Here's a cautionary tale about remapping-clutches and worse.  A mechanic friend told me today that he recently fitted a new replacement engine in a '67 plate Leon Cupra  manual. The owner had had it mapped and he had knackered the clutch. Worse,he also ignored a failed oil pressure sensor. A seal/ bearing failed in the bottom end and destroyed the engine. SEAT refused to honour the warranty because it had been mapped. The repair cost the owner £11000. 

£11k!!  I'd be breaking the car for cash and buying a new one.  Unless finance etc. etc..

To be fair the owner sounds like a walloper and deserved the 11k bill

Not really anything to do with mapping or clutch.

If you ignore a warning light then you deserve the bill.

 

On 11/09/2019 at 14:00, ruffday said:

Not really anything to do with mapping or clutch.

If you ignore a warning light then you deserve the bill.

 

I mentioned mapping because my stage 1 manual 220 didn’t have an issue, whereas the  Cupra failed, either due to maltreatment or too weak. Secondly it also meant that SEAT refused to cover the warranty, even if the driver’s lack of common sense  was to blame. 

Sweeping statement warning!!

 

I find that cupra drivers tend to drive quite aggressively with on/off acceleration. This may be a contributing factor.

SEAT / Warranty provider just went by the T&C's and exclusions.  Warranty Void due to non factory approved hardware or engine management.

 

For all those that says 'a dealership'  or is that 'an employee never bothered' there are many times more that are stuffed.

 

@Redboy did the driver actually own the car and have to spend out £11,000?

That is a lot more than the just a new base engine & clutch for that bull.

15 hours ago, Roottootemoot said:

SEAT / Warranty provider just went by the T&C's and exclusions.  Warranty Void due to non factory approved hardware or engine management.

 

For all those that says 'a dealership'  or is that 'an employee never bothered' there are many times more that are stuffed.

 

@Redboy did the driver actually own the car and have to spend out £11,000?

That is a lot more than the just a new base engine & clutch for that bull.

I don't know why it was so extortionate, I think he said it was a complete engine not just the bottom half. I have no reason to doubt my friend's son who is an experienced mechanic and works at the garage, he has no axe to grind. He did say that the Cupra manual clutch wasn't man enough for the remap but a DSG would have been ok.  ...........before all the experts chip in, I know that clutches are subject to bad treatment.

I understand that.

What i wondered was a Finance Company / Lease Company wanting a car back to standard with a valid warranty so wanted a new Crate Engine and ECU.

That is very different from an owners just needing a new base engine fitted to their own car that is their property.

 

A member on Briskoda posted Vids online and that was for his Fabia vRS, then a modded Audi S3.

Seemed surprised that the Finance company repossessed the car.

 

Loads seem to ignore that they are modifying a car they do not own and voiding a warranty.

I know of some that were lucky with turbo failure on VW Group cars that were remapped, but the turbos were faulty anyway regardless of being used factory standard.

 

 

This guy is a wee cracker.

 

 

Edited 13 September, 20196 yr by Roottootemoot