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strange issues after wiring repair

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well guys my trust worthy Octavia has had a major problem since it returned from the auto spark. The car went in with the front wipers not working and an air bag light on. Anyways it turned out it was a broken wire somewhere and while it was there the drivers window regulator was replaced as it was broken supposedly. so any the car came home over a week ago and with my wife using it it hasnt been out as much but she went to go out in it last thur night and it was dead so it turned out to be a dead battery. the cold weather completely killed it as it wouldnt even jump . so i bought a new battery and got it fitted last night but as soon as i done that the radiator fan kicked in (the key wasnt in the ignition) so i had a feeling the can had been running and drained the battery . it had a wiring repair before for the temp sensor so i assumed the auto spark had disturbed the wiring possibly also i should note that when fitting the battery the fuse box cover was misssing. soni pulled the fan fuse until i can get the spark to look at tje car and to stop the battery draining. so fast forward to tonight and the wife went to head out in the car which struggled to start but when she arrived at her mums the she turned the car off but the car kept running with the key removed and the dash had light up like a xmas tree. so she brought staright home and i had to stall the car to get it to turn off and with key out the dash has light up with all the warning lights on but very dim and they wont go out. so i looked at the fuse box and noticed water sitting in around it so would it be safe to say that water has got into it and has shorted out various connections as with snow over the weekend and with it raining last week to it has drained down between the bonnet and wing shut line and onto the fuse box?  and to help things along it has started to rain which has is forecast to rain all night so i have placed a binbag over the fuse box to help keep any more water getting into it until i get down to the sparks tomorrow.

 

So am i right in thinking due to the spark not replacing the fuse box cover he has let water enter it and its causing all sorts of problems?? need some advice before i start giving off tomorrow as he charged me plenty when he "intially" fixed it and car didnt have any other problems prior to this .

 *apologises for the long read*

Check the last month's posts, I'm sure I read one with the same problem.

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