Hi

My mum has a Skoda Fabia Mk1, one day it just stopped.
It got towed to a mechanic and he told me he thought it was the engine ECU.
He didn`t have time to troubleshoot anymore, so I got the car towed to my garage.
Anybody know where the engine ECU are located?

The mechanic says he have tested the fuel pump and fuel pump relay.
Is it a common thing that the ECU ****s up in these kind of cars?

 

 

Silver box, back of engine compartment on the right.

 

Edited 2 June, 20206 yr by TMB

Thank you.

You're welcome 👍

 

I wouldn't say ECU failure is common on the Fabia, no. What model Fabia is it?

Edited 2 June, 20206 yr by TMB

23 minutes ago, Mantaslash said:

Is it a common thing that the ECU ****s up in these kind of cars?

 

Rare, bordering on unheard-of.

Hi

Skoda Fabia mk1.

I also thought it sounded weird that the ECU would just crash and the car wouldn`t start.
Going to look into it, but have to finish some other cars before.

But thanks anyways guys

1 hour ago, Mantaslash said:

Skoda Fabia mk1.

 

Erm, yeah, I kinda knew that.

You thought about what year?

24 minutes ago, Mantaslash said:

You thought about what year?

 

Yeah, and engine size and petrol or diesel 🙂

1,2liter petrol engine
year 2004

Has it been scanned for fault codes?

I`m going to try it with my equipment, but I guess I need vagcom to get the best scan results.
The "Check engine light" does not come on.

When I try to start the car, I cannot hear any sound from the fuel pump. I guess it's lack of power. Can anyone tell me what these wires are? I was thinking of trying to ein the fuel pump directly from the battery just to test. But need to know where to hook up the wires. 

Brown negative, blue/white positive.

Just an update.

Got the engine running after 1 hour of looking after a electrical fault.
One of the fuses where bad. Changed it and the engine started. Then the fuse broke again.
The engine ran only on 2 cyl, changed a damaged coil. Changed the fuse. Engine started and is running good.
Tested the car today for a 18mile trip and everything where fine. Guess my mum would be happy now. hahahaha.

^ Well done

Well done indeed

 

Statistically I would say there is one case of ECU failure for every ten thousand times a mechanic pronounces "it must be the ECU" which translates to "I cant find whats wrong, I dont know what I am doing, just take your car away and get out of my hair"