I bought my 08 (pfl) vRS 170 CR well over two years ago and enjoyed on average 480 - 520 miles from a full tank of diesel, even after the skoda "fix" done on new years eve i saw no drop in performance and hardly noticed a difference in the MPG, maybe a drop to 480 - 500 miles from a full tank.

Then back in Feb. the car went into limp mode, before cutting out on me in traffic. I ended up being recovered by RAC and taken to local garage only to be told HPFP failure and the car needed a complete new fuel system due to swarf contamination. Being qouted £5800 +VAT by the RAC approved garage i spoke to a mate i train with who is a SEAT technican who offered to swing some discount if the car went through the local main dealers which he kindly did and i was qouted £5200 inc. VAT by Skoda (and 2 years guarantee on parts and labour).

Now i can understand most people would walk away at this point and break/scrap the car, moving on to a new one but due to needing a car urgently and a number of other personal and finacial reasons i went ahead and had the work done by Skoda. On collecting the car it felt like an absolute animal, everything sharper and quickier to respond than before but i was putting that down to things being "new".

 

A couple of days later i filled the car up and went back to my normal routine, same route to and from work (mostly quick A roads and few hills - usually in 5th/6th most the way), no change in driving style (i will push it from time to time but nothing extreme, standard over taking, not redlining it) - nothing different! So when it came to filling up again i noticed a rather large drop in my usuall mileage per tank, thought it was just a one off but ever since the fuel system install i noticed i am now seeing only 380 - 420 at best from a full tank!!

 

Any ideas why, is this the dreaded "fix" or is there something else?

Did you pay £5,200 including VAT & get the work done then and have the 2 year guarantee on parts & labour?

 

Winter diesel was in filling stations end of last year to now so maybe you will see some change now.

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What possessed you to have 'The Fix' done??

18 hours ago, Awayoffski said:

Did you pay £5,200 including VAT & get the work done then and have the 2 year guarantee on parts & labour?

 

yes i paid the £5,200 price from Skoda which included the VAT and came with 2 year guarantee on parts & labour as it was done through the main dealership.

 

18 hours ago, Awayoffski said:

Winter diesel was in filling stations end of last year to now so maybe you will see some change now.

 

someone mentioned the MPG on diesel go down during cold weather but still thats rather large drop?

 

18 hours ago, Awayoffski said:

What possessed you to have 'The Fix' done??

 

i bought it very cheap with low mileage as it was a repossession on failure to pay the finance by the original owner, but i meant i got no log book or service manuals, only history i had was the paperwork to say it the dealer i bought it from had it back to clear the original debt, it was now clear of the HPI and as part of the deal when buying it had the cam belt service done as they had no record and didnt want to risk it - ive been trying build up service and maintenance history since owning myself, thought it would "tick the box" should i trade it in at a dealer. it was planned to be remapped shortly after but between the pump failure, 2 funerals and a house move within a 3 week period i had to put that on hold.

 

up to the point of pump failure though i never saw a difference in performance and not enough drop in MPG to be bothered by having it done thats why im wondering this drop in fuel economy is linked the fix or something else, but if so what??

If it was performing normally after the update then I doubt that has anything to do with your drop in economy. If there's a 2 year warranty on the work, I'd be going back to them to check it through: you paid them enough to repair it.

On 2017.04.3. at 19:22, Awayoffski said:

Winter diesel was in filling stations end of last year to now so maybe you will see some change now.

 

Winter diesel won't make much difference. Maybe a little bit. This isn't the case.

What isn't the case?, after you say, "won't make much difference. Maybe a little bit.",  you never said 'No difference'.

 

But actually, it 'Makes no difference to me', never seen any difference with diesels for decades, but then others tend to think it does.

Cold weather is swings and roundabouts, go slower, less friction/ traction on roads, but longer warming up times etc etc.

But then this is one of the mildest winters in the UK for years.

 

One of the first winters of TDI's with the VW Fix though.

Reports are building from some that have had The Fix.  'won't make much difference. Maybe a little bit'   Time will tell.  VW are not telling.

Edited 4 April, 20179 yr by Awayoffski