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    Maroon Octavia RS - 2.0 - 110KW TDI CR
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    2014

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  1. I don't have much luck with 4G where I park the car. It works fine most of the time but it seems erratic and slow. I live in a bit of a radio deadspot - even to get FM I sometimes have to put the receiver near the window. WiFi is much quicker than 4G in the house. D
  2. Yep, they are what made me ask the question There is a lot of confusion out there about the cruise control - and this comes from dealers, users & Skoda UK. Looking at the final post in the Octavia forum confirms this I have not seen any post on the forum from a user that has successfully been to a dealer, bought the bits, fitted them themself and then coded the system. I'm hoping I am wrong and have missed something. I would like it to be as straightforward as my 1Z3 was but the more I look, the more likely it is that it has to go to a dealer. Reading the forum, going to a dealer doesn't guarantee that you will get the cruise control fitted and working correctly (even if the dealer says they can do it). We're 5 years into this build version, I would have thought that the process would have been ironed out by now but it doesn't look like it. D
  3. Are you able to surf OK from your mobile device ? When I have this problem, it's usually because my tablet has dropped the WiFi connection. I have to park the car closer to the house to get a reliable connection D
  4. After 9 years and 170000 miles I finally got rid of my 1Z3 Octavia. It was still on its original clutch and coming up to a cam belt change etc. I figured that doing all the work it required would be more than the car was worth. I am sorry to see it go because it was such a brilliant car that has served me well and never really let me down. I have always maintained it was the best car I have ever owned. I looked at an A4 for replacement but just didn't feel comfortable on the test drives. Then I found a four year old Octavia in pristine condition with 22000 miles on the clock for a good price so it was a no brainer really :-) It's a 2.0 Tdi Cr Se 5 door hatchback so pretty standard. The only down side is that it doesn't have carpets or a cruise control. I've sorted the carpets :-) I though the cruise control would be a simple job too - I fitted cruise to my previos one and it was pretty painless. I have now found out that it is not as straightforward with the 2014 model I have. Is there a definite answer to the cruise control problem ? Is it a DIY fit and recode job or is it better left to the dealer ? The car has a standard steering wheel, no buttons other than the horn. Regards, D
  5. Answering my own question - They aren't. I contacted a few sellers and they all came back and said it wouldn't fit. Anybody able to shed light on the £30 difference in price ? I've dismantled, cleaned and greased the old one. Hopefully, it will outlast the car. Main learning outcome - the tailgate neets to be shut when testing it. If it's open, it won't wipe. D
  6. Does anybody know if the rear wiper motor off a MKI Octavia works correctly on the MKII ? Part numbers for them are 1U9 955 711 and 1Z5 955 711 respectively. The 1U9 is more readily available and significantly cheaper than the 1Z5 model. The fixing bolt spacings are identical as is the through spindle washer and fitting but there could be issues with the length of the spindle and the wipe angle. Regards, D
  7. Does the rear screen wash work ? There's only one pump. It rotates in one direction to pump to the front and the opposite direction to pump to the back. The direction is controlled by relays. It could be a relay that has gone. Regards, D
  8. I fixed it today. It's been sat on the drive for the last two months and I have been otherwise occupied to get the time/weather right so I could get out and crack on with it. I replaced the complete ABS module. I've attached a PDF of the wiring to the plug and some pics of the plug. I rang the wires out and had good earth, good supply and also good bus connection. Getting the plug off the ECU is difficult, especially with cold hands. The unit is not in the best of places to gain access. In case you are reading this to find out how to get the plug off you need to slide the red lever downwards (img1 & 2), easy enough, then there is a lever just above the red img3 which needs to be pulled away from the plug and hinged all the way down. This jacks the plug out of the ECU. It is difficult to get to on the Octavia and I would recommend taking the battery out to give you better access. The big lever is locked in place with the red one but it is also latched so you need a bit of force to get it over the latches. Once it moves, it is fine but getting it started is the problem. I used a scriber with a 90 degree end to hook behind the lever and pulled it because it was just too painful on my finger ends. The images are the right way up as the cable is mounted. The loom enters the plug at the top. I made sure the unit I got from Ebay came supplied with the plug just so I could take these photos :-) I found a replacement ABS unit on Ebay for £30.00 including delivery and plugged it in but it didn't show up on the scan at first. When I went back and checked the system I found that I had left fuse 4 out in the engine fuse box. Once that was plugged in the ECU was visible on the bus. This is slightly misleading because fuse 2 in the cabin fuse box is 'Control unit for ABS,ESP' so you would expect that fuse to be the fuse that powered the electronics. Fuse 16 (30A) 'Pump for ABS' and Fuse 4 (30A) 'Valves for ABS' seem to be a bit large for powering the electronics :-) I had removed fuse 4 because that was the only way I could get the engine to run for more than a couple of seconds. I think what has happened is when I changed the battery on the car, the ECU fried. It fried in such a way that it latched the bus drivers on if there was power supplied (via fuse 4), possibly even put a full 12V on the bus. This stopped all the other ECU's from using the bus reliably hence I got everything lit up as broken. WIth the fuse out, I was able to clear the faults, keep the engine running and run diagnostics, with the fuse in, nothing. I will take the ECU to bits and see if I can see something obvious when I get a bit of time. The job was straightforward to do but it was a pain having to remove the battery, the air intake ducting etc. just to get to the unit. I also think that the unit could have been mounted so that it would be possible to replace just the ECU. As it is, you can't get in to the screws to remove the ECU because it's facing the inner wing. Moving the unit nearer the centre of the car would have made the job a lot easier. I had one brake pipe seized in the union. I undid all of the others OK and removed the unit from the mount and then unscrewed it from the pipe. I had to warm the union up to free it). I overheated it and melted the plastic coating but I figured this was better than twisting the union and snapping the pipe :-) I now have my favourite car on the road again :-) ABS_Connector_Plug-Pin_Assignments.pdf
  9. I will give the shorting out a go. I left it unconnected overnight last week to see if it would drain any charge away but didn't try shorting it out. I'll do it when the weather is better and I can see what I am doing. At least we're past the shortest day and on the way to Summer :-) I'm using OBDELEVEN for scanning. I don't have access to a Windows PC for VCDS (Day job is UNIX so get shoved Windows by the customer, no need for it at home. If I get really stuck I have a local friendly garage who will do the scans but I'm not that desperate yet :-)) I also have a VS-450 code reader and that can't see the ABS system either, I used that to reset the ABS unit before I had OBDELEVEN, Two readers telling me the same thing is pretty conclusive :-( If anybody has a scan of a 1Z3 2005 103KW 2.0 TDi Ambiente that shows the code in the ECU I'd appreciate a copy of it. I don't know whether the code is model specific, vehicle specific or controller specific so getting a couple of scans from similar vehicles will hopefully give me an idea. I am fully expecting to have to replace the ECU but don't want to :-( D
  10. Hi Moiloon, did your scan show the ABS unit. It's not appearing on my scans at all. It was there earlier this year because I had to replace an ABS sensor and had to go in to clear the codes. It's not there now. Phyically it is, electronically it is not showing :-( D
  11. Next question though, I got the battery off and the tray removed and got the part numbers for the pump and controller. They are fairly common :- Pump: 1K0 614 117H ECU: 1K0 907 379P Everything looks OK. I have not been able to remove the cable from the ECU and check continuity etc. but everything is in place physically. How do I remove the cable from the controller. There is a red slider on the connector which I slid down but the connector still doesn't want to move. It could be I am a bit wimpy and my hands were freezing and I just need to apply more brute force but I'd rather not do that unless as a last resort. D
  12. Thanks WIno. When I checked, I had downloaded those documents. I was having trouble with the assist application which needs Windows to run. Looking closely at the PDF's I downloaded, I don't think the assist application will give me any more help. The pdf's have the connectors and pin info and what I have seen of the assist, it doesn't offer much more. D
  13. I have just been through the workshop manual (I did the download a few months ago when I was after some torque settings). I downloaded every PDF I could find that was avaialble for the car. There is stuff on the electrical system but it is the general electrical repair stuff and how to replace some of the modules. I couldn't find anything more specific. I have just been and logged back in and can't see the pages. I don't run Windows or Internet explorer so it won't talk to me. Another 7 EU down the drain :-( D
  14. Yes. The fuse was fine. Only had 6.8mA flowing through it which I thought was a bit low but that could be due to the unit being faulty. Without a known good working reference, it's difficult to know what the readings should be. D
  15. Yes :-) It was disconnected overnight and was still no better :-( Regards, D
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