Hi all,

I have a Fabia, 2002 1.4 MPI Classic. 30 000 miles now on the clock.

I recently had a an Engine Management Control fault light come up (you know the yellow light that looks like an little engine), so I read the manual and it said the car will

initialise an emergency mode to enable me to get to my nearest dealership etc...

What I did was as follows... pulled over in a parking lot. Turned the car off via the ignition. Stared the car again and the light was still showing. Opened the hood and inspected wiring to the coolant resevoir. I unplugged what looks like a multi wired loom cable to that anti freeze resevoir and plugged it in again. Checked my dash board - the engine management fault light has never since returned.

BUT... but but but...

Now this is happening... when I drive my car from being stationary for say 8 hours, for a driving time of eg. 30 mins duration, the temperature gauge does not given a reading at all, it stays at ZERO...Nada!

THEN..

when i get home park and turn off the car....then turn ignition back on/ or start the car either way... WHAM! the temperature gauge starts given me the correct reading I should have been getting...half a gauge reading.

Right then, can anybody fathom what could be wrong here? Think I need to replace the temperature probe? (which ill need to find!)

Hope you can help.

Thanks

Copple

I had 2 replaced on my Fabia Mk1 as it seemed to be a common fault.

Hi all,

I have a Fabia, 2002 1.4 MPI Classic. 30 000 miles now on the clock.

I recently had a an Engine Management Control fault light come up (you know the yellow light that looks like an little engine), so I read the manual and it said the car will

initialise an emergency mode to enable me to get to my nearest dealership etc...

What I did was as follows... pulled over in a parking lot. Turned the car off via the ignition. Stared the car again and the light was still showing. Opened the hood and inspected wiring to the coolant resevoir. I unplugged what looks like a multi wired loom cable to that anti freeze resevoir and plugged it in again. Checked my dash board - the engine management fault light has never since returned.

BUT... but but but...

Now this is happening... when I drive my car from being stationary for say 8 hours, for a driving time of eg. 30 mins duration, the temperature gauge does not given a reading at all, it stays at ZERO...Nada!

THEN..

when i get home park and turn off the car....then turn ignition back on/ or start the car either way... WHAM! the temperature gauge starts given me the correct reading I should have been getting...half a gauge reading.

Right then, can anybody fathom what could be wrong here? Think I need to replace the temperature probe? (which ill need to find!)

Hope you can help.

Thanks

Copple

If you take off the platsic engine cover the temp sender is to the right on top. It has a clip that holds it in and an O ring. Its dead easy to change just do it when the engine is cold. You wont lose hardly any coolant. If you buy a replacement temp sender then you will know what to look for. Dont forget the O ring as well. My old MPI put the engine light on as it wasnt getting a proper coolant temp. Mine would aslo fail to read then pop back up again. Its just a push on electrical connector to the sender

Easy fix

Sorry I cant be more precise but its been a while since I had that car.

If you take off the platsic engine cover the temp sender is to the right on top. It has a clip that holds it in and an O ring. Its dead easy to change just do it when the engine is cold. You wont lose hardly any coolant. If you buy a replacement temp sender then you will know what to look for. Dont forget the O ring as well. My old MPI put the engine light on as it wasnt getting a proper coolant temp. Mine would aslo fail to read then pop back up again. Its just a push on electrical connector to the sender

Easy fix

Sorry I cant be more precise but its been a while since I had that car.

Thank you Raisbeck, I will look into that at the weekend. You have made it sound straight forward to fix.

Thanks again for your advice!

Copple