Have a good look at the top turbo hoses when you are there. Do they look recent? Does it smoke like a beech when you boot it? Etc etc.

Hope it’s a good Un. Budget for an alternator if it’s not been done! There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Thank you....how much for an alternator?

Bought the 2008 Overfinch TDV8 yesterday. Quoted £665 inc vat for egr delete with blanking plates. Is that a fair price? Thanks in advance.

Seems expensive to me. Why not buy the kit and do it yourself? John
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I can buy the blanking plates for £35 and the local garage charged me £100 to fit them last time. What’s the average price for the egr delete part? Thanks

If you have an IID you can get an EGR delete patch from BAS for about £200. Otherwise I think I was being quoted about £250 to map it out. I did it myself in the end with the BAS patch. 2016 Skoda Octavia VRS Estate
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Thanks for the info, appreciated. There’s the new purchase...

Is it absolutely necessary to have the egr valves deleted? I’ve read and there’s some videos on YouTube that seem to suggest that by fitting blanking plates the egr valves continue to function but the risk of them breaking up and causing catastrophic damage is removed?

I think some have physically blanked with no side effects. For others it has resulted in a MIL warning light. Based on my experience with a D3 I just decided to software delete as well as blank to avoid any doubt. 2016 Skoda Octavia VRS Estate
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Many thanks MikeO

Egr delete and remap arranged for Saturday morning £249, blanking kit supplied and fitted £150....£256 cheaper that original quote! Looking forward to the peace of mind