The engine management light is on again which I am sure means a faulty egr valve yet again.

What do members with experience of this problem think are my best options? e.g. replace valve with new Skoda valve, or cheaper new valve or clean it.

Would a dealer clean it and how long might this last? I wonder if the labour in cleaning it may not be much less than in replacing it.

What might this cost in London? The last time was £275 at a Skoda dealer.

Why don't you just delete it?? Problem solved surely?

Ouch just blank it off

What engine do you have, you can't just delete it if you have a petrol engine, not all Fabias are diesel remember.

What engine do you have, you can't just delete it if you have a petrol engine, not all Fabias are diesel remember.

Ahhh fair enough. I just assume everyone has the same car as me lol

When was it replaced? Skoda should warranty their work/part

I seem to remember that on the petrol engines the pipe which goes between the exhaust and egr can get blocked which then shows up as a fault with the egr. If you have needed 4 egr valves then that suggests there is something else causing the problem.

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Thanks for the replies to date. It's a 16 valve 1.4 engine so it seems that delete can't be done as Sepulchrave says above. Possibly this also applies to blanking it off as suggested by CL53VRS. It's unfortunately out of the two year Skoda guarantee period.

So I hope to get some more advice in response to the options I mentioned, replace with Skoda or cheaper new or clean. I am sceptical that a dealer will find a simpler solution than one of these as they haven't in the past.

Thanks for the replies to date. It's a 16 valve 1.4 engine so it seems that delete can't be done as Sepulchrave says above. Possibly this also applies to blanking it off as suggested by CL53VRS. It's unfortunately out of the two year Skoda guarantee period.

So I hope to get some more advice in response to the options I mentioned, replace with Skoda or cheaper new or clean. I am sceptical that a dealer will find a simpler solution than one of these as they haven't in the past.

To be fair the dealers are somewhat limited in what Skoda let them do. If fault code x comes then Skoda specify replacement of a certain part.

If you have the sticky vanes problem causing an over boost fault Skoda specify that the dealer can only replace the turbo, rather simply cleaning it out.

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Thanks for the replies to date. It's a 16 valve 1.4 engine so it seems that delete can't be done as Sepulchrave says above. Possibly this also applies to blanking it off as suggested by CL53VRS. It's unfortunately out of the two year Skoda guarantee period.

So I hope to get some more advice in response to the options I mentioned, replace with Skoda or cheaper new or clean. I am sceptical that a dealer will find a simpler solution than one of these as they haven't in the past.

Are you assuming it's another EGR fault or do you have the codes to back this up?

In my experience based on looking after one car with a 1.4 16v petrol VAG engine (BBY), the EGR valve does not fail - it is the pipe at the throttle body end that gets choked with crap - an easy fix is to clear that blockage. I did replace the EGR valve for another reason though I'd doubt if it was really faulty in any way. Just a case of giving a dog (EGR valve) a bad name seems to lead to lots getting replaced. The EGR valves in DERV engines are completely different "things". Like I've said, this is only based on experience of one 1.4 16v VAG engine.

Pipe is blocked, simple fix. A quick search for Fabia and EGR brings up this thread.

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/226298-fabia-14-16v-egr-flow-low-insufficient/page__hl__%2Begr

Pipe is blocked, simple fix. A quick search for Fabia and EGR brings up this thread.

http://www.briskoda..../page__hl__+egr

That's what I was blithering on about.

Thank you for the recent new posts, rum4mo, Tech1e and Trundlenut. I have printed out the info and will see if my garage will have a go at cleaning it. I will post the outcome which will not be for a few weeks when MOT is due.

Thank you for the recent new posts, rum4mo, Tech1e and Trundlenut. I have printed out the info and will see if my garage will have a go at cleaning it. I will post the outcome which will not be for a few weeks when MOT is due.

One thing about that guide, your engine being a later 16v unit, will have a pipe bolted on to the side of the throttle body or interface plate, the blockage is at the point where that pipe flange is located - taking the pipe off will prove that the blockage is in the throttle body port or interface port - os it will need something forced down it to clear the curd etc.

Thank you for all your advice. Instead of replacing the EGR valve I had it cleaned as suggested. Unfortunately after a month the warning light came back on. At about the same time the warning light for the power steering pump also came on. It seemed that I did need yet another EGR valve and a power steering pump. With the poor history of unreliability over 13 years I lost faith and so happily sold it.

Sell the car

Good move Enrie! Jase, too late for that advice lol