Boatman1

One last question, I have a stage 1 map on the vehicle would this in any way affect the installation?

Will stick the wiring info up here in a bit, just got to do something for the next hour or so. Pin 6 of the red 11-way connector at the firewall seems to be the way through to engine ECU. Think I've got the bits to make up all the wiring somewhere. Breezy_Pete does your post above mean that you can access the onboard supply control unit without taking out the dashboard forgive my ignorance.

Can't thank you enough, good man.

09/09/06

2006

I replaced mine at 110,000 made a big change to the gear shift got a Skoda dealer to do it so don't know what type of oil they used. Now at 150,000 with no problems.

A question for the techies on here, does anyone know if cruise control can be retrofitted to a Mk1 vrs, do all Engine management systems on the Vrs have the required pin to do a retrofit. Recently bought a very nice example to replace my existing vrs which is bodily showing it's age. Only downside is it does not have a factory fitted cruise control which I miss on long journeys. Also, does anyone know of a company in Scotland which undertakes this kind of a job? Thanks in advance.

I notice a number of posters mentioning wD40, my garage tried to open the door manually as the battery was flat, it had not been opened manually in 19 years, they couldn't do it and were talking about breaking a quarter panel to get in. I had the door opened in 10 minutes using silicon spray. For any metal on metal locks or any other equipment this is what you need for smooth operation, brilliant stuff.

Cable adjustment it was done there and then

Thanks for the advice guys taking it back tomorrow.

Slave cylinder

Fabia Mk 1 2007 Had the clutch cylinder replaced all forward gears working fine but can't engage reverse keeps jumping out accompanied by a nasty grinding sound. Any ideas, thanks.

UPDATE Advice needed Got a local garage to flush the engine 3 times (coolant was manky) and replace the blocked heater matrix at considerably less cost than the ludicrous price quoted by Skoda (£2,000). They also cleaned out the reservoir. Got the car home checked the fluid reservoir and it was empty which was not the main problem as I reckon there was probably an air lock in the system or one of the electronic gates in the engine wasn't open when they refilled it. The problem was I got no low coolant warning light also my cruise control and auto stop start function no longer works. Does anyone know whether you have to reset the electronic system after removing the low coolant sensor plug? Could it just be a blown fuse? Is the cruise control electronics anywhere near the coolant bottle? Any technical advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks Sepulchrave, is the thermo and ECT sensor one part?

Prior to replacing rear bearings but after replacement of front bearings callipers etc, thought the noise was the rear bearings going as it was close to the mileage at which they were last replaced.