Breezy_Pete

Loosening the locking bolt first has the advantage that if you can't undo it for whatever reason, you abort the whole mission a bit earlier and with the wheel still securely attached. Battling a reluctant one with a possibly dodgy worn key, possibly on a widow-maker jack with all of the other bolts out is a bit of a risk if things come tumbling down.* I'd always bin them off for standard bolts on a daily of mine. *afterthought - the car's still on the ground at the point of first loosening, so this is probably all nonsense. Fits in well in this thread, I feel. 😁

Well I have to be honest, the permutations of cars, engines and ECUs is baffling my brain this morning but looking at an Octy wiring diagram for a 2006 BXE, the N75 valve is driven by ECU pin 29.

If it's a RHD car then this :

Check cabin fuse number 4 and replace if it is blown.

I'll see what I can do tomorrow morning, if no-one else chimes in first.

What car, what year?

Note that I was laughing about it, not crying about it.

Make up your own mind fella.

Such a rude man.

Letters in front of engine number on your V5c.

The explanation seems very muddled. "[Useful] Hormones are fuelled by fat, so we'll put glucose in instead" (paraphrasing a bit brutally). My understanding of metabolism says that the body only 'runs on fat' when excess glucose isn't available in the bloodstream, so I don't see how adding it helps. Not saying it doesn't work, just sounds a bit backwards, as explained there.

Generally into rad at top hose, out at bottom one.

Thermostat is here (item 6): coolant pump - Octavia(OCT) [EUROPA 2003 year] (7zap.com) Seems quite likely to be at fault, especially if 18 years old.

Crank sensor fault, according to my Google. What engine is in your mk2?

Getting kicked as people cross the car in the back?

Actually, maybe not, do you mean the tensioner has come loose, or just the pulley?

The SDI is ASY engine code, so item 24 here? connecting and mounting parts for alternator; pol... - Fabia(FAB) [EUROPA 2004 year] (7zap.com) View on computer not phone to see all the info.

Fabia?

Grow up.

Wheels will flick outward at the bottom as they leave the ground due to the tilting of the car as it's jacked up on one side only.

Yep

G12evo has superseded g13, I believe. Date will be a production date, I expect, if it doesn't say 'use by ' or 'expiry date'.

Tell me if you can't read my writing, or it's not clear what you need to do to test this.

Best if you tell us what year the car is, as a starting point. It is a mk2 Octavia, I presume? High level brake light is the one at the top of the rear screen. Brake light switch on pedal does usually have a permanent supply, Some recent cars have a hall sensor in the master cylinder instead, not sure from what year though.

Must be a broken wire coming out of the dimmer then, I think.