Everything posted by sepulchrave
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Engine Ocassionally Loses Power
A failing coilpack is the most likely culprit for the engine dropping onto three cylinders and losing power but there will be logged DTC's and these will need to be read to confirm any diagnosis.
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Skoda Fabia VRS mk2 CAVE engine rebuild advice
Copart deals in stolen recovered and finance repossessions as well as accident damaged vehicles.
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Skoda Fabia VRS mk2 CAVE engine rebuild advice
As long as the bores are ok then glazebusting them and replacing the pistons and rings should fix it.
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Skoda Fabia VRS mk2 CAVE engine rebuild advice
Blowing past the pistons and out through the exhaust valves, then the turbo, then the cat. Proper ruined.
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Injector clamp bolt hole stripped
If you used a Helicoil type thread insert then you can tighten it to original spec.
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Skoda Fabia VRS mk2 CAVE engine rebuild advice
That's a LOT of oil fouling, strongly suspect it's from piston blowby.
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Rear Brake pipe renewal - Advice please!
Yes, it's a metric fitting, just reflare the existing pipe after you've attached a new fitting.
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Rear Brake pipe renewal - Advice please!
Any of your solutions will work, do whatever is easiest.
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Power Steering problem
The balance of probability didn't include the fuse for some reason. Still all's well that ends well.
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Skoda Fabia VRS mk2 CAVE engine rebuild advice
I'm going to be brutally honest here @Yaseen97, the questions you're asking suggest to me that you don't have the facilities, the tools or the talent to remove and rebuild a complex high performance engine like the 1.4 twincharger unit, it's not something you can do on the drive outside the house!
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Skoda Fabia VRS mk2 CAVE engine rebuild advice
These are OE quality: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123658930308?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=mOcu-M9kQhS&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=_BlMq7ebT3O&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Unlike those fake Chinese sh1tters in your link!
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Skoda Fabia VRS mk2 CAVE engine rebuild advice
Kolbenschmidt pistons are ok, but they're about £90 each with rings, you need to get the head off first so you can inspect the bores otherwise you might find you need to order oversized pistons to suit a rebore.
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Skoda Fabia VRS mk2 CAVE engine rebuild advice
I think you get what you pay for.
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Power Steering problem
Christ, a simple fuse failure, like wot I must've recommended a hundred times!
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Power Steering problem
Buy a new one and bolt it in.
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Skoda fabia Mk2 monte Carlo 1.6 tdi
If it's from a related model it should work, suggest you remove yours first then you can compare and contrast for physical fitting.
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Skoda fabia Mk2 monte Carlo 1.6 tdi
The PAS pump has it's own ECU, it's completely self-contained and relies only on an angle sensor and a good source of power.
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Skoda fabia Mk2 monte Carlo 1.6 tdi
No it wasn't, but engine is irrelevant because they're all electric pumps and AFAIK they're basically all the same.
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Skoda fabia Mk2 monte Carlo 1.6 tdi
No coding needed, I can't help you with the part number since I bought a secondhand unit when mine failed.
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Skoda fabia Mk2 monte Carlo 1.6 tdi
Are you ignoring me DELIBERATELY?
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Power Steering problem
The default attitude to faults is generally that it must be something quick and easy or cheap to fix, this error is then compounded by soliciting confirmation bias online, most contributors are only too happy to support this flawed reasoning. I don't know why, but people generally make problems worse with bad decisions not based on the balance of probability, but based on optimism. So dumb.
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Skoda fabia Mk2 monte Carlo 1.6 tdi
Please don't post the same thing twice, your other thread has a reply.
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Skoda fabia Mk2 monte Carlo 1.6 tdi
Yes it's the pump failing I'm afraid.
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Power Steering problem
A pump problem is EXACTLY what it is, Christ knows why you think the opposite but it can't be the battery because the voltage is lower when cold and the angle sensor won't be affected by temperature which only leaves the pump unit.
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Car failing to start - ideas why?
Can you thrifty Scots stop rubbing it in, he's paid the bill now and knows he got raped, no more input needed. I'm sure the work has been performed to a very high standard using top quality parts.