Hello all

Thought I would join a forum that is dedicated to skoda's since I have recently sold the wifes BMW and got her a Fabia VRS recently.

She wasn't keen on swapping her convertible, but the rising cost of fuel and low MPG of the bmw made great sense.

I have the Audi A4 with the same 1.9tdi 130hp engine as the Fabia, but not so much fun to drive

I have remapped the car already, but want to look at air induction or at the very least a K&N air filter to improve airflow.

Anyone had any experience with air induction - any suggestions?

Welcome to Briskoda..

welcome to briskoda.

The best thing to do in regards to intake is a pd160 from a seat and green cotton filter.

Hello and Welcome to Briskoda

thanks guys (and girls, maybe)

welcome to briskoda.

The best thing to do in regards to intake is a pd160 from a seat and green cotton filter.

are these tings readily available? or are we talking 2nd hand?

I have noticed the standard air intake seems to let an aweful lot of the air flow escape rather than pushing it through the filter system - might experiment by duct taping the air escape route and see what effect it has.

I think the standard air filter is likely to be pretty poor at allowing air flow effectively

welcome

Welcome

Awesome do a very good Pipercross replacement filter. Fit is spot on and while it makes very little difference to overall performance, the engine seems to burn much cleaner with less smoke out the back when you boot it.

As others have said PD160 air intake also.

Enjoy the car!

Welcome

Thanks guys.

The little VRS went back into Skoda dealer today for a small mod to egr system.

Basically I noticed a stutter at around 1500-1800 revs not long after I picked the car up, at first I thought is was me not used to the clutch setup etc.

But is happened again and again, even when I wasn't changing gear.

It turned out that skoda already knew there was a problem that was caused by trying to make a fairly old engine Euro IV compliant.

What they had been doing was fitting a gasket to the egr system (at the egr valve) with a 25mm opening, rather than a 9mm opening (quite a big difference percentage wise)

Skoda's official fix (although they know it is not a 100%) is to fit a new gasket (9mm drilled out to 14.5mm) if this doesn't cure it, you are out of luck with skoda (officially) because if they fit a 9mm gasket, the car would loose its euro IV compliancy.

you can however get a 9mm gasket from any vag parts supplier VAG part number 028 131 547 B at a cost of approx £1.73 and fit it yourself.

If anyone has a similar problem with thier VRS 10/2005 onwards drop me a pm and I can send you a link for instructions on how you can fix the problem:thumbup: