Niptic1

Hi! On one fine morning, with lots of uncleaned snow and mud in my parking spot, i had to rev my engine in reverse at about 3000-4000 rpm (in -5C degrees and totally cold engine mind you) to get out and on the road. Next i know that in 8 minutes, after starting moving from behind a traffic light, my engine glow plug started flashing and car went into limp mode. I continued my journey to work. After work i started journey home, where again my engine glow plug light started flashing and car went into limp mode. After letting the car rest for a day. I took it out to diagnostics. The same exact route as my work one. No error codes this time. Even tried revving it up to 2500rpm to get a reaction (this time the engine was nice and warm). Nothing. Diagnostics dude connected the cables and said i have an EGR Electrical Fault code, i did not get the exact code, but that's what he said. After driving home and to work again today, i haven't had it pop up again though. Could it just be a fluke or is there anything i can do, to prevent the eventual EGR failure from happening? TIA. Octavia Estate, 2012, 1.6TDI.

Will do.

Oh, then definitely not. The negative side was about a 15cm piece of wire straight to the chassis.

I did not notice any extra bits on the positive side when changing the battery. There was 2 different wires leading to the positive side terminal though, if that's an indication of anything.

I'm sure it's fine. Exide themselves say the EFB battery is compatible with conventional powertrains. And probably will benefit from longer lifespan.

It does not. Thank you Breezy Pete!

Hello! I've come to a point where i'm forced to change the battery on my Skoda. The question is: does the battery need any reprogramming or is it a simple swap? The car is 2012 Skoda Octavia combi, 1.6TDI (77kw). The old battery that is getting switched out is a Varta, which i believe is not the original part. New battery is an Exide EFB battery, which i believe is also used on entry level start-stop system cars. So becuase it is an EFB battery, do i need to program it as well? I got an EFB, because i was told that's the recommended battery replacement for this model variant.