Hi everyone

 

So, I have the EPC light came out, no loss of power, no any additional lights.

 

The fault was identified as EGR valve. In one garage they said that clean might do the trick. The other garage said that it needs replacing and priced the job at £680.    

 

The car is 2010 Octavia 2.0TDI with 68k on the clock.

 

What are your views wise Briskodians?

 

Thanks

a clean up would sound the cheaper bet    do some research on electric egr valve failure and repair

Patczky

I had to have mine done recently on 63k and it cost about 700 quid, apparently the electronic part failed. Job is a big one as it is as the back of the engine low down and about 3 hr strip down. It would be expensive if they stripped it down, cleaned it and it only worked for a short while and then failed!!

I cleaned what I thought was the valve on my 2010 scout 2.l tdi but it was some bloody control valve!! Bring back my 1.9PD engine all is forgiven as it least it was in sensible place.

Edited 2 April, 201511 yr by snig71

I thought that clean could end up with being back in the garage quickly for another hell of a job.

 

My question is this, the quote on the part was something around £380 without VAT.

 

The place I been to would charge £160 for labour (without VAT) which I feel is adequate. But I have a feeling that I could get the part cheaper but on the same token I don't want to risk to buy on the basis: "ebay search of genuine skoda EGR valve"

 

Any trustworthy suppliers where is can double check the price?

Edited 2 April, 201511 yr by patczky

2012 model,  26,400 miles on clock when it failed, Skoda Assist told me around £1,400 to replace. It was done under warranty with only 10 days left on it.

When I get home I'll tell you part cost. Is your 140ps version?

I have a full EGR system for sale. PM me if you want anything.

yep

 

is this is it? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-SKODA-EGR-EXHAUST-GAS-RECIRCULATION-COOLER-03G131512AD-/380657154380?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&fits=Car+Make%3ASkoda%7CCars+Year%3A2010%7CCars+Type%3A2.0+TDI&hash=item58a0ef394c   or is not complete part?

Why on earth is the EGR sold only along with the cooler??? Waiting of the garage to confirm that the part from pip_vrs is correct and the replacement is done today.

 

They said that it is only the valve that is needed and they can only order the whole thing (if the valve I brought doesn't fit). Nice work Skoda on this one :/, we shall see if I am sorted....

Lovely, pip_vrs valve is not the valve fitted on the engine. (we are discussing this)

 

So the options are apparently: full replacement which now is £611 or mapping it out. What are your views guys?

Hello guys,

 

My EGR valve has gone, at least that was what Skoda told me. However, they quoted me over 350£, part+labour. I went to my cousin, he changed it in an hour and I paid 67£ for the valve, of course not a genuine part. Skoda said 2.5 hours labour.

I got the same 2.0 TDI and this EGR is in a very bad place...

I think that cleaning it might be good in case it's accessable. If it's not then you pay much for the labour and it problems might show up after some while. So I decided to re-program the computer an forget for that EGR.

I do believe the egr problem has been resolved . I didn't realise at the time but have since found out that the glowplugs  should also be replaced as they work with the egr valve to reduce emissions, I assumed the glowplugs only worked to start the car and not used when the engine is running. Since this was done the car is now running fine, I hope this helps others.

Ok, It has been a while and I am bit further but not there yet. The fault is in EGR cooler so mapping it out costs pretty much the same as replacement (quoted form Shark Performance) so, I would have to replace the whole thing which means over £600 bill.

 

As you can see above a chap pip_vrs offered an EGR system for sale. My bad for not completely checking if the part is correct but for some reason I believed that buying something from a FREEDOM member with such post count had to be pretty safe. He did assured me it is the correct part and when I asked if he would refund if for whatever reason it isn't he did not replied. Because I was bit concerned that the car will get even more damaged I agreed with the sale. Then when taking it to the garage we have found out that the pip's EGR system if for completely different engine and I was back to square one, with wrong EGR in hand and £600 bill waving at my face. So, I went back to pip_vrs with the news and despite all this he was still sure it is the correct part. After several messages that I checked with couple garages and then Shark Performance he went completely quiet ignoring all my messages.

 

One quick question, what is happening to the car when driving it with faulty EGR cooler? :/

Edited 21 July, 201510 yr by patczky

Ok, It has been a while and I am bit further but not there yet. The fault is in EGR cooler so mapping it out costs pretty much the same as replacement (quoted form Shark Performance) so, I would have to replace the whole thing which means over £600 bill.

 

Seems weird but maybe that's how things happen where you live.

By the way, mapping EGR out has one benefit -  it works forever. I really hope this won't happen to you again with the new EGR.

Apparently, mapping out fault on cooler is pretty rare that is why the price tag is so high. Mapping out faulty EGR is 'quite' common hence it is significantly cheaper.