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I have no idea how long the battery has been on the car but it starts great and I have it permanently connected to a SMART charger.

Found this on sBay.

I do not know the specifics for that gear knob but if you release the gaiter and fold it up you may see how the knob is fitted. In my experience on other cars, in the past, the knob usually screws on sometimes with a lock nut below the knob. Lifting the gaiter may reveal all.

But I live in Scotland. 😆 I have a garden weather station and as I use the workshop as a potting shed as well, I have a thermometer head in there. During the winter it shows the same temperature as outside, first thing in the morning, but as the day warms up outside it doesn't. Always a few degrees colder.

Mine has regularly been operating at temperatures down to -7°C this winter, but as it generates a little heat it keeps itself warm. It is screwed to the back of the non-opening half of my workshop door, through which the cable passes to the car.

I just paid £3200 for my 2009 Fabia. I know what I would be doing.

I have an AA0725 4A Intelligent Car Battery Charger permanently connected to my car via hardwiring and a plug and socket. The last thing I do before opening the gates of my drive is unplug it and plugging it in is the first thing I do after reversing back in. I do very short trips (a couple of miles) sometimes a week or so apart (75 miles so far this year), so this keeps my battery in tip top condition. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0856FKYQD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Item 4 from the manual.

I had exactly the same symptom when my fan motor failed. I am by no means certain, but I think after the flashing the display shows a spanner, if the air con fails.

They have a mechanical shutter mechanism that moves between Main and Dip beam. I don't know how it works but perhaps that is sticking and squealing. Do both lights move between Main and Dip okay?

Do you have projector headlights?

You have to allow slack but I would just splice in three pieces of wire rather than buying a kit. It doesn't matter the colour as long as it is of a similar thickness.

After reading the horror stories on here (and elsewhere) about silica bags bursting in the coolant, I was delighted to find that my Fabia does not have one.

That is how I would do it and I was an Electrical Maintenance engineer for almost 40 years.

I was a marine Radio Officer many many years ago. All our communication electrical system was supplied by two huge banks of lead acid batteries, one supplying the transmitters and receivers, the other, on charge from the ships mains. Every day we swapped them over from Duty to Charge. Batteries were a HUGE part of our maintenance training. We were taught to clean a sulphated battery terminal with boiling water, dry, then smear with Vaseline (I had a 5 gallon tub) before fitting the busbar connectors. These were not to be overtightened to avoid distortion. Fab 19. I think you have probably done what was required to resolve the issue.

I realised the diagram was for removing and replacing but the photograph looks like the jet mounting is not fully forward into the operating position and I wondered if that was affecting the angle it sits at and hence the direction of the jet. Does the water come out of both jets at roughly the same pressure or is the poor one just a dribble?

According to the picture of your nozzle it looks as if it is in the rearmost position. Have you tried pushing it forward where it is supposed to be, or does that make it worse?

Haynes manual shows nothing.

Any garage that does MOTs will set the beam height for you at a modest cost. I went to a local garage one time as one light was obviously out of kilter. The mechanic adjusted both lights and then said no charge. I could hardly believe it.

It could just be silicone or a grease of some sort. Wash the rubbers with some solvent. I cleaned my rear blade with Rubbing Alcohol today and it worked a treat.

I'll just have to stick to doing what I do now, not going out after dark unless it is absolutely necessary. I seldom have to drive in the dark now. Different when I was working. Gives me a good excuse for being anti-social.

I'm not particularly bothered. As long as a car's beam pattern meets the MOT standard I couldn't care if they have HIDs, LEDs or paraffin lamps. varoom was delighted that they had changed the law to allow HID and LED conversions. I was just pointing out that they hadn't and they are still illegal and a possible MOT failure. I do not have an axe to grind either way. I may try an HID conversion for the Fabia as it is not too expensive an option but if I do so I will be fully cognisant of the facts.

It didn't become an MOT failure until January 2021 and yes, some MOT inspectors let them through, but it is still a fail under the current regulations.

Yes I quoted what you said. And what you said states Vehicles presented with converted halogen headlamp units first used on or after 1 April 1986 will continue to be failed. (my underline). Our vehicles are all after 1986.

Believe what you like guys but you are wrong. Motorcycles won't be failed at present but cars can be, IF THEY HAVE BEEN CONVERTED FROM HALOGEN and are later than 1986. And, not an MOT failure, but any exterior light converted to LED from halogen is illegal for use on the road and this even includes number plate lamps.