Honeycomb grill

OLDOILER

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Jul 28, 2005
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this is a nightmare to het out, been trying for 2 days to get the blighter out. those retainers aren't budging. any advice?

Try my way until the weather gets warmer or you have to take it in for a service - just remove the 4 top screws and pull the grill forward and slid the honey grill behind the main grill and use 2 tye wraps - I know it s acheat but mine would't come out either and I wdid't want to snap anything !!!
 

OLDOILER

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Jul 28, 2005
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What exactly is the issue with the dpf? Clogging, restricting?
Thats about it !!!
Clogging - if you do sort runs and - the DPF is under warranty for 3yrs, but this may be null and void if they find that your journeys are short but what determins short is in the legal mist and yet to be proven??!??


Restrictive if you want to extract more power
There are around 5 sensors
1 Back pressure sensor for gases into DPF,
2 Pressure gauge sensor 1 for exhaust gases,
3 Lambda sensor before catalytic converter,
4 Temperature sensor before DPF,
5 Temperature sensor behind DPF,
that come out of this DPF contraption, so I beleive the ideal answer would be to fit a de DPF pipe and fool the ECU with 5 "resistive"sensors for off road use??
 

OLDOILER

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Can someone give phone numbers of dealers that have been able to get hold if this part please

Chippenham Motor Co. 01249 444000 - but it will still have to come from SEAT UK??!!

Part No 1P0052535 @ about £16.00 incl vat

All this as been covered on other threads too
 

k4ith

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Sep 3, 2006
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West Lothian
At Last!

after taking the car to my local dealer, who had no idea how to fit it either but did know it would cost £27.50 to fit the grill i decided to persivere myself and save myself some cash.
now i did break a lug by mistake as when i did come off i fell back and snapped one but luckily not one that makes any difference.here's some of the action!


instructions adv screws, but as you can see its plastic pop out rivets


grill removed, by hand down inside,screwdriver pushing the lug,CAREFULL!


the lug you need to push to remove.

its placed underneath and screwed on.

fitted money saved......new gear knob to order:)
 

Fishy

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May 16, 2005
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I'd still rather have a grill without the straight lines on it. Dont mind the S logo, but rather be full honeycomb.

Fish
 

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Jamie at Jennings in Middlesbrough is the bloke you want to speak to. He has sorted me out with LOADS of import stuff for my car, inc the grille...
 

k4ith

Goodson!
Sep 3, 2006
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West Lothian
has anyone fitted the chrome kits for the fog lights & the honeycombe section below the grill?, seen it in the acc catalogue listings, theres a 2 part and 3 part, iam realy after the fog lights kit bits.
 

tissot

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Jan 3, 2007
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york
definately dont fit the FR.

sorry to disapoint.

off top pick up my grill tomorrow. only took a week to get here. yipee

lets hope it doesnt take that lonk to fit
 

spyke85

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after taking the car to my local dealer, who had no idea how to fit it either but did know it would cost £27.50 to fit the grill i decided to persivere myself and save myself some cash.
now i did break a lug by mistake as when i did come off i fell back and snapped one but luckily not one that makes any difference.here's some of the action!


instructions adv screws, but as you can see its plastic pop out rivets


grill removed, by hand down inside,screwdriver pushing the lug,CAREFULL!


the lug you need to push to remove.

its placed underneath and screwed on.

fitted money saved......new gear knob to order:)

Do these pics not work anymore? Having a go fitting it now myself and can't get the grille off
 

k4ith

Goodson!
Sep 3, 2006
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West Lothian
its a nightmare, i tried it after the car had been on a long drive and left for 5mins the heat of the engine helpd the plastic rather than do it cold. its hard to explain, if you see the silver hooks on the pics above thats what the poem grill is fixed in with, its a sort of push the bottom in then pull up, i removed the 4 top screws and got my hand down the back to help pry out the hooks, BE CAREFULL here the break.bit of brute force and out it comes.