Skoda VRS Map not right??

[PDT]

Here's a recent article I was involved with for Sedox:

http://news.sedox-performance.co.uk/2013/01/why-dyno-tuning-is-so-important-during.html

Files being emailed back and forth, no real tuning or at least datalogging.... I've seen map files be corrupted by email virus checking systems many times. 

[kadvr6]

ok i should have listened to my gut instincts and gone to R-tech then, which i was going to do, but after emailing twice and phoning them about 8 times and leaving 3 messages to which i never got a reply. Ok it was just before xmas but still a phone call back to say sorry we are busy at the moment would not have hurt.

So if i cant get it sorted by Simon, i will try and take it to Shark instead.

[GrayMK5GTI]

^^ R-Tech are difficult to get hold of. When they are using the dyno you can't hear the phone ring 

You have to try early in the morning or keep trying throughout the day. Their services are in huge demand so hundreds of emails they can't always answer 

[john a]

What is the advice we give on the forum? Always go to a reputable TUNER that is well thought of on the forum 

I had my first map done after I read recommendations on this forum and elsewhere. It was a terrible map and I changed for another.

[R-tech-Nick]

9.30am to 4.30pm 6 days as week the dyno is running non stop.  There is only 2 of us here running the show, one to tune cars and one to reply to emails and calls between jobs.   Everyone will get a return call if they left a voice mail, the only time they don't get a call back is if we cannot clearly make out the phone number left in the message.
We don't ignore calls or emails. Just struggle to keep up and end up with a back log.
To get a booking you need to keep trying to catch us when we not on the dyno.


Update:  I have found the email you sent via the website on the 26th Dec, we replied to this 28/12/2012 at 12.59am, but no reply back.  have you checked your junk mail? and 4 phone calls made to mobile number ending 245?

Nick

[kadvr6]

Hi Nick,

thanks for the pm, and i have replied to it, and i do understand you are/were very very busy so i was in no way having a go at all.

But i do hope you can help me get my car running right.

today this is what happened

Had the guy who did the remap come and look at the car today, with he's map on its showing 1.1bar, but then for no reason at all the shooting down to 0.6bar, the car was logged and the only thing he noticed was a fault saying bank 1 running lean??
 
I have fitted the following items since he did the remap to try and fix it myself.
 
1, new standard plugs.
 2, new revised DV.
 3, new autotech cold air feed.
 4, new BSH PCV fix.
 
also with he's map on it showed 225bhp max, he normaly gets approx 240bhp from out of these, and with the map off its only reaching 185bhp

[chungster]

Injectors??

Actually perhaps the standard plugs can't cope with the upped boost.

[56OctyVRS]

The oe plugs are more than fine for stage 2+ applications. Mine never missed a beat at that level of tune.

[Grizzle]

Can i just add about E-Maps WORST remappers ever!!

I had a 525d that ran absolutely fine, visited my mate in Leicester so a hefty drive from Falkirk, Got Simon to meet me at my mates garage, he done a scan all was fine then uploaded the map, car struggled to start then when it did it was hunting terrible.

My mate took it a run said it drove well but idling funny and it could be a maf, anyway drove back up the road hesititating like hell call'd simon who said it wasnt the map but possibly a camshaft sensor or Maf.

got it home at 1am took it to my local garage at 9am who done a scan and it came up with

Glow plug controller
all glowplugs knackared
camshaft sensor
Maf

In total cost me 2k to fix and have the map removed was a total joke, i wouldnt trust him or his dodgy german maps as far as i could throw them.

AVOID is my answer.

[R-tech-Nick]

Hi Nick,

thanks for the pm, and i have replied to it, and i do understand you are/were very very busy so i was in no way having a go at all.

But i do hope you can help me get my car running right.

today this is what happened

Had the guy who did the remap come and look at the car today, with he's map on its showing 1.1bar, but then for no reason at all the shooting down to 0.6bar, the car was logged and the only thing he noticed was a fault saying bank 1 running lean??
 
I have fitted the following items since he did the remap to try and fix it myself.
 
1, new standard plugs.
 2, new revised DV.
 3, new autotech cold air feed.
 4, new BSH PCV fix.
 
also with he's map on it showed 225bhp max, he normaly gets approx 240bhp from out of these, and with the map off its only reaching 185bhp

Hello,
How is he recording the BHP numbers?

With the right person and the right logging it will be easy to find out where the fault is.

First thing is the lean fault, ADD or MULT? this will point to where there car is running lean on idle or under load/cruise.   If they are not VAG specialist tuners then I could be hard for them to pin point the exact issues.  It could be a mistake in the mapping or a hardware fault with your engine.

IMO your best bet is get the car set back to stock with the factory map loaded then run and log the car to make sure the stock numbers are correct and more so the engine hardware is running correct and safe.

Give Ben a call or email at the workshop and tell him you want to book in for a full health check session
01455 617233  if we are on the dyno just leave a message and Ben will call you back later on in the day or 10am the next morning.
Nick