Breezy_Pete

I'm surprised there's nothing helpful there. You can get the official workshop manual for your engine via erWin Skoda for under a tenner. Not quite as user friendly as Haynes but should be reliable info.

Have you tried YouTube?

What a bunch of crooks.

Perhaps the OP could comment on likely weight of roof box contents, so we know if there's any relevance.

Nobody asked for advice about heavy loads on the roof, it's merely size being asked about. Just saying.

I don't know if that's possible. If the engine really did overheat due to fan malfunction or water pump problem, you would lose coolant from the expansion tank I think, as the pressure would cause the cap to release steam. Is that happening?

Now I'm on a big screen I can say that if the car has A/C then battery fusebox fuse 9 (5 Amp blade fuse) supplies an ignition switched 12V to the fan control module (pin 1 of the 6-way connector). Battery fusebox blade fuse number 8 (30 Amp) powers the low speed fans' function via one of the fan control module's relays, in on pin 3 of the 4-way connector, out on pin 2. Strip fuse number 3 (40A) powers high speed fan function via the other relay inside the module, in on pin 1 out on pin 4 of the 4-way. Earth connections to both fans are directly from the 3-way rectangular connectors nearest the fan motors, to a chassis earth point nearby.

Does the car have air conditioning?

The thin strip fuses, yes, but there are also a few more further over, under a cover that unclips. You can see wires going to them, but not the fuses until the cover is removed towards the firewall.

The ones above the battery, including the blade fuses that hide under a plastic cover?

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The first thing to check is the relevant fuses. I can look up which those are a little later for you. Another thing to be aware of is that the fans shouldn't come on until the coolant at the thermoswitch is above 96C, and the thermoswitch is after the radiator in flow terms.

What's the fault code that the garage have read?

Check the starter solenoid wire, just where it goes into the single pin connector housing. I suspect you'll find it's almost or actually broken.

Good news, well done. Bet it feels good having fixed it yourself too.

Find the nearest VCDS owner who preferably has experience of similar engines to yours.

VCDS owners MAP - Diagnostics & VCDS - BRISKODA

The green ring is what (and all) it should have on your car. If the TB has been removed, it is possible that it's not been put back properly and is now leaking past the ring. There are two locating pegs that go into holes in the alloy of the TB. These holes can furr up with oxide over time making the TB hard to remove and hard to replace properly. Cleaning this oxide away so the locating pegs fit in easily is the answer. Make sure the four mounting screws go back into the original threads in the plastic too, by turning them anticlockwise until they drop into the existing thread, then doing them up.

Independent inspector sounds like an excellent move to me.

Good plan. Makes footwell-based work far easier, and takes very little time to do. Make sure you use the correct XZN bit, they're not Torx.

Recirc mode must be better as long as switched on before hot zone.

What's your location? Doesn't look like many wires involved.

That's a great recommendation, and I agree. @Lando98 there are two different versions of the 1.4/16v, a 75bhp one and a 100bhp. Most manual gearbox Fabias in the UK have the 100bhp, all of the automatic ones have the 75bhp. Basically the same engine, some minor hardware differences and different mapping in the ECU. As said, one of the best petrol engines in the mk1.

It's in a grey box right above the photo if you follow xman's link, and in the link itself there if you look carefully: 03C 198 229 C

Manual or automatic transmission? I've had nothing but good experiences with the 75bhp variant, but in the UK that was only sold in Fabias with automatic transmission, I think. Mine's in a manual 9N Polo, on about 150k and going strong.