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Indeed, it could be an open rather than a shorting wire. I'll check that as well, good idea - thanks!

It could be, yes... but what's puzzling me is that it doesn't short out and blow a fuse, but rather kills almost all electrical components which then comes back to life when I reset the indicator arm... c".)

Okay, thanks... I'll try replacing the battery first; that one needs to go anyway. :-D

Hi there, Today my Octavia II TDI went completely crazy. I've had a slight problem from time to time, but it merely cut the power shortly when turning right - and then came back, so I thought it has something to do with a bad connection which only affected it when the car had a certain angle or something... however, shortly after leaving home today it died completely at an intersection. After checking the fuses I eventually discovered it was when I activated the turn signals to the right... when I put the lever to the left, all power came back and I could start the engine and return home. It doesn't blow any fuses, it merely cuts the power completely except for the radio and the seat belt warning light... what could cause such a. behaviour? I read in another post it could be caused by a worn out battery, and true enough - my battery is not exactly the best anymore. Could that be the cause?

Hi Phil, Thanks a lot! In Danish and English autumn it's always best to get such jobs done soon enough, if done outdoors, ha ha 😄 I'll take a look at these pages! B-)

...forgot to mention - it's a 1998 mk1 1.8 20V engine.

Hi, I know this may be a tedious and obvious question, if so I apologize... Anyway, it's da** cold outside here in Denmark right now, and I'd like to get the task at hand done asap, so here goes: My cyl.1 and 4 spark plugs and caps are being covered in oil, so it obviously runs quite poorly on these cylinders. As far as I can see, it's the valve cover gasket which is leaking (or, that's my best guess, anyway). So, I have a new set at hand, but several components - mainly the injection parts - need to be removed in order to remove the cover itself. Thus, if there's a kind and helpful guy here who don't mind wasting his time with obvious questions like these 😄 I hope that guy can tell me how to get to the valve cover without disassembling more than absolutely necessary? Thanks in advance, Bruno