mluton

I hope you get this sorted mate, Im feeling your pain.

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anonymouse

OMG
Hope you get it sorted soon - and cheaply.

I'll bet you're fuming. Move all crockery out the way and leave all the doors everywhere open.

Best of luck

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nshaunluke

Thankyou, this is one of those situations where it seems awfull and it is probably going to end up being something or nothing and we will be laughing about it in a week (i hope )

I think its just coincidental, this thread was started to see if anyone else had the same problems and as nobody has come forward saying they have i am guessing that it was just something weak on our engine which as a result of having more power put through it has now gone

Anyhow i will let you all know what it was when i find out and thankyou for your kind words

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vRSLen

Sorry to be reading this Chris. If the turbo has gone it might be time to upgrade it

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nshaunluke

how did i know this would be turned into a situation to buy another modification anyhow cheers mate at least it made me smile

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nshaunluke

Have just spoken to the guy at malton who originally put the 5 hour remap on and he has very kindly agreed to come up and flash the ecu back to all the original settings, i know this won't clear the problem but at least skoda can't blame that then, so at least thats one small point sorted

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jason

have you got the newer coilpacks on it? i have had revo from the first week i bought my VRS(bought it at 37.000 miles) and the coilpacks started to play up after a week or so,full on management light,smelling of eggs, running on 3 cyclinders, etc etc. bouhgt new coilpacks,fitted them myself,then took the ones off it back to skoda who refunded me as they are a "kind of " recall item. everything else has gone wrong with my vrs since then,none related to the engine/REVO.cars now on 76.000 miles,so nearly 30,000 miles on it now.
a remap of any kind can bring out faults in the car,as everything is under more stress. some more than others.
do i get a free stage 2 for the big up kev ?

edit:btw mines yellow too,so it can't be revo

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nshaunluke

yes that is what we think has happened it has brought up a slight fault it had and due to the extra pressure it has now gone, just hope its nothing too serious now, the guy who did it is gonna put it back on factory settings tomorrow so skoda cant moan and we will take it from there, thankyou for your insight

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vRSLen

Chris, did you check the voltage with the engine running. The noise could be an overload on the alternator?

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nshaunluke

The mechanic at skoda today listened to the engine and said the noise was coming from the turbo, in his words "it could be anything from a pipe blown off to the turbo on its way out" so who knows, he said he would ring asap and hasnt done today so am presuming he didnt get chance to look at it today fingers crossed for us tomorrow, the squealing is all the time unless running in boost, when not in boost or on tickover it sounds awful, hence why he told me i couldnt drive it no longer, tomorrow it is getting any trace of the remap flashed out so it can't be blamed on that (as we are certain it isnt that) and the mechanic is going to check everything then.

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RevoKev

I believe Ben is coming out to you when he can get away today... then Skoda will have nothing else to blame! Unfortunatley most main dealers now are trained to replace parts rather than diagnose and repair.

Jason, buy me a beer and I'll consider it!

nshaunluke

Yes ben is coming out this morning, he has just rung me to let me know as i cant actually get to my car, skoda never blamed revo for the problem all they said was they didnt know what revo had changed therefore didnt know if that was the problem, hence them telling me to get revo taken off the car,

both companies (revo and skoda) have been very helpfull throughout this situation and i appreciate it, personally i think its not just the product you should sell but aftercare also which both have been persistent in doing

also skoda have rung me this morning and there is a breather pipe which has collapsed on the car (the one that attaches to the main engine block then runs on to the turbo intake pipe) they dont think this is all the problem but obviously it may have something to do with it, they are ordering one in for tomorrow which they will then fit and see what the car is doing then, i think its just a process of eliminating anything and everything at the moment

Thanks to everyone who has helped and given advice/opinions and we shall keep you updated on what happens

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p.s fao jason, thankyou for your input, nobody was actually giving experiences so i had nothing to go on, have now heard from a few very satisfied revo customers but havent heard from any disgruntled ones, i think that in itself says something dont you??

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nshaunluke

Final Update:

ben who did the trial has now flashed the car back to standard, thankyou for your help in this matter ben.

thankyou to revokev who has assisted with advice.

As for this being a revo problem it obviously wasnt as the car cant decide whats wrong with it nevermind anyone else and as nobody has reported any actual problems with the revo software the only responses i have had have been good so for revo, must be nice to know that you have no disgruntled customers

as for the car, i havent got a clue, when ben got to it is was back running normal, but obviously the mechanic has heard the noise from the turbo so he is keeping it in anyway to figure out what had gone wrong, one of the breather pipes on top of the engine keeps collapsing which isnt the full problem but isnt helping so he is going to replace that tomorrow morning and then go from there,

Thankyou to everyone who has tried to help in this matter and hopefully we will get our car back soon.

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VRStu

I think as has been said before it is not unusual for a car to be mapped and then a problem be highlighted. I hope you get a reasonable outcome soon, it seems as though everyone is trying to help you through it which is good.

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MarkC

I notice you car isnt in the car park now Chris, how is it behaving. I put mine in for a convenience pack this week and I am picking it up this aft, so should be able to open doros from fob again.

jason

long shot time.
mine was making a horrible noise from around the turbo a few months back,spluttering and wheezing like a mofo,and only stopped when you floored it.
the cure ? turbo to manifold bolts were loose,and it was loosing boost through the gap.the bolts were that loose i could turn them with my hand.tightened them up again,and touch wood,it's been ok. i have to fit a downpipe and cat soon,so may well change the bolts for new ones.
like i said,a long shot ,but worth mentioning to the tech perhaps?

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nshaunluke

Update

The car has now come back from the garage, who told me it was ok, but it isn't

The engine management light still comes on, fault code is:
17544 - Fuel Trim: Bank 1 (Add): System too Lean
P1136 - 35-00 - -

so at least we have lost a few fault codes

we also now have a squealing noise, been into garage for it who said it could be something to do with the turbo, they then found a pipe which had collapsed, a breather pipe on top of the engine, they said it shouldnt cause too much of a problem but seen as though it was quite worn they would replace it, they have replaced it with a new one which is still collapsing and we still have a squealing noise,

so now we have 2 faults, nobody seems to know why they are there and we are no closer to fixing the car,

on the upside the car does run if i have to run it, i am just scared of causing more damage, but needs must

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possible lambda probe?

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ethos

Any updates mate?

nshaunluke

still no use, after being back and forth to skoda they have now told me that there is nothing more they can do to try and locate the problems, they have no idea what they could be or what could be causing them

it is booked in at awesome on tuesday to let them have a go trying to find the faults and failing that it looks like we are just going to have to keep looking ourself, i arent happy at driving the car when it isnt a 100% perfect but there is nothing else i can do, we have more or less been off the road for two weeks now and i have lost 2 wages for two weeks, i cant afford to take anymore time off.

The problems we are still having are:
bank one running too lean - throwing engine management light on all the time squealing noise comes and goes when it pleases
alternator wire overheats - but nothing wrong with alternator?

we have no idea what could be making these problems arise, we have tried checking everything everyone has suggested and there is nothing visible wrong with the engine, (according to skoda neway we shall see what awesome say)
and all this comes in at a running total of near on £250 so far and awesome have set aside 4 hours on tuesday to investigate which will be another £200ish in labour time alone, thats if they find no faults

wish us luck

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anonymouse

Indeed

At least you'll be in good hands at Awesome

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Dr Zoidberg

Once more , a fine example of Skoda's service.

Hope you get it sorted soon

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mannyo

If the alternator cable is overheating, then something is drawing to much current. Could be the battery, alternator, or even a dodgy earth. The dodgy earth could also be the cause of your other problems. I would check the earthing cable on the engine to make sure its not frayed and mabe even redo the connections on each end.

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mattbeef

Yea ill echo that as well.

Unscrew all the earth points you come across and sand them back. My brother clio was behaving weird when it came to starting. Cause was a rusting earth point. Took all of 10 seconds to rectify after 2 days of looking what was wrong

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