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Hi thanks for reply . I will now start at this point with bad earth . I was going to look at towbar wiring as I noticed the socket cover was slightly open and very wet but a bad earth is worth looking at thankyou

My daughters Fabia 1.4mpi has developed a brake light fault. The side brake lights work ok but the high level brake light on the back window is acting up. 3 lights on each side light up with lights turned on and go off when lights off but are very dim. When the brakes are pressed the high level brake light works as normal and bright. Not sure if it is a fault with brake lights or normal lights and where to start looking. Can’t see where the brake light is getting power from to work with the lights?

Thanks for the reply I am trying to find via my purchase history the part number of the last one I fitted I think it was the same with *A* at the end but will check. Something I did notice when I checked the removed valve it does not shut completely with no power and it was full of sooty carbon. So I may have to blow out and clean pipes

Does anyone know the correct part number for evap on Fabia 1.4 mpi 8 v. Trying to buy one from flea bay but when I put vehicle details in it says not suitable?

By taking the valve out and joining the pipes is that the same as the valve being open?

My daughters Fabia 1.4 mpi 8v head gasket finally gave up and replaced it at weekend. All went well apart from a really lumpy tick over and misfire which she said was there before gasket went. There has always been an engine management light on so thought I would look further. If I remove evap valve altogether and join the pipes together engine runs perfect. But then I get a fault code that says evap purge valve open. I bridged the plug to the evap with a peice of wire and so far light has not come back on. Question is ...is this going to cause any problems to engine or is dangerous? I have replaced the evap valve 3 times since she has owned it but after a short time light comes back on?

hi thanks for reply... while I am waiting for injector to turn up I did a bit more digging. it would make sense that when taking connector off injector on number 1 would make no difference if there was no spark in the first pace. So had a re- think and with luck euro...parts have a bit of a Halloween sale on at moment. A new coil pack went from over £100 down to £70 and with Halloween sale £42 so picked one up yesterday. Fitted it and straight away fixed the problem. all I wasted was £11 on an injector which I will keep as a spare. So far no warning lights, no misfire and all is well. well is say no problems when I took it for test drive I could hear a rumble from the front which I said to my .daughter is a wheel bearing. She replied that it had made that noise for ages and didn't really bother her!!!!! Now waiting for a wheel bearing to turn up. Thanks for all your help.. great website cliff

WINO you know your stuff... could not wait till weekend so did it tonight. came out easy enough took clocks out of front and back plastics lifted the face and could see the pins you refer to. when you moved the plug on the board you could hear it creaking so knew it was a joint. my wife re soldered all of the pins on the connector and did the other plug as well. Back together and all is fine took about an hour in total. now got another issue she has developed a misfire on cylinder 1 so I changed the plugs tonight but fault still there. I thought it could be a coil pack but while I was there I un plugged each of the injectors while it was running. when you take plug off number 1 nothing changes. all the others when unplugged kill the engine. checked the resistance and all the same. power from the connectors are all the same. I am still convinced number 1 injector is blocked......any thoughts I have ordered an injector but in the mean time any other ideas????? fault code p0301

yes mate I am an aircraft engineer by trade and can strip and build most things I live in kings lynn I have a second option of buying a second hand cluster and can get it cloned for 75 quid plus vat I will pull apart on Friday. it happened twice again tonight and hitting the top of the dash puts the lights back out!!!!

sorry forgot fabia 1.4 mpi 8 valve 53 plate

my daughter tried the car tonight and had some other symptoms: all the warning lights came on, she started the car and noticed with the lights on the instrument cluster backlights failed to come on. she turned car off and removed key but all lights stayed on. put keys back in and started car again no change. I then hit top of dash hard and all fail lights went out cluster backlight came back on and all was well again? the only fail light that stayed on was airbag light which I can reset with scanner. so I think a loose connection or dry joint?

My Daughters Fabia 1.4 mpi has developed a fault and need some advice please. The car has developed a wiring fault and causes the instrument cluster power steering symbol, oil pressure, brake warming lights to come on and flash. The rev counter and speedo stop working etc but engine still runs. If you turn ignition off and back on it clears itself. It happened twice today. The fault code comes up as intermittent instrument cluster and looking on line there is a video clip of exactly the same problem but not what fixed it. I think the instrument cluster needs changing? question is if I purchase a cluster off line does it need coding to the car? or does the imobiliser part of the cluster come off the cluster so I can use my original and keep the keys matched. has anyone taken one apart and could tell me what needs to be soldered as a few people have said it will be a dry joint on the board. I also got fault codes 00532 and 01322 which I have managed to reset. Any help much appreciated

My Daughters Fabia 1.4 mpi has developed a fault and need some advice please. The car has developed a wiring fault and causes the instrument cluster power steering symbol, oil pressure, brake warming lights to come on and flash. The rev counter and speedo stop working etc but engine still runs. If you turn ignition off and back on it clears itself. It happened twice today. The fault code comes up as intermittent instrument cluster and looking on line there is a video clip of exactly the same problem but not what fixed it. I think the instrument cluster needs changing? question is if I purchase a cluster off line does it need coding to the car? or does the imobiliser part of the cluster come off the cluster so I can use my original and keep the keys matched. has anyone taken one apart and could tell me what needs to be soldered as a few people have said it will be a dry joint on the board. I also got fault codes 00532 and 01322 which I have managed to reset. Any help much appreciated

Ran fine all week and then light came back on cant believe it. Any other ideas would be welcome can anything be done to the carbon filter ie refurbish it where can you buy a filter from and how much are they?

checked on ebay but only second hand ones available at moment. So went to my local breakers and took one off a polo which had a different plug (£2). slaved it in without having to chop the original plug off so can re-use when proper one gets here. The car runs great now, my daughter thinks it has more power than before and idles really smooth. The engine light has not come back on so fingers crossed. Thanks cliff