is there a discount code anyone knows of for the CRD3?
Look on their website, or better yet, give them a call
is there a discount code anyone knows of for the CRD3?
how much is one of these crd3s then?
is there a discount code anyone knows of for the CRD3?
What has people experience been when declaring the boxes to their insurance company? Do they happily accept them, but charge an extortionate increase?
What has people experience been when declaring the boxes to their insurance company? Do they happily accept them, but charge an extortionate increase?
My insurance is coming up for renewal, not sure whether to add my box back on. Have it with Admiral, pay an extra £100 of so a year, but as it's not working not sure if I'll renew. Might also swap insurers as they have gone up massively. When I phoned up mid-year to add my box on, they had never heard of it. In the end it went under the same category as a chip, or remap.
A lot of insurance companies will just simple double the price, others are more reasonable. Some say the box most only increase BHP by a max of 10%, some 10%-25%, others presumably higher.
My experience thus far:
Used without fault on my ST FR 184 for a good 3 or 4 months, fantastic fun, great having that extra power, then suddenly starting getting a coil light warning, and Limp Mode, spoke to DTUK, very helpful, told me to adjust settings. So I did, but a few weeks later same problem, same phone call, lower the settings even more, also could be to do with a known 'faulty boost sensor' issue with some mk3 Leons. Adjusted settings and then started also getting an Engine Management Light come on, which would go away after a decent motor way run (regen?). So for now the box is out. The problems seem to arise at roughly the intervals of a regen (every 500 miles?) I think. I'm not an expert.
So i'm still under warranty at the moment, and hoping that when it next goes in for a service I can mention this faulty boost sensor and whether they can replace it. I'll mention that a coil light has come on a few times, and hope they can't prove I've had a box in there.
Yes, my fault if they do, it was a risk I knew about when I purchased it. I'm just annoyed for the loss of power reverting back to the stock now that i've experience what the car is capable of.
Hmm thats a tad concerning Pastrami what maps were you running when you started to get problems and had you added the pedal box or done any other mods to the car ?
Good morning boys and girls would like to speak about my box and continued issues I have the crd+3 fitted to my 150 fr when it works it works very well I have also had many issues regarding coil light/limp mode I must stress dtuk. simon and Andrew have been very good trying to solve my issues I have also replaced my boost sensor and still getting coil light coming on not all the while just crops up I have tried all the settings available +/- with varying results my car is due to be changed in august I have gone for the the new leon fr 184 with all the toys was thinking of getting software changed to the 184 now iam very undecided what to do the service from the guys as been very good I will have my box back today for the fifth time I am hoping its going to be fine if not I will take off and sell it?
cheers GHB
This service offers a repair to fix the very common problem with the vag 1.2/1.6/2.0 TDI CR EGR valves at less then half the price for a replacement valve.
These valves fail causing engine lights to be on the dash and sometimes limp mode.
EGR Valve Fault Symptoms:
Loss of power
Lower fuel consumption
Reduced throttle response
Limp Mode
Warnings:
Engine Management Light
Flashing Glow Plug Light
I might be barking up the wrong tree here, so excuse the general mechanical ignorance if I'm well off the mark... but I stumbled upon a couple of other tuning website/companies. Both mention one of their services besides tuning is something called "EGR Delete":
Intrigued I did a little spot of googling on this EGR problem and another tuning company came up:
So is it possible that using the car with the DTUK box in and putting extra load on the engine it's causing an EGR valve fault?
The symptoms seem to be the same, but obviously that's not necessary an indicator of the same cause. Would be great if someone who actually knows a thing or two about cars could chime in!
Website sources: darksidedevelopments.co.uk/ecu-tuning/ and omwtuning.co.uk/vag-1-6-tdi-cr-egr