Hi all, haven't needed to post here for a while but hopefully someone can shed some light on this.

Been thinking the brake pedal was pretty soft lately so after a bit of research earlier I decided to try the old "find a quiet road and jam the brakes on" trick (Someone else had suggested this helped firm up the pedal).

Well silly me went and did it twice in quick succession and then the engine stalled and wouldn't start again!

I could tell the fuel pump wasn't priming so guessed a fuse was gone somewhere, after much searching and a walk home to get the laptop to vag-com scan I discovered the fuse link below had blown itself apart.

Luckily I had a socket set onboard so decided to risk the adjacent one and link them together, which got me home though I won't be driving it till I can replace it now....

So has anyone else experienced this and is it a dealer only thing (not open till flipping tuesday now!) or can I pick one up in my local helfrauds on monday?

Thanks for reading (if you've got this far)

Matt

if the fuse link you have attached the wire to is the same rating just leave it as it is.

I cant see why braking hard would cause it to blow unless the extra load from the abs pump took it over the edge lol.

can you see what rating it is

Yes it's a 50 amp fuse and leaving it linked to another 50 amp supply is not a safe option!!! (I'm an electrician so trust me on that one)

I'd guess the load put on it by the ABS activation was enough to heat the link up and a second burst so soon after was enough to kill it.

Thing is, what happens if you're on a track day???

You won't hurt anything leaving it on a different fuse, unless the extra load blows that fuse and cuts power to whatever the other cable supplies. They all run off the same busbar, so you can't overload that.

I'm an electrician too

I guess the fuel pump runs off the same fuse as the ABS for safety - That way you can't run the car without ABS working. Clever Skoda!

Does the ABS work OK for the time being?

I checked the loads earlier and the abs/fuel pump feed that went is drawing about 7 amps whereas the feed I tapped into last night draws 31 amps on tickover so it's too close to leave in my opinion. Have linked it back up for now but I don't need to drive it anywhere soon anyway as have use of the wife's car and my mmotorbike so guess I'll get a replacement pronto and hope it doesn't pop again.....

Yeah, I agree with you there - A bit too close for comfort, especially in a warm engine bay.

I know Skoda have a habit of over-rating fuses too - The dip beam filaments both have there own fuses, rated at 15A, which is a bit steep for a bulb which draws about 5.

Do it DIY style - Nail or a bit of wire, it will never blow Like you used to see in the old rewireable Consumer units lol

The fuse that has blown is NOT one of the ABS fuses. The ABS fuses are green fuses (the two furthest from the +ve terminal) so check these.

The one which has blown is for the ECU, which is why the engine died and wouldn't restart.

The one you've connected it to is for the secondary air pump.