hi everyone had my car serviced recently and was told that the egr valve was leaking not done through main dealer etc now mine was been custom coded if i take it to the dealer will it be covered under warranty and will the remap have caused it to fail? will the main dealer no it has been reampped i.e would they need to check this etc when changing it many thanks for all your help needs your help before i book it into the dealer cheers thanks for advance..ps seems to be a common problem on here so fingers crossed ;-) will the egr valve mean the car will run down on power and run rough cheers many thanks

It's really down to your dealer, if they are mod friendly then you might be ok.

I have one from an 04 plate, done 45k, yours for £65 posted if you want it?

mine failed, so did some others, despite the dealer just refusing to do the suspension bushes under warrenty due to "natural wear and tear" he changed the EGR valve under warranty, without hesitation... go figure. (I then had a friendly briskodian with vagcom turn it right down......)

thanks everyone for your comments so far does it fail due to the remap or just generally fail? many thanks cheers

well mine probably failed because I was using the "resistor" mod, and putting loads of extra crap through it, it was basically just leaking oil.... the stealer didn't even question why, just ordered a new one and replaced it, after I then turned the new one down, I had no more probs....

hi everyone i called bickerton skoda who frankly are an excellent delaership have booked me in for sat 23rd and said the egr valve would be covered under warranty with it leaking they are ordering the part now so that they can swop it over quickly reall really impressed obviously had many other skoda's doing this so no it will be covered gordon lamb at chesterfield which are THE worst dealership for skoda in the entire country said that they would need to look at it for a couple of hours to find out if its covered if not they would charge me the hourly rate accordingly what a bunch of nobs!!! they have always been like this when ever I have phoned and will never use them again!!! gordon lambs everywhere should be shot at point blank range

bickertons were by far the best skoda dealership I ever came accross....

Mine started throwing gunk out at about 12,000 miles. Just gone passed 50,000 and will get it replaced at the next service. Common problem so don`t worry. The mechanics at Bickertons will know it`s remapped as soon as they drive it. Just don`t mention it.

cheers everyone oh right mate so is it dangerous then and looses power because of the leak or does it not change anything? going to have spin with a octavia vrs whilst they fix this going to try the 170 diesel estate for the kids lol

had mine fixed under warranty. the dealers get paid by skoda to do warranty work, so there is nothing in it for them (unless you are difficult with them and they split hairs to p!ss you off) to turn down a job.

and no it isnt dangerous and it doesnt affect power. getting it turned down will slightly alter the way it runs but in a good way from my experience

how do you turn down the EGR valve ? mine is leaking after posting photo's of mine on a thrad i made. i paid for mine to have 3 years parts warrany so i should be able to have it replaced right ? available car castle donington.

if yours is a 56 plate , it should still be covered by the Skoda warranty anyway , unless high mileage

If you're out of warranty - get a bypass pipe and vent the crankcase = no more problems (apart from CEL light)