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  1. Aardvark

    Removing silica bag from coolant header tank

    My 2014 ST FR 184 with AE288 diesel.... Got coolant low warning light after 240 miles run from Yorkshire and on M25. Topped up with 1.5 litres on arrival in Brighton, and next day no heat. Drove back home 3 days later, no heat. Took to specialist Indy in Leeds that has done 30 VAG cars...
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    what did you and your mk3 leon do today

    Yep but car never had a year 4 service as it was on stands in the garage for almost 6 months. I had a pool car from work and had to pay car tax no matter what I did
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    Genuine Brake parts for 184 FR TDi ST?

    At my MOT today my front discs came back as an advisory for bad internal pitting and poor pad contact. Asked them to quote me for replacement: 299.00 GBP for them to do the work or 225 GBP for me to buy the pads and discs to do myself at home. Anyone got an idea where I can buy genuine pads...
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    what did you and your mk3 leon do today

    We went to the Steeler for a major service, year 5 and an MOT total cost 335GBP.
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    Sd card music volume

    In my case the SD card tunes are spot on. Compared like for like with the original CD in the glove box load tray there is no diffence that I can hear. I don't have an iPhone, don't use itunes and don't use blue tooth from my phone. My CDs are all direct rips at 320kbps variable and I haven't...
  6. Aardvark

    ST Boot Liner

    I have this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00VTKTVG4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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    Do you love or hate the soundaktor?

    I have the 184 diesel and love it when in sport mode, I can convince myself that I have a Cupra ST
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    Dashboard dent

    Park it in the sun ...have you felt how hot a dash gets in direct sunlight? once sun hot, might be worth a gentle massage. Another way may be some tin foil and sit a small pan of almost boiling water on it, no hotter than 80c. Heat guns are savage in the wrong hands
  9. Aardvark

    Rat chewed up wiring. Is this covered under warranty?

    If a rat did all that damage your cat may be faulty...get it checked :D
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    what did you and your mk3 leon do today

    Drove back from North Wales last night on one of the worse set of congested roads ever. 138 miles at an average of only 38mph but did manage to get 66mpg despite much stop start
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    Leon FR TDI 184

    We have a 14 plate 184 ST, a 16 plate 184 SC and a 66 plate 150 A3 S-line and I have never seen any DPF lights show on any of them, they have done between 20 and 38K miles each. I have never had a forced regen in the A3 150 and only an odd one or two in the 184 ST. The 16 plate SC belonged to my...
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    Seat leon fr

    I own a 184 FR TDI leon I am driving an A3 sline 2.0L DSG for work I have just handed back a BMW320 ED business model No contest BMW 320 ED on 16 inch wheels averaged 78 mpg over the 78,000 miles and regularly did 90 + mpg on motorways. Pros- MPG. reliability, lack of rattles, good on crap...
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    Intermittent cold start issue

    I am fortunate to have several cars to compare with. My son and I both have the FR184 but his is a 16 plate and at the moment I am working on a contract that supply me with a leased vehicle which is an A3 150BHP TDI. I am starting to notice that at weekends on a coldish start( my car is in a...
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    Intermittent cold start issue

    Well done...is it just the parts numbered 1 and 2 in the diagram that need to be swapped over?
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    Best product to remove wax from plastics

    Only had to do this a few times over the years so I need to get myself a bit of trim to practice on. Last time I used Finishline Ecotech 2 which is a degreaser sold through the cycle trade. A cheaper product that I would try is Elbow Grease which costs 1 GBP from discounters like poundland...
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    Is My 2013 Leon FR 150 Diesel DSG Euro 6?

    Wow interesting reading...looking at the 184 in SC, 5dr or ST it is the same in that the 6 speed manual is EU5 +DPF and always the DSG is EU6 despite the DSG always having higher CO2/Km by about another 10 grams across all body styles. If you look up the difference between the EU5 and EU6...
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    Is My 2013 Leon FR 150 Diesel DSG Euro 6?

    All of the Mk 3 Leon are fitted with an EA 288 engine which has both a DPF and uses EGR technology. In some cars this was fitted as EU 5 compliant and is currently the diesel being fitted to all new VAG 4 cylinder diesel cars as EU 6 compliant and depending on vehicle load it still uses just DPF...
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    No difference in engine/power from normal to sport? (Leon FR184)

    Mine as well, if I stop it in sport it will start up in sport several days later.
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    Seat Leon MK3 1.6tdi 105bhp owners?

    If I can weight in here, my friend has just finished her lease on one. I was often passenger and the car never lacked when pulling up entry ramps to join duel carriageways or motorways and had plenty of pull in the gears. She drove it steady and often got more than 80mpg in fact she averaged...
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    Creaking Doors

    Alternative is to wipe your door shuts and rubber seals with a sponge containing Autoglym fast glass...works on mine..then dry with a specific bit of towel for the job. i need to do this after every snowfoam wash or after everytime I wax the car
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