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1/4" spade receptacles sounds about right 10 PLAT STECKHÜLSE 6,3 mm 1,5-2,5 ² N 103 197 01 similaire à 000 979 236 E relais PIN EUR 7,50 - PicClick FR

Fair enough, easier and cheaper than I had expected.

That might be your solution here then Stewart, 'cos that way you can get a better angle to start them going in, without the subframe in the way, by the look of it. Just be aware that front alignment will be affected if the consoles don't get refitted to the chassis in the same position as they were when they came off. There's 5mm of slop in the two mounting holes of each console-to-chassis.

Look along the hard plastic sections and you'll probably find its part number, you can see the part number of the one that crosses it "03F 133 366 C" look for something in that same format on the one that's got the leak but starting 6R rather than 03. Hope to find a part number that matches one of the ones on here: vacuum hoses for brake servo - Fabia(FAB) [EUROPA 2013 year] (7zap.com) More commonly known as the brake servo. Your leaky hose is important for its correct function.

Pics? (Of the bush/insert/console) I think the wishbone pin is parallel not tapered?, but maybe worth a measure in case there is a slight taper, and your bushes/inserts are the wrong way round for this?

Thread that we could now answer: https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/217059-fuel-gauge-drops-under-hard-corneringbraking/ 😁 Interesting that he mentions hard cornering too. Presumably the cluster could get 4 individual wheel speeds instead of, or as well as the average of them from the ABS module's broadcasts. Reasonably sure I haven't noticed fuel gauge being affected when cornering hard. Aiming to have a quick look at the float travel orientation in my tank in the near future, it might be a compound angle, with a bit of fore and aft and side to side, I guess. Then if speed was constant but level changing improbably fast, output to the gauge stepper could be suppressed on the basis "must be cornering"? Edit: A quick look at the top of my fuel pump today versus ebay pics suggests the float does indeed pivot on an axis about 45° off the car centreline.

Any corrosion on the 'pin' section of the 'bones?

Just given you a groan for your 'BS' post @J.R., since you don't seem inclined to apologise to BilTecknik for it.

This table says adaptations are 'limited unless registered' but that doesn't necessarily sound like a definite 'no it won't'. Functions - Ross-Tech Wiki

VCDS lite will do it, but can't remember off the top of my head whether it would need to be registered. I keep meaning to download it onto another laptop and not register it on that one so I can try things like this with/without. I've come across very few things that the registered version of lite won't do, on this platform.

I guess if @TMB were to disco his gearbox speed sensor, he'd see the same sudden variability? I was vaguely aware that the fuel gauge sender might not be permanently 'excited' having looked at the circuitry in mk1 and mk2 Fabia clocks. Easy for the relevant microcontroller to pause sampling if some threshold acceleration is calculated to have been exceeded.

I think the float pivots in an arc in roughly the direction of travel, and behind it's axis of rotation, judging by the polarity of my observations. People may be keen to howl indignantly that Fabias do have steering angle sensors, but they'll be meaning the turn rate sensor instead.

Removing the relevant cabin fuse for ABS on my Polo on the way home demonstrated this interaction. Braking made fuel level drop, accelerating made it increase. Not having a gearbox speed sensor meant I had an alarming array of warning lights and no speedo!

Dunno with the PSB bushes, thought they were meant to be easier than OEM. Lube and ratchet strap is probably where it's at.

Are you sure it is at 90° on a Fabia @J.R.? @BilTechnik where did you read about this feature? I'm presuming you didn't make it up.

^ Oh, and there's another leak site I had omitted to consider; thanks. 😁

Crow's foot wrench, with long extension(s)?

Not the garage to be using then, as they've probably quoted for both bits to cover their asses. But see edit to my last post, please. If it were just a junction leakage, it would just need re-sealing, nothing replacing.

Sump (two parts) part numbers e.g. here LLLParts Has the leak been localised to 'between the two sump parts' or between both and crankcase? Edit: or impact damage, presumably to lower bit?

Nice one, cheers for sharing that fix!

IIRC your car has a speedometer sensor on the gearbox, Lee, which may make a difference to the instrument cluster side of things?

On my Polo it's only 16mm cable and a 90A alt, but watching a voltmeter it only starts to get pulled down if you have everything (both PTC relays, cabin fan, rear screen heater) on and leave it at idle revs, which I tend not to do for long enough to worry; just enough time to scrape ice from the side windows while the rear screen heater and PTC soften the other two. Once on the move the alt can cope, but the Polo is very dry compared to Fabia, so very little internal moisture to remove. No ice and I'll drive straight off. However, with the OEM system the control algorithm's probably going to get involved and reduce power to the PTC, so yes, probably best to put bigger alt there.

WD suggests it'll be 25mm² already on AMF/BNV/BNM so should be good to go on that front.

Can you apply some heat to soften the plastic? What will have happened is that water will have got in between the hole in the aluminium console and the plastic outer, corroding the aluminium which will tighten up on the bush. Cutting them out with hacksaw is a quick and dirty alternative.

This all I can offer: LLLParts Not sure why they truncate the first couple of characters off the part numbers, but guess they should be 03. Edit, or maybe not always. Could do with an ETKA expert, are you able to help @varooom? The last one in that list (120A) appears to be 045 903 023A, and seems to fit your engine.