refurb, but is TPS a better reccomendation? The ebay place gives a 3 year warranty? linked posts http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/160091-noisy-turbo-on-my-octavia-20-tdi-pd140/

I know its been a while but my turbo has now gone and wondered how the refurbished one was getting on? I spotted one on ebay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/audi-a3-vw-golf-passat-touran-jetta-2-0-tdi-diesel-turbo-charger-unit-03g253010j-/300771394447?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item46075f438f wondered if anyone had bought from them? help, car is sat outside a local garage waiting for them to open up. reference other posts: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/147644-2-0-tdi-pd-turbo-failure/

cheers for the thread, just ordered some alloys and tyres from mytyres for my occy. I don't get the complete snow and ice experience so going for all season tyres and tramlining annoys the hell out or me so going from 17" 225 to 15" 195 for compfot saftey and economy. Wheels are : http://www.enzo-wheels.com/506_EN.htm?webdid=455 tyres are http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Goodyear/Vector-4Seasons.htm lets see what happens as I mostly drive in the cold and

No. - User - Model - Registered month/year - Failure month / year - mileage at failure - skoda's response (goodwill) 01 - Scouter2 - Octavia Scout - Registered 04/07 - Fault 08/10 - 52,000 miles - 100% goodwill offered (eventually) 02 - darius - Octavia EleganceEstate - Registered 04/1995 (05 plate) - Failure 08 / 2010 - circa 44000 - Nothing (see comments post #3) 03 - pmc - octavia 4x4 estate - reg feb 05 - nov2009 - 50,000miles - ongoing (see post #6) 04 - Bluvrs2 Octavia vrs registered 2 October 2006 Fault Thurs 28 Jan mileage 27416 skoda £884.63 out of £1500 bill I paid 615.37 05 - Keekodog Octavia VRS Registed October 2006, Fault 03/09 - 32,000 miles, covered under warranty 06 - paulolourenco76 - Octavia Vrs tfsi - Reg 03 2006 - Fail 07 2009 - 25000miles - Goodwill due to loyalty, I Paid £294 ish 07 - Rhoobarb - Octi VRS - Reg Dec 2005 - Failure beginning of 2010 - 35k (ish) - Ongoing (see post #13) 08 - fikes75-octavia vrs- jan 2006-fail feb 2010- 24000 miles- 60% goodwill paid £394 09 - Andrew S Wales - Octavia VRS TFSI - reg May 06 - Failed May 10 - 36,000 miles - covered by Skoda Approved Used Car Warranty (thankfully!) 10- VRSbilly - Octavia VRS TFSI - reg Mar 06 - Failed Sep 10 - 12,600 miles - Cost me £600 11 - Daveclar-Octavia vRS CR TDi-Reg July 2008-Fault August 2010-16500- Week outside warranty. Parts and labour covered fully. 12 - Bev.Elliott - Octavia 4x4 - March 06 - July 2010 - 54,000. 35%. 13 - Steev - Octavia vRS 2.0T - Reg May 2007 - Fail Sep 2010 - 25,200 miles - 70% revised goodwill after threats of court action, I pay £363 14 - Niall - Octavia Scout 2.0PD - Reg May 07 - Fail Oct 2010 - 74,500 - 100% Goodwill 15 -Dan - Octavia VRS 2.0PD - Reg Jan 07 - Fail July 2010 - 28000 miles - Skoda Ireland coverered 80% after haggling and dealer half the labour = €372 to me 16- shorty - Octavia Sport 2.0PD - Reg Jul 06 - Fail Jun 2010 - 60000 miles - so far offered 35% goodwill, not accepted 17- Snowie-Octavia 4x4 TDi estate-Reg March 07-Fail Oct 2010-36000miles-Visit to Skoda dealer next week. Will let you know!!!!!! 18- gordonp46 -Octavia TDi estate L&K-Feb 06 reg-failed June 2010- mileage 60K-luckily I had extended the warranty after 3 yrs so did not have to pay (best value £300 I have spent!!) 19 - wulliexk8 - Octavia Scout - Reg Jan 08 - failed Oct 08 - mileage 30000 - repaired under warranty 20 - Champion - Octavia sport 2.0PD - Reg Mar 06 - failed Oct 09 - 78000 - 30% goodwill I pay £850 21- Cng- Octavia 2.0PD L&K - Reg Mar 07- Failed April 11 44000 miles- No contacted dealer 22 - MattC3156 - Octavia Vrs - Reg May 2007 - Failed July 2011 - 48K - haven't bothered with dealer, got the fix kit and having it fitted next week. 23 - silver1011 - Octavia Scout - Reg August 2008, failed July 2011, 25K - fixed under warranty, 2 weeks before it expired! 24 - buckers - Octavia 4x4 tdi estate - Reg Dec 2006, failed approx June 2011, 75k, main dealer were not interested, so also bought kit, self fitted and sorted it! 25 - lucy_t - Octavia 2.0PD L&K - Reg 21 07 2007 - Failed April 11 44000 miles- No contacted dealer

should be about 10%, but even with a rolling road you will not get an accurate measure of real world increase :-)

Map loaded and first run to work looks promising, will see after a few fill ups. Many thanks to you all for arranging, supporting and participating in the group buy!! And yes, fast turn around :-)

Maps back from ben and now loaded to sts, I will load to the car in the morning before work :-)

Sent on the map to ben :-)

with 10 months left on my car insurance policy with Admiral it will cost £27.81 increase for the shark remap for MPG :-)

I've got a sun 4 solaris box somewhere and intel still use them for semiconductor design :-). I'll virtualise a tinyxp and pass USB then from slack or puppy.

I'm another Linux user, do you require the proprietary software to down/upload the maps?

a colleague of mine had his car service today and found the following: He got courtesy car which on starting it the car told him he had 10 miles left to drive, so had to go round the corner and spend 20mins queuing to get fuel. The car was in for a 96K service and MOT. He got called to be told the car required: Water temp sensor £107.51 bushes £100.01 bulb £11.53 wiper blade £18.17 coolant top up £8.94 oil 4.5litres - £56.21 so all in all £529.80 He is not happy with doing the work himself and looking at the paperwork they visually checked the car on arrival, mot'd the car failing it due to the NS Sidelight Bulb, replaced the bulb then passed the MOT..... He'll go to a local garage next time and I don't blame him. I would have raised hell over some of the prices, no wonder they call them "Main Stealers"

Would be interesting

The continentals I fitted after the bridgestones are really quiet

I wanted some quieter tyres so fitted some continentals which I am happy with especially ad the 225/45/17 coat 80 a corner

Ok, began fitting the first capacitor, went to the second one only to find that it is not working at all, does anyone have a spare standard tweeter I can have?

Would someone know which fuse is switched on and off with the ignition as the cigarette lighter one is permanent live?

Roll on more mpg!!!!

The cheapest way of buying these was to buy 25 capacitors, I only need 4 so if you want some just ask and pay for the Package & Postage!! CA05972-- NP100V335M6.3X11 CAPACITOR, N/P, 3.3UF, 100V Capacitance:3.3µF; Capacitance Tolerance:± 20%; Capacitor Application:General Purpose; Capacitor Case Style:Radial; Capacitor Dielectric Type:Aluminium Electrolytic; Lead Spacing:2.5mm; Opera;

There is an elec component supplier near to me here that have 3 options - can someone advise what would be best? 3.3uf 100v capacitors CA05929-- 31-1305 CAPACITOR, NP X-OVER 3.3UF 100V Capacitance:3.3µF; Capacitance Tolerance:± 10%; Capacitor Application:Audio; Capacitor Case Style:Axial; Capacitor Dielectric Type:Aluminium Electrolytic; Voltage Rating:100VDC; Package /; £1.02 CA04961 PANASONIC ECA2AHG3R3 CAPACITOR, 105C 3.3UF 100V Capacitance:3.3µF; Capacitance Tolerance:± 20%; Capacitor Case Style:Radial; Capacitor Dielectric Type:Aluminium Electrolytic; Lead Spacing:2mm; Operating Temperature Range:-55°C to +125°C; Vo; £0.48 CA05972-- NP100V335M6.3X11 CAPACITOR, N/P, 3.3UF, 100V Capacitance:3.3µF; Capacitance Tolerance:± 20%; Capacitor Application:General Purpose; Capacitor Case Style:Radial; Capacitor Dielectric Type:Aluminium Electrolytic; Lead Spacing:2.5mm; Opera; £0.036

Thank you both for great information. I will not be detailing my car as it will be the family bus and will get washed as and when I can, I do have a jet wash with a foam lance I can use so the snow foam idea appeals for a quick wash down, spot wash with microfibre and bucket and on occasion a hand dry. I have managed to wax my previous car once a year by hand and that is probably the frequency I will be able to maintain. As the car is black is does show dirt very quickly and I believe that the paint is softer than other colours so I wanted a way to protect against the wear and tear of a motorway. I am after durability and would really welcome your recommendations or pointers to areas on DW for me to educate myself :yes: especially if it helps me source different products and brands on the market that will do the same job, maybe cheaper and potentially better would a product such as C1 Crystal Lacquer be a more durable finish for lazy me and stone chips?