Hi my beloved Skoda VRS 2006 has just contracted the P0601 VIRUS has anybody an antidote.

 

All I did was top up the engine oil and the windscreen washer bottle and when the engine reached running temp - THERE THEY WERE - the two dreaded symbols -

took her straight  to the  SKODA STEALERS A & E.

After pacing up and down the doctors came out with not very happy faces - she has the p0601 virus they said  -  OMG  i  SCREAMED  what happens now I said.

We will have to keep her in for observations they said - but it will cost hundreds of dollars a night - are you covered - no I am not was the reply as I choked back the tears - and the techy doctors cringed as they got spells in their finger tips whilst scratching there heads.

Well IF THEY HAVE NOT GOT A FLAMING CLUE HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET IT FIXED !!!!!!!!      

 

Joking apart  -  I have never known anything like this !! How can a company build something and when it breaks down don`t seem to have a clue how to fix it.

 

I have owned  Skodas for the last twenty years - I have just bought this vrs hoping to customise it - Remap - Alloys - Induction kit - Milltek Exhaust and this happens.

 

Does anybody have any answers - SURELY P0601 cannot be as complicated as everyone is making it out to be.

Any helpful comments would be very very appreciated.  Thanks !!!

You probably have looked, but just incase:

 

http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.php/16985/P0601/001537

 

It might help, especially regarding the ECU software on the 2.0 engine

Edited 10 September, 201510 yr by cj_uk

This might help, one of the members had his ECU re-flashed and it sorted it

 

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/133169-epc-light-on-octavia-2-vrs-p0601-help/

Edited 10 September, 201510 yr by cj_uk

Hi, That is very interesting - Thanks for replying with that - it is much appreciated.

No worries, must admit I don't know much about the petrol Octy's as I've always had diesel ones, but hope the info helps

If you can post a full autoscan from VCDS I'll check what flash files I have for your car.

 

If you haven't got VCDS, a nearby member might be able to help you out.