Carloskoda

As in the instructions from Gasconman above, repeated below, use the original Skoda SD Card. Good luck.

Well! Following the above instructions from Gasconman - I installed ECE1 2018/2019, as it was closest to what I had in my 66 plate vRS. Seems to work a treat, so kudos to Gasconman. Good luck to the OP, hope it works as well for you.

Will be interested to see how you get on as I am in a similar position! Good luck, and look forward to your results.

How do all? Just posting this for completeness on the thread, as sadly, it's history to me now. 2010 Octavia VRS - 50000 miles. Worst case scenario in back history, I bought from independent garage in Jan 2013, with a few months left on warranty. I then had it serviced twice at an independent to full service requirements, as believed there was no local Skoda place to me (Subsequently found that there WAS a Skoda Service Centre in Bolton, but it was bolted on to a Toyota dealership - silly me, should have known). November 2014 - the usual story. Went to start it at end of working day, heard a bit of a clatter, then just spinning and no compression - quick check on internet and found this thread. Car recovered to the above mentioned Skoda Service Centre, who to be fair, were absolutely fantastic. They did need a push to check the tensioner (thanks for the heads up, Briskoda), but then confirmed it was goosed, as was the engine, and reported it to Skoda UK raising a claim. I would like to point out that the service manager Richard and his master technician were nothing but supportive and professional at all times. Then the horror began....... Skoda UK were absolutely dismissive due to car not having FSSH (despite Richard stating that it was effectively over serviced and was in perfect condition). They were slow to respond and NEVER once responded directly about the faulty tensioner, and effectively said 'if you don't like it - contact Motor Codes'. After much cajoling, emails and phone calls over 6-7 weeks, including quoting this very thread, they would not budge beyond 35% off a replacement engine. They initially offered ZERO, then after confirmation of oils used 25%, but bunged on another 10% after I was able to prove my daughter had a Skoda! As engine was out, I asked for a new clutch to be put in as a precautionary measure (was still paying for the car and wanted to future proof it). Got the car back early January 2015, after about eight weeks. Total cost was around £4000 to me, including labour etc (that included new front pads as well). To say I was gutted would be an understatement. If there was no other history of this problem, I would have just had to take it on the chin. However, there is plenty of history with this engine, not only in the UK, but worldwide. Furthermore, a simple search of VW, SEAT and Audi forums will show that this problem occurs across the group, in any car this engine is fitted to. Others have more eloquently discussed the science of the tensioner failure, that it is not a service part and that there have been several revisions since the notorious faulty batch, which further upholds the abject failure of Skoda UK to do the right thing. I have even read that owners with an extended Skoda warranty have been refused a claim as 'it is a known design issue'. To be clear, I absolutely loved my VRS. Without a doubt, it was my favourite car to date. I lavished care and attention on it to the degree that I was known as 'the bloke who is always washing his car'. I was even prepared to take the financial hit and keep the car as I loved it that much. So, my beef is not with the car, but Skoda UK's attitude towards their customers, on a known issue, that they use any possible swerve to ignore or avoid. In addition, the fact that how much 'goodwill' you get, is in part due to your brand loyalty - understandable. However, it would also seem to be down to some mystery factors no-one seems to be aware of (possibly how much they have paid out that month?). The last straw came in May 2015, a week after I had spent a full day washing, clay barring, resin polishing then HD waxing my white beauty. I was driving along and the engine management light came on, clouds of white smoke out the exhaust, BIG stink of petrol, loss of power/misfiring. Pulled over, and for the second time had to be recovered to Skoda Service Centre. Upshot was a blocked open injector, flooding the engine with neat fuel. My worry was that it was washing a cylinder bore of any oil, and possibly screwing up my catalytic convertor in the process. As the injector was migrated from the old engine, it was not covered by the 2 year warranty on the replacement engine. Several hundred pounds sterling later I got my car back. Unfortunately,my​ goodwill ran out at this point, as did my confidence in Skoda/VAG as a brand. The Skoda went (a big financial hit to me), and was replaced by a BMW. A close friend got rid of his Audi TT and bought a Porsche as a result of my experience. My daughter says she will never buy a car from VAG again, and my other daughter avoided VAG when buying her first car (brand new). I have been well and truly burned by VAG, and it will effect my future car buying, at a point in my life when I am lucky enough to have a bit more financial choice. How I laughed (not) the other week when Watchdog did a piece on Audi engine failures/oil burning. This seemed to be on the back of a lots of reports to Watchdog, and VAG subsequently gave revised offers to customers. Perhaps if we all banded together, we may be able to effect some change? What about a batch of complaints to Watchdog? Good luck to others in this situation - keep pushing - quote this thread - and don't take the first offer.

Well I'm in, a bit before I had planned, due to my old (non-Skoda) car giving up the ghost most unexpectedly and catastrophically! Bad news! This disastrous episode, and the need for a vehicle 'forced' me into a premature move for a new (to me) car! A MKII Octavia VRS - Good News!!!! Within 24 hours I have been drawn in to the mandatory daily check of BriSkoda forums, and already have the mantra of "it's a VW Audi really" and "it's a Golf GTi/Detuned Audi S3 under the bonnet" off by heart! Anyway - hello to all, look forward to many miles and smiles and chats! Oh and if this is in the wrong place/thread/topic etc etc, then cut me some slack folks and I'll get the hang if it!