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I’ve never checked fuses or relays. The warning light would come on and that was the only indication of a problem. No limp mode and it would reset after cycling the ignition. When dismantling the fuel rail and lines, I never had any metal particles. The real issue is the metal particles. As stated by sepulchrave, the pump is the prime suspect for not starting. A fuel pressure test would confirm it

Metal particles are not great. If it were me I would try anything. There is a real possibility that there will be metal particles in all the bits and pieces. Nothing to loose I would say.

No longer have the car and it was never resolved. Car always started and only ever generated the fault when trying to accelerate from too low revs. Didn’t go into limp mode and the light reset when ignition turned off and back on. Not fuel pump or sensor. Local VAG specialist garage diagnosed a sensor, but only because they couldn’t find a fault when diagnosing. A mystery. Sorry I can’t be of more help. Good luck.

Lockdown has prevented me getting hold of the car to check this out. Will be checking the alternator output as soon as I can and will report back.

Hargur, I haven’t found a solution, or at least I haven’t found a component that has been found to be faulty. Use of the gear box to keep the revs above 1500 rpm and not trying to accelerate too hard from low revs has meant the light doesn’t come on. Have you established what the fault code is that brings on the light?You

This is my son's car and when I drive it the problem doesn't come up. As soon as he would drive it, the fault would show up before he had travelled a few hundred yards. He was changing gear far too early and accelerating far too hard at low revs which would bring on the fault. Fault doesn't show up any more. thomasaspin, how did you diagnose the alternator was the problem? What voltage were you getting?

Had to a local VAG specialist for some diagnostics and declared the injectors were all good and could not explain the issue.

Thank you. I will explore that with Skoda.

Update on what I have done so far: Removed the N290 Metering Valve - clean as a whistle. No debris Replaced the in line pressure regulator/filter under the rear offside. Checked all connections I can investigate. When I drive the car I do not get the fault. When my son drove the car after the last service he phoned me to say the light was back on! He hadn't even gone a mile. Driving style would appear to influence the occurrences. It would appear that the car doesn't like being accelerated from low revs. It is an underpowered car designed for economy. If you try and accelerate hard from 1500 rpm the light comes on and the low rail pressure fault is recorded. My advice to him was to keep the revs a little higher and use the gearbox more when wanting to accelerate. Fault light hardly ever comes on, and when it does it is when combines low revs and high gear to accelerate. Living with it for now. Anyone else experienced a similar phenomenon?

My local dealer, and I suspect most others will price match! However A genuine quotation must be presented for price match, within a 5 mile radius. If you ask for a written quote from a garage they know what it is for. The dealer knows you are unlikely to go to that length. For me, the dealerships rely on loyal customers and the promise of something special from a dealer who "knows your car". They regularly fall short on customer service with SKODA UK and the Dealer having different views and interpretations of customer service. I was quoted the replacement times and schedules by SKODA UK customer service. However on looking back at my invoices they have carried out service not required in the timescale. I recently looked into extending my warranty. One of the cover conditions is SUDDEN FAILURE of a component! You have to read the small print! I asked them to explain what would happen if I reported that a wheel bearing was noisy and in effect failing but not subject of sudden failure. Would that be covered under the warranty? Skoda customer service response was "Should you have any issues with the car we would advise that you take this to a dealership to diagnose to see if this would be covered." Not a great response. It is not the dealer that provides the additional warranty. They just report the fault. Skoda is not alone in this, every manufacturer is the same. However I do like my Skoda

I think Skoda make it up as they go along. This link shows a list or service procedures including the most outrageous up selling item ever EXTENDED SCOPE. https://az749841.vo.msecnd.net/sitesengb/alv1/d300a459-5ef6-433f-a49f-65f3638efaa1/national-price-servicing-min.63862747c3e6286ede19bc446a023030.pdf Rip off.

I have a 2017 Octavia FL 1.6Tdi DSG on a fixed annual - mileage related service schedule. I wanted to know what the service schedule was for the car, what was changed and when, so emailed Skoda and asked. Apart from the oil and filter which is the simple one, every year or 10,000 miles everything else has some pretty scary mileage and time scale replacement periods compared to what I am used to. All of them carrying the usual Stealership premium price for carrying it out. Brake fluid change - 3 years then every 2 years. Pollen filter - 4 years or 80,000 miles Air filter - 6 years or 60,000 miles Fuel filter - 6 years or 60,000 miles Cam belt - 5 years or 140,000! Why there is such a difference in mileage and time for this is a mystery. DSG. No service requirement at all. So if you are buying a used Skoda, or at least an Octavia, between 4 and 6 years old, make sure that the extra items have been done or be prepared to pick up the tab for all the filters and cam belt replacements in the first year or two of ownership.

No I haven't, but it is my next task when I manage to get it for a service in a few weeks as it is my sons. He's just done a 300 mile round trip and the fault came on once on the way there and not at all on the way back. Very frustrating.

No. It’s had no mods at all.

I have had it to a local VAG specialist who did not pinpoint anything specific but suggested the fuel rail sensors. Any assistance would be very much appreciated. Thank you

That is the case but that is an expensive and time consuming job I would rather not do. This has been rumbling on for 6 months now, so whatever it is it can’t be that serious🙏 Will live with it until it is no longer intermittent, then I will know what it is.

2012 1.2tdi Greenline Fabia II. Keeps throwing up the fault code P008700. Coil/glow plug light flashes for the remainder of the journey but resets when you come to start the car again. Does not go into limp mode and is intermittent. Changed fuel filter, in tank lift pump, fuel rail, fuel rail pressure sensor and fuel rail pressure regulator, but still appears periodically. Any suggestions as to the cause or other courses of action to try and eliminate this issue. Thanks

Looking for technical help with the following please Having an issue with the following fault on a 2012 1.2 TDI Greenline. P008700 - Fuel Rail/System Pressure - Too Low Intermittent The glow plug light flashes when it detects the fault when driving normally but no limp mode and other than the warning light no other indication of a problem. I have replaced the engine bay fuel filter. No change. Next step is the inline fuel filter on the O/S underside of the car. Before I change it I would like to check the fuel pressure from the tank to the filter and and between the in line filter and engine bay filter, before I change it and then again after I change it to find out if there is any difference. Can anyone tell me what the diesel pressure should be from the in tank fuel pump. Can anyone tell me the diesel pressure should be between the engine bay fuel filter and the HPFP. Thank you

Help required with the in line diesel filter under the RNS of vehicle. I have the following issue, P008700 - Fuel Rail/System Pressure - Too Low Intermittent The car starts okay, a couple of turns before it starts without any spluttering. Acceleration is normal Fuel economy is normal No limp mode Just the glow plug light which continues to flash until ignition off and on and it goes out. The fault is activated during normal driving without harsh acceleration. The engine bay fuel filter has been replaced. My next steps are One In line fuel filter - OE number from VW part on car 1K0201051M. Can anyone tell me what its function is? Is it a filter or a regulator. Can't find any reference to it needing to be changed as part of routine service There are 2 inlets, one is blanked off and one outlet. Taken it off and stuck my lips around the ports (yuk) The port that is blanked off has no resistance when blowing through it. You can't blow through the port that is connected to the tank. Two In tank fuel pump. Should I be able to here the pump running with the seat up? Any help appreciated

If you look at the properties of the card in your computer it will give you the card capacity. The Skoda update portal gives a number of map options, several of them are suitable for installing onto a 16GB card.

The SD card has to be a Skoda card. Have tried non Skoda card and it doesn’t work. If you only have a 16GB card, try it and if it doesn’t fit, it doesn’t fit, use a smaller map package or obtain a 32 GB Skoda card.

The maps are free! You can try the Skoda portal first for the Skoda update http://updateportal.skoda-auto.com/en-GB If yours is a couple of years out this will bring it a little more up to date. Once you have updated, which will take a while you can perhaps try the VW site https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/owners/how-to-guides/sat-nav Hope this helps.

The trick to getting the second fog light to work is establishing what lamp you have fitted and making sure that you change the settings to mirror the settings of the one that is working. Activation of second rear fog. I have a 2017 SE-L Estate RHD UK spec, with LED headlights and NON LED rear lights. I found that only the right hand fog light came on but on checking established that there was a bulb fitted in the left hand cluster and could see it was not an LED through the lens. I followed the initial steps to activate but nothing happened. Then I found the key to the change that would activate it. Controller 09 - Central Electronics 16 - Security Access - enter 31347 10 - Adaptations Then look at both of the following settings to establish what the differences are. Leuchte26NSL LA72 Leuchte27NSL RC6 When viewing either of the above there are 3 values that will be different: LASTTYP which will be the top value LICHTFUNKTION either A26 or A27 and DIMMWERT AB26 or AB27 Whichever has the values in is the active lamp. You need to make a note of them and make the other the same The main one is the LASTTYP. That indicates the type of lamp you have fitted. Right down the value as you will be looking for the same lamp on the other side. All of the adaptations have suggested "32 allgemeine LED bis 12W" This is a type of lamp and may not be the same as yours. Once you select LASTTYP you will see a long list of different lamp types. Select the one that matches the lamp you already have. Then change Both LICHTFUNKTION A26 and A27 to Nebelschlusslicht wenn kein Anhaenger gesteckt and DIMMWERT either AB26 or AB27 which ever is the setting that is on 0 to match the other value. I found it to be 100. Hope this helps.

sierzput, when I downloaded my update it took several attempts, before it downloaded without an error. I would keep trying. Did you copy the old map file from the disk? if you did you could perhaps try putting that back onto the disk and giving that a go. If that works at least you will have a functional if out of date map. Good luck

I am looking at the ECE 2019/2020 maps portal and there are no maps that are shown as being 6GB. The options open to me with my Vin are as follows ECE 1 2019/2020 5,00GB ECE 2 2019/2020 4,00GB ECE 3 2019/2020 4,00GB ECE 4 2019/2020 7,00GB ECE 5 2019/2020 8,00GB ECE 6 2019/2020 7,00GB ECE 7 2019/2020 5,00GB