Hi guys, I am in need of a top section for the air box of my Fabia vRS. The rear lug has broken and the box doesn't seal properly. I have priced a new one from TPS which I will keep as my last resort. Somebody out there must have one right? And be willing to post it up to Shetland? 

 

Anyway what I would like to know is; are the top sections the same for the different power outputs of 1.9 TDi but maybe with a different diameter trumpet inside?

 

I was inquiring with the nearest breaker's yard and they had one but said it was off just a Fabia diesel and was a different part number so wouldn't work although it looked to be the same shape.

 

So any help clearing this up would be much appreciated. And anybody with an air box or top section they'd be willing to part with, feel free to send me a message. Cheers. 

I would have bought the entire airbox from the breakers and just swapped the whole lot over, you could always modify it with a larger pipe if you felt it was holding the performance back.

Thanks, I have considered this and is probably what I will end up doing.

 

I would have thought that for the number of people that modified their air filters, there should be loads available but they probably just get thrown out.

22 minutes ago, HeavyMetalRich said:

Thanks, I have considered this and is probably what I will end up doing.

 

I would have thought that for the number of people that modified their air filters, there should be loads available but they probably just get thrown out.

 

The cost of shipping to Shetland is the major portion of the cost, if you have one available locally you should be able to negotiate a fair price based on the fact that you're probably the only potential customer he'll ever have to sell it to.

Yeah so people seem to think. I have tried messaging a few of the guys with ones up here but most of the vRSs here are modified already and the air boxes are long gone. Still one guy I haven't heard back from. I live in hope!

 

My Fabia has a bit of a cough/misfire type hesitation on over run. Could this be a symptom associated with the vacuum not being able to build up due to the air box not sealing? Or is it more likely to be something else? 

Something else.

11 minutes ago, sepulchrave said:

Something else.

 

Ok thanks. I'll get the air box sorted first and a few other bits for MoT and then see about the hiccup. It doesn't affect the normal running of the car, it only happens now and again so I'm not overly worried about it.