I have a 54reg black magic skoda octavia vrs which has a fault with the throttle pedal..i replaced the pedal and the fault is still there. The fault has now been traced to the ecu.

I can get it reconditioned or repaired for less than £200 but i then also need to tax and insure the car..but i cant afford to do this as im in the process of buying a house.

The engine ticks over fine but just wont rev. It has done 63k and had its last service at 47k.

The car was category d repaired back in 2007 i think

The engine has had a recon turbo which has done less than 3000 miles.

Other mods are 18" r32 replica alloy wheels with almost brand new tyre, forge 007p dump valve and a stainless downpipe and decat.

The car has mot until november but no tax.

The interior is mint with no wear on the drivers seat and comes with proper vrs mats.

the paintwork is in good condition as it was resprayed but the front bumper is stonechipped and the rear bumper has a crack in the paintowork and a dent in the boot.

The car has also had 2 new coilpacks, a new bosch maf sensor and 2 new front springs in the last year.

Can anybody tell me what they think its worth as a whole or if its worth while breaking it?

Thanks

Dan

Edited 10 May, 201115 yr by DJR

Keep it, it sounds like a good car and a cheap fix. If you buy something else for the same money you may end up buying a lot of problems.

I cant really afford to fix, tax and run it though :( as im about to take on a mortgage and im not on the best wage in the world!! lol

sounds like its had an interesting life. Won't be worth much as it stands. Best off fixing it mate.

I want to fix it but i may be able to afford it until the back end of the year. so it would just be sitting there doing nothing

Fix it then sell it and buy a felicia and stay in the club

brake it and sell me the wheels

Are you sure tis the ECU, who has traced the fault down to this. The ECUs very rarely if ever fail, and if they do its usually during the first month or so of a cars life and not 7 years down the line. Dealers have blamed other faults on ECUs before now, and proved wrong with a second diagnosis.

Whats the symptoms exactly ??

I've found that dealers are absolutely hopeless at diagnosing ecu & throttle faults, no matter how much time you give them. Mine's been in shedloads of times over the last 2 1/2 years, and they still don't have a clue. They'll happily offer to replace very expensive parts without knowing if they'll fix the issue though...

I must admit I have replaced engine ecus on both a Leon Cupra and an Octavia vRS (both AUQ) for a throttle pedal fault, did cure both btw so it's not unheard of.

the symptoms are the car starts and ticks over fine but wont rev. The vagcom showed a fault on the throttle pedal

I have replaced the throttle pedal and it still doesnt work. And when pressing the throttle pedal there is no response according to vagcom.

Just fix it and sell it, you'll get a higher price than if you sell it broken. If you contact shark performance, they can supply you with a uncoded ecu so you just have to plug it in without any hastle of getting it coded etc

You would get more money breaking it.

That if you have lost heart.