Apologies Team, I am guilty for updating the thread due to professional and personal commitments and lot of travel.
RS was quoted to be pretty unreliable post 50k on the ODO and a few times and the cliche, i guess it suited me aptly. First trouble started with Check Engine light when i revved to climb the apartment parking. Rotten tomatoes to the guy who built apartment like that which i eventually got changed.car misfires bigtime, tanked up and took her for a spirited drive hoping bad fuel gets burnt and gets alright. No luck.I met Ajmat that weekend and i picked up his OBD scanner, hooked up , O2 sensor before the cat-con gone bad.
17524 - Oxygen (Lambda) Sensor Heating; B1 S1
P1116 - 35-00 - Open Circuit
17511 - Oxygen (Lambda) Sensor Heating; B1 S1
P1103 - 35-00 - Performance too Low
17526 - Oxygen (Lambda) Sensor Heating; B1 S2
P1118 - 35-10 - Open Circuit - Intermittent
Readiness: 0110 1101
Called up Mahaveer skoda and enquired about o2 sensor for octy rs. they asked if it is a petrol or diesel ( No exaggeration) . Called Tafe Bangalore, Guy said over the phone it will cost me 16k + taxes. Looked up on internet. bosch equivalent OE is as cheap as 50 $ but ordered a genuine from skodaparts.com to my sis who was about to visit me. Cost me 11k INR after conversion and it was the time when rupee had just begun to fall steeply.It was delivered the following morning to her. Impeccable service. But she postpones her visit by 2 weeks and wait continues. RS is being called a showpiece by folks at home. it cant go everywhere ( roads in my native are really bad ) and it sits in a corner. Took the car to a waterwash who jacked it up. Removed old sensor and replaced with new.
A sense of happiness to abe to drive the car after a long wait. But only Shortlived. After the waterwash i reverse the car to pull out and there is a sudden noise of something breaking. I looked back only to find the rear window mirror being collapsed. Tried to roll up using switch and motor made noise. Relieved to some extent that motor has not failed which is known to fail on RS and even reported on teambhp . Opened the door panel, the regulator was gone. pulled up the glass and used cigarette packing to stick into the gaps between beading and the glass.it stood up and put tape all around. It was looking ugly, drove to New Mars at Hyderabad.
Replaced the window Regulator
Got all the doors Aligned
Bought 3d Mats but not Kagu brand, price 5.2k
Bumper grill was loose, fixed it
Rattling at the rear, used some double sided tape on the tailgate.
I took the delivery with that sense of happiness to have the car in good shape. But my luck says othrwise. Car begins to misfire and little loss of power. Reached home and pulled out the Rosstech cable as i suspected coilpacks, there are no error codes. Briskoda forum folks said that it is not uncommon for coilpack to fail without an error code. Logged on to internet for 4 each of coilpacks and plugs. This time another sis was about to visit from boston. Ordered them from Amazon since they have it for Golf mk4 1.8t .The waiting begins as a ritual. A couple of days later Car revvs up inappropriate rpms with relation to the speedo. It turns out to be the clutch which i had overlooked. Drove the car to New Mars, and clutch gave up completely leading to towing with a rope tied to a autorickshaw. Clutch was the last thing i expected to fail when i bought the car since the previous owner had replaced it sometime ago. All of these are first experiences of breakdown for me, decided to get a complete look up on the car since the service was due.
I shall update on the jobs carried out in the next post.
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Originally Posted by 46TheDoctor Congrats, blackbeast! Welcome to the vRS club :-) Your car looks clean.
As per my experience, there is nothing that can replace a octy vRS below 40L price bracket. Wish you thousands of happy miles! |
Thank you Doc. I'm not sure you recollect that we talked about your RS when it was on classifieds for a short period.Glad you retained.
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Originally Posted by baludharmarajan I would also recommend to take zero depreciation insurance if the option is available. |
Got one from Bajaj , assured drive which is bumper to bumper. cost me 16k.
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Originally Posted by trumpcard Nice catch! Congrats, BTW what kind of FE figures are you getting?? |
11ish on the highways with speeds around 120 to 150 most of the time. My punto MJD returns 13-14 under same speeds. so my bet is around 100-120 speeds, it must return 15. But problem is, unlike civic , you cannot drive RS slow. You'll really have to make an effort. You can have a relaxed n calm drive in a civic.
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Originally Posted by Motoringlover Congrats Blackbeast - Car looks well loved and the pictures are fab, apologies this note comes later. All the best
Best - ML |
None required Deepak. You're the one who hooked me up to the very thought of RS.
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Originally Posted by ajmat Hmmmm, that's must be me, it was a very good buy. If I had not bought the Jetta, I would have gladly snapped it up. The clutch was a little heavy since the mechanic put a heavy duty one. The scan showed nothing except symptoms from a weak battery, |
True. It was a good buy Indeed. But the heavy duty clutch was always a question mark for me. Going by the hardness , easiest assumption would be Single mass flywheel. However, clutch is replaced now. Will update soon and lets catch up sometime ?