Okay, so after an "interesting" diagnostic test drive with our very own Fatty 5000 (thanks again Dave); I drove on down to sunny (NOT!) Milford Haven where my N75 packed in completely.

I can now hear the air escaping when I accelerate, and any driving at all feels like I have the handbrake on...

My question is;

Is there a bodge/bypass I can do to get me back to Cardiff??

Someone please help as the Skoda garage down here don't understand my accent I don't think...

If you disconnect the plug from the n75 and blank off the line that is leaking it should run in limp mode

thanks Karl, I'll try that tomorrow:D

John ............You hooligan lolololol

Did you get the jubbilee clips sorted ????

Has it regained it's mojo ????

thanks Karl, I'll try that tomorrow:D

thats OK. only reason I know is from when I changed mine and forgot to put the plug back in and it uses just the wastegate spring (3psi I think? like driving a 1litre escort:eek:) but if yours is leaking it may be different. Not to worry though as if the ECU cant control boost with the N75 it resorts to using the DV (via n249 so not if you have bypassed it) and the throttle to make sure you can limp home safely,

:sits back and waits for someone more knowledgable to confirm (or ridicule:D) advise

Update: when I took the engine cover off to look for the boost leak, I found that my Forge DV had disconnected itself from the inlet AND the recirc pipe. This was probably due to the thrashing I gave it when Mr 5000 and I were "testing" it to find the fault codes (so technically it's all YOUR fault I got in trouble Dave:rofl:)

Anyway, a pair of shiney jubilee clips later and I now have my boost back.

A big thanks to the aforementioned Mr 5000 for fitting my temp sensor in Cardiff - I'm now getting around the 30+mpg mark on motorway runs and hopefully a lot more when I pootle back and forth to work...

Update: when I took the engine cover off to look for the boost leak, I found that my Forge DV had disconnected itself from the inlet AND the recirc pipe. This was probably due to the thrashing I gave it when Mr 5000 and I were "testing" it to find the fault codes (so technically it's all YOUR fault I got in trouble Dave:rofl:)

Anyway, a pair of shiney jubilee clips later and I now have my boost back.

A big thanks to the aforementioned Mr 5000 for fitting my temp sensor in Cardiff - I'm now getting around the 30+mpg mark on motorway runs and hopefully a lot more when I pootle back and forth to work...

As I've said before ......................Whoop whoop.....thats the sound of the police :rofl::rofl:

Don't blame me, you're the law, you should know better :rolleyes:

Glad it's sorted and glad too be of assistance.

30 mpg sounds a lot better :D

Go on tell them what happened ;)

As I've said before ......................Whoop whoop.....thats the sound of the police :rofl::rofl:

Go on tell them what happened ;)

Okay,

picture the scene - a nice, sunny afternoon in Cardiff, near the A470 (a big trunk road dual carriageway that leads to the valleys) and I've just picked Dave up with his new laptop and VAG COM cable.

"We need to test the MAF sensor boyo (Sorry Dave, poetic licence:rofl:) so once your out of the 40, take it up to the redline"

Well, I need no encouragement, so off we go, and before long we've established a few minor faults and we're heading back in, chatting away about stuff when I hear

"keep going and take the next turn off" whilst at the same time looking in my RVM and seeing (:eek:horror of horrors!:eek:) a f*** off Police 5 series with its blues and twos on; AND IT'S NOT PASSING ME. B*gger! Who in their right minds reduced the speed limit here to a 50??:eek:

"Step out of the car sir, and come and join me in my vehicle"

Double B*gger!

Anyway, 20 minutes of humble pie later and we're off again, with my wrists well and truly slapped. (But not as slapped as my **** was when I got home and my 9 year old blabbed to the mrs...)

Turns out the kind officer who stopped me is well into his Octavias and used to have a Jabba remapped Mk 1 himself a few years back. Phew:D

Anyway, as I said previously, IT WAS ALL DAVE'S FAULT FOR TELLING ME I NEEDED TO REDLINE IT:rofl:

(But seriously Dave, thanks for the help mate! - I owe you one:D)

might I enquire what gear the aforementioned redline was done in???? I hope it wasn't any higher than third

Dave: is your cable a proper Rosstech one? if so what version of the software are you using?

might I enquire what gear the aforementioned redline was done in???? I hope it wasn't any higher than third

IIRC it was 1st, 2nd and 3rd...:eek:

what revs is your limiter kicking in?

what revs is your limiter kicking in?

it didn't...

I'll have a play on the way to work this evening and see!

NOT in third I hope :D

Okay,

picture the scene - a nice, sunny afternoon in Cardiff, near the A470 (a big trunk road dual carriageway that leads to the valleys) and I've just picked Dave up with his new laptop and VAG COM cable.

"We need to test the MAF sensor boyo (Sorry Dave, poetic licence:rofl:) so once your out of the 40, take it up to the redline"

Well, I need no encouragement, so off we go, and before long we've established a few minor faults and we're heading back in, chatting away about stuff when I hear

"keep going and take the next turn off" whilst at the same time looking in my RVM and seeing (:eek:horror of horrors!:eek:) a f*** off Police 5 series with its blues and twos on; AND IT'S NOT PASSING ME. B*gger! Who in their right minds reduced the speed limit here to a 50??:eek:

"Step out of the car sir, and come and join me in my vehicle"

Double B*gger!

Anyway, 20 minutes of humble pie later and we're off again, with my wrists well and truly slapped. (But not as slapped as my **** was when I got home and my 9 year old blabbed to the mrs...)

Turns out the kind officer who stopped me is well into his Octavias and used to have a Jabba remapped Mk 1 himself a few years back. Phew:D

Anyway, as I said previously, IT WAS ALL DAVE'S FAULT FOR TELLING ME I NEEDED TO REDLINE IT:rofl:

(But seriously Dave, thanks for the help mate! - I owe you one:D)

:rofl::rofl: It was a funny little test drive I must admit, and you got pulled by a TV star :) Luckily they weren't filming the new series, they would have loved you

Dave: is your cable a proper Rosstech one? if so what version of the software are you using?

Sorry for the delay in replying I've been away

I am using a proper rosstech cable on version 8 or 9 whichever takes my fancy at the time :D