Everything posted by Breezy_Pete
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the truth about electric cars
I'll be glad when they foxtrot oscar.
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the truth about electric cars
3 of these passed low over me at about 5pm yesterday. Landing approach, a few minutes apart. Apologies for offtopicness. I'm sure these wars will be helping countries to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. There, I feel better now.
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After market alarm wiring colours and connection points
You can probably pick up a replacement alarm horn very cheaply on the secondhand market. Much easier to just change that than start from scratch. Car alarms are almost useless anyway, immobiliser does the work these days.
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After market alarm wiring colours and connection points
Doesn't it already have a factory fitted alarm?
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Front seat belt inertia reel sticks in hot weather
True enough.
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Front seat belt inertia reel sticks in hot weather
Getting the trim panels off and back on again is much easier if you pull the door seals front and rear well out of the way first.
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Window motor repair service
That window motor is a passenger side unit from a Left Hand Drive T5 Transporter, so not the correct part for your Roomster. That can't be made to work fully/correctly despite fitting OK mechanically. It should be 6Y1959801, and the last line of the label should be SK258DDRS, not VW750PDLS. I'll message you to discuss options.
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Front seat belt inertia reel sticks in hot weather
If it's the original radio it won't need a code entering after battery reconnection, it'll just sort itself out. The engine ECU won't lose anything either. It is mainly Haynes playing it safe. The airbag system (which includes seatbelt pre-tensioners) won't be active unless ignition is switched on, so just don't do that and you can leave battery connected.
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Help! My Engine wont turn off xD
I think VW group relays with 53 in big font on the top of them are super-common. Might be able to find a replacement on amazon prime (seeing several options there searching 141951253B), or in a local scrapyard pretty easily.
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What is this 2-pin connector under my 2005 Fabia 1.4 TDI ?
If battery warning light is working and no other problems are apparent, it will be fine to leave it as is.
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What is this 2-pin connector under my 2005 Fabia 1.4 TDI ?
Here's the section of circuit diagram covering this connector pair. T2w is the connector pair in your blue ring. It should have a brown/red wire coming from the alternator connector (T2v/2 labelled DFM above) which changes to lilac/green at T2w/2 as it continues on towards the engine ECU. [27] indicates a continuation on another page of the diagrams. The excitation (D+) wire is blue all the way form alternator connector to the T18a/9 connection which is in the cabin, at a control unit that would be called the BCM in modern parlance. Repair both, ideally using pre-wired 'proper' waerproof connectors (part numbers are on each half, in tiny writing), or just bypass the connector pair.
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What is this 2-pin connector under my 2005 Fabia 1.4 TDI ?
They go to the alternator. The blue wire is the excitation, which helps the alternator boot-up when engine is first started, the other is a signal wire from the alternator to the engine ECU, telling the latter how hard the alternator is working to satisfy electrical demands on a continuous basis. If the blue wire breaks, the battery light doesn't illuminate when ignition is switched on, and you would not get any warning if the alternator output fails. If the other one fails, some Fabia variants will display the ASR warning light after 10 minutes of driving. Cars that lack traction control/anti-slip regulation do not show any warning lights but a fault code will be present in the engine ECU if interrogated. It's odd that the blue wire doesn't appear to connect to a blue wire at the black two-wire connector. How does your battery light behave?
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What have you done to your Superb III today?
You will keep the original coilpacks as spares, right? Seems wrong to throw away functional items.
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Average cost to replace brake pads and discs?
What makes you think the discs need replacing?
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Air Quality Sensor testing
That turns out to be consistent with the parts catalogue. For your VIN, the number you quoted is complete without any suffix. It has been superseded by 5K0 907 659, but that's not the key point. Circuit diagrams for your date of manufacture (28.08.13) show no sign of the output being a LIN bus signal. Searching through Yeti circuit diagrams that I have, as far as mid-2016 still don't show a LIN output version air quality sensor, so I suspect that this model never changed over, unlike in that thread I linked above. I suspect the item you've bought suits LIN-based air quality sensor systems instead. Try to match your exact part number, or the superseding one above, and ignore any that have suffixes after the main 9 characters.
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Air Quality Sensor testing
I believe there are two different styles of sensor around this time, one with an output that is at a low voltage when measured with a meter, the other with an output that sits high as measured with a multimeter. You may have the wrong type. The latter, later type is the LIN-based one, I think, but would need your VIN to research which type your car should have. See G65 sensor no signal - Skoda Octavia Mk3 (2013 - 2020) - BRISKODA I'll message you to ask for the VIN. Is there no letter suffix after the core 1K0907659 part number you mentioned.? Those suffix letters can identify/disambiguate completely incompatible versions.
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Oil level...
@DerekU is there a part number anywhere on it?
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Fuse Box Under Bonnet Help
Almost certainly this. Other end looks to be riveted in, so standard part of box whether used or not.
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BBZ 1.4 Fabia Having a Meltdown (Codes P1504 and P1553)
Looks like 4 separate gaskets, one for each port: https://www.lllparts.co.uk/catalogs/skoda/CZ/FAB/225/1/133/133035
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Oil level...
Is the dipstick steel in the area you need to see, or plastic? If it's steel, sand off the blackness?
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Oil level...
Try taking a photo with phone and then zoom in on it to try to see the wet/dry boundary.
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Rear 12V socket removal
Supposed to be 20Amp, so probably worth changing down when you can.
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Rear 12V socket removal
Same fuse as front one, fuse 40.
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OEM electric windows + mirrors retrofit on a 2001 Fabia Mk1 Classic – wiring / Comfort module questions
Pins 3 and 4 of black 6-pin connector at A-pillars is where I'm seeing A146, A147 in circuit diagrams. Other thing you may have to add is power wiring for windows, pins 1 and 2 of the black 4-way connectors at A-pillars, from fuses and earth points. Can't you just chop it in for a Fabia that already has all this? They're not exactly scarce.
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OEM electric windows + mirrors retrofit on a 2001 Fabia Mk1 Classic – wiring / Comfort module questions
I know there won't be any CAN wiring in your door loom, but it may get as far as the car half of the A-pillar connections, if you're lucky. That's what I'm suggesting you look for. If it's there, there will be pins in the appropriate spots of the connector, if not there won't be. All the CAN wiring in the cabin loom will be 'bound into' the loom in the car body, I expect, but there will be splice points, (the A146, A147) where all the 'Convenience CAN' pairs split off to their respective control units (such as A/C). This is likely to be near to the onboard supply control unit (J519) which also houses the CAN gateway, headquarters of the CAN system. That unit is above accelerator pedal on RHD cars. You will have to run twisted pairs of wires from these points to each car-side A-pillar connector, and fit the appropriate pins, if they aren't already present. Will be a pain, but those whole connector multi-blocks will come out of the A-pillars outward for access. Door removal is dead easy and the job will be near-impossible without this, I think.