Hi all, New to forum but I have run into an issue trying to do good deed for bonus daughter. She has a Fabia Mk1 2004 and was having some issues with idling fuel usage. I thought an easy check would be cleaning the throttle body. It seemed easiest to remove it for cleaning which I did and from what I originally found online as long as gentle you could open the valve manually for cleaning, in true my normal operating form after that when I had problems I found all the info not to manually open as it causes problems. When I had it cleaned up and put it back on immediately the EPC light came on and it went into limp mode and won't come out. I have tried various ways to reset it (battery disconnect, key on for 30 seconds, etc) but nothing is making a difference. After a battery disconnect it goes into that EPC mode immediately. When the key is first turned on the valve flutters then does nothing. Now an interesting thing is even before I cleaned it, turning the key on and pressing the accelerator pedal did nothing as far as opening the valve whereas I see information it should open? Anyway, I am trying to figure out best option now as the car is inoperable and she returns tomorrow. :-( I have tried checking the pins on the throttle body with a multimeter but not sure I am following right pattern but the results there did not seem to give promising feedback. I also am not finding any of these available except for one about 1.5 hours away which might be my next step if nobody has anything to try. Thank you in advance for any help. DDW
