Recommenden Garage Harpenden/St Albans/Luton area?

Hi Mandy, nice to hear from you and see that "my" Red Storm is still your favourite! But for that reason I'm rather embarrassted to say RZX gets mainly 95 fuel with 97 an occassional treat. If this proves to be a factor in my current woes then I'll promiss to reform!
(In mitigation let me say that just last week she was treated to new back calipers, disks, slave cyclinders and pads, and the fronts were serviced)

I will be trying the Cataclean but fear there are other things at work in this case.
Certainly the EML comes on with the ignition and goes out on firing up.

I dont supposed Timmus mentioned anything about restraining the flap in the wide open position?

As things now stand I am booking her in for a couple of weeks time with Chapman Auto Services, St Albans, who are long time VAG specialist (reputedly with the right VCDS gear) who seemed quite au fait with emmission issues for the 1.6 FSI when I spoke to them.

For the longer term, and as a result of all the VCDS mentions, I'm thinking seriously of investing in the full fat version. Clearly without it one is very dependent on the generous spirit of other members. That will be a learning curve!

Thanks again to everyone...I'll update as and when to help others that may follow.

PS
As I recal the RZX (the car) exhibited all the erratic/power loss symptoms of a broken FSI flap. Correct me if Im wrong Mandy.

Norman
 
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I don't mean to preach but, now that 95 is E10 which the FSI engine is not rated for use with, every fill-up absolutely needs to be 98 E5. E5 means that it may contain up to 5% ethanol, but if you can find Shell, I understand their V-Power is normally 0%.

Yes, it's expensive. But a lot less expensive than replacing affected fuel system components with degraded rubber seals (think high pressure fuel pump, injectors etc.). Or forcing you to change to another car and get it to a 'known good' state.
 
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Norm said:
... I'm rather embarrassted to say RZX gets mainly 95 fuel with 97 an occassional treat. If this proves to be a factor in my current woes then I'll promiss to reform!
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Ah.

There is but just one rule thou must abide by when running a FSi.....
 
Oh! - didnt quite recognise the extent of the consequences of deviating from the 98 rule.
As from now I repent!
:mad::mad:
 
dj_efk said:
Ah.

There is but just one rule thou must abide by when running a FSi.....
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No, there's at least two.
In addition to always using E5.
Never get any repair work done on the engine, without a VAG specific diagnostic scan confirming that the work proposed relates to the fault code, (preferably VCDS).
Mac.
 
Norm said:
Oh! - didnt quite recognise the extent of the consequences of deviating from the 98 rule.
As from now I repent!
:mad::mad:
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Else, the end, (of your savings), is nigh.
I don't think your problem is down to E10, at least not directly.
My previous comment still apply.
If you get a scan, share it with us.
Mac.
 
RZX said:
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For the 1st couple of years of owning the car there was no eml coming on at all but once Timmus fitted the proboost he obviously reset it and eml came on with the ignition and went out on fire up, is this still the case?
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Good Afternoon Mandy,

Does your statement imply that before Tom added the ProBoost the EML never briefly appeared at start up?

Andy
 
PlasticMac said:
@RZX What was your logic in fitting the ProBoost originally?
Mac.
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I was just advised it helped the FSI to run better, which I would it did both improve fuel economy and performance. If I was to buy another FSI (which is a strong possibility to have a ULEZ compliant car) I would certainly be looking to add proboost
 
In addition please always use 99 ron E5. It really doesn't like 95 ron and E10 will do all kinds of mischief as well. I find Tesco works well for me.

Best of luck.
 
Norm said:
Booked in to Chapmans auto services St Albans for the 12th June.
Will update with outcome.
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Please do yourself one favour before you fork out for various diagnostics on the emissions which could end up in a big bill - stick a can of Cataclean in, take the FSI for a very vigorous drive on your way to the MOT station (at least half an hour taking it into the upper rev range at every opportunity) and take it to the test centre and ask them to recheck the emissions whilst the engine is still hot. Garages will normally retest for free if you return with a certain timeframe. I had exactly this issue on my FSI earlier this year and after the Cataclean treatment it sailed through the retest - read my post here: https://www.a2oc.net/community/index.php?threads/proboost-ecu-and-emissions.51847/
 
s2ulk said:
Please do yourself one favour before you fork out for various diagnostics on the emissions which could end up in a big bill - stick a can of Cataclean in, take the FSI for a very vigorous drive on your way to the MOT station (at least half an hour taking it into the upper rev range at every opportunity) and take it to the test centre and ask them to recheck the emissions whilst the engine is still hot. Garages will normally retest for free if you return with a certain timeframe. I had exactly this issue on my FSI earlier this year and after the Cataclean treatment it sailed through the retest - read my post here: https://www.a2oc.net/community/index.php?threads/proboost-ecu-and-emissions.51847/
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Yep that was my suggestion - always start with the cheapest / simplest solution first.
 
dj_efk said:
Yep that was my suggestion - always start with the cheapest / simplest solution first.
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My recommendation is Inde-Tech.co.uk based in Bletchley, Milton Keynes. They work exclusively on VW Audi and have all the diagnostic and test equipment. I used them after A2 Cars is Bletchley ceased trading.
 
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