Crasher

I can’t see them covering it, the second part of the corrosion warranty only covers inside out perforation but they were very good with owners of Octavia 1U estates which had very bad problems with the tailgate.

As above check the wiring in the bellows but also the connivence system does have some basic diagnostic help and some measuring block data which can help.

We had a Leon XL come in, only four years old, with total convenience system and some drive train BUS failures although it started and ran. The only clue was the customer told me he saw smoke come out of the passengers door lock as he shut the door and just as everything died. When I eventually managed to open the door and pulled off the card I found an assembly defect had caused the harness to get trapped (red arrow) and eventually it shorted out, took out the CAN BUS and BCM. )

The valves were also the cause of poor initial running first start whilst the pump was running, I got mine from Pierburg.

No, that is just the switch which goes wrong all the time, I did one on a mk2 TT last week, but will not trigger the immobiliser. I ****ing hate Autodoc 🤨

Get a fault code read done. Common failure is the pump reporting back as failed but a new pump often does not work because the ECU is water damaged. Getting a Gen 4 ECU off is often a sketch as the lower M4 screw rots in the case and easily snaps off flush. Getting the broken piece out is very tricky as there is no inline access so I get a specialist to come out and remove it. We always fit a new pump anyway and replace the filter (which VAG refuse to admit is there). The important point is to throughly blow the system out with brake cleaner and compressed air as it gets full of disgusting goo.

The part number is 078 906 601 M and genuine they are £863.57 🤑 When mine failed about five years ago I looked at buying a Pierburg but they were still £300 trade then (half that now) but I noticed Max Speeding rods were doing them for £25 (£27 now) and took a punt. It is still working now and is quieter than the original. The one on Mrs Crasher 3006 Polo GTi is getting noisy and I will fit a Pierburg on that as I am trying to keep it very original but £864 is taking the ****.

It should be called a Rotus… What really ****es me off is these “ludicrous” acceleration figures not attracting widespread mejia criticism. If it was an ICE car capable of those sort of figures there would be protests in the street calling for it to be banned but just because it is a ****ing EV it’s OK, downright hypocrisy.

I did the Digital Service System sheet on Friday for a 2016 Sharan, so EA288, the one of my techs was servicing. It had done 45k miles and seven years old; the lady asked me about cam belt change. On the DSS it said 2033 or 144k miles but I have seen the same engine in other VAG cars range from 10 to 30 years but all still 144k miles. VAG UK’s 5 year lie may have been the wrong thing to do but it has left the motor trade not knowing what to do as the intervals vary right across the VAG range with some, such as the EA211 Evo NEVER listing a belt change and the Self study Program states it is fitted for life. If my customer followed what I am supposed to say but in two years time the belt, tensioner or stud fail, who is liable, at the moment it is a bit of a nightmare. Certainly I would be very uncomfortable leaving the belt ten years never mind 30.

That sounds like the immobiliser triggering but should give a dash warning plus leave a fault code in the engine and instruments. If the instruments report a key recognition error on both keys, the usual problem on the PQ35 platform (Golf 5, Octavia 1Z etc) is a faulty reader coil around the lock. In theory these cannot be replaced, you have to fit a new barrel with new key so the pain of matching the new chip or order a VIN matched barrel which takes weeks to arrive (in the UK anyway). However it is possible to carefully press off the coil from the barrel of a universal lock and press it onto the removed original but if you kill it that is UK £150 down the drain when a matched barrel is UK £90.

The CR2032 battery in the key fob has absolutely nothing to do with the immobiliser, the key fob can be considered as three separate devices, metal key, radio wave remote control for the central locking/alarm (convenience) system and transponder chip for the immobiliser in the instruments. This is a radio frequency chip which is inductively powered by the reader coil around the ignition switch. When it does not start, does it turn over, fire and immediately cut?

I remember back in the 80’s and a magazine, either Motor or Autocar, were test driving what I remember was a Mazda RX5 and criticised its shocking ride. A few weeks later Mazda admitted the transport blocks were still in. Stupidity isn’t confined to any trade or aspect of life, it is widespread and universal.

I have had it work for me a few times, how did it go?

Any dash warnings

Yes the reductant systems can be very troublesome, especially when they overdose the system which can cost thousands to rectify.

Disconnect the battery overnight.

The truth is out there, it is just hiding, well hidden... The truth does not fit the agenda. It is like the BBC's temperature figures, they are at ground level not as they used to be because ground level figures are higher and fit the agenda.

And WHEN we are at war with or impose sanctions on China and they remotely shut down all the Chinese **** people (and councils) have bought, what you going to do then?

The cluster holds the mileage and is also the immobilser matched to the key and the engine ECU hense the start/cut. You will have generated a few errors across the CAN BUS system so at the next service/code read there will be a lot of irrelevant codes.

What is the VIN?

Such a part number 110 330 010 rear drums 76>89? If you search that numvber there are a couple of results and I use https://www.skoda-parts.com/catalog/105-120-130.html for my Octavia 1U as some parts for thyat are getting difficult although they don't have your drums. From what I can see using TecDoc, there are no aftermarket manufacturers of these drums.

It is an M8x35 (1.25mm pitch) and is collard so has a built in washer. The VAG number is N 106 756 02 and they retail at £2.34 inc VAT.

What is the VIN?

That is is ABS pump triggering I think.

Yes yours has the early radar sensor we have seen problems wit water getting inside.