Diff Problem

[Cobra]

Has anybody had problems with the diff on the octavia rs i bought the car in january i had the car 3 weeks and the diff blew and i had to get a new gear box, Diff, and clutch i did race the car a lot when i first got it and the garage paid for all of it now the Diff blew agian but this time i haven't been racing it but the garage said they wont cover the diff because the Octavia RS come with a golf GTI diff witch is not powerfull enought for the Octavia RS can someone please help this is costing 1000s please phone me on 00353876723083.

[JaneC]

Not technically minded so no idea But you did say that the car was 225 when you bought it - could that have a bearing on the issue, or have other modifications been made to it as well ?

[Tavia4x4]

ffelan blew a diff.. you say "racing" but I suspect it was not put to the uses the red baron was.. do a search for his posts....

[GAFF]

Sound a bit strange that a gearbox designed for a 150Bhp car is being used on a 180Bhp one, surely this is beyond is design limit. Could there be a chance that the one in the RS is different to the Golf and that a Golf one was fitted when it first went and just wasn't up to the job.

What type is used in the 225 TT and Cupra ?

[Stuart_J]

Many people have modded the Rs & ffelans is the only one I have heard of that blew a diff & his car was rumoured to be pushing out about 300 bhp & did an awful lot of track use & hard track use so my guess is theres something else wrong with your car. When the dif was replaced did they use genuine new Skoda bits ?
Also you normally kill clutches long before diffs, how many clutches have you replaced

[Stuart_J]

To Add, check out the red Skoda on this thread, thats the sort of gentle day out ffelan gave his car
http://www.briskoda.net/forums/showt...1&page=3&pp=15

[bengie]

as far as i knew the same diff/flywheel/gearbox for vRS, 5 speed TT's etc but the 225's use the 6 speed box.

[EddyH]

I managed to break a diff on my Golf, it was replaced under warranty no problem.

Is your car lowered? My Golf was running coilovers but standard power when the diff broke.

[TaviaRS]

Never had diff problems with mine either and that had a hard life (>11,000 track miles).

Someone else with a red one also blew a diff and/or a gearbox on their old black one, but that was 100 shot of NoS related

I believe there is also another red one running around with a blown diff, but that is running approx 350+ bhp.

Just how much power are you putting through yours?

[DaveU]

Originally Posted by TaviaRS

I believe there is also another red one running around with a blown diff, but that is running approx 350+ bhp.

Who's that then Jon???

[Cobra]

Is your car lowered? No the car is not lowered and i am not the kinda of person who likes to race but even if i do race it shouldn't it be able to take it?
i saw your car it looks very well what type of engine is in it?
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[Cobra]

Just how much power are you putting through yours?
When i bought it there was a printed sheet of a rolling road saying my car is 225bhp i raced a rs octavia before just to see was it a 225 bhp and i left it along with a 2L type R civc.

[dsemuk]

Many Octy 1.8Ts on here are running 225+ hp without any transmission problems.

[Cobra]

Thanks for your input i cant understand what happend but a lot of people are saying to me that the 225 Audi TT has a 6 speed gearbox and the 5 speed gear box is not able to handle 225 bhp what do you think?

[Cobra]

How did things go with the event go today i am sorry i didn't meet up i didn't see much point in going without my car but i will go to the next event.