Hi all,

I bought myself a nice Fabia, 72000 km on the meter, as good as new. Got a really good price due to PAS not working. I hooked it up with VCDS and there was a lot of strange issues, no response from several controllers. So, I checked wiring to and from PAS and found the main harness rotten down below gearbox mounting/battery. A lot of moist must have gone into the cables. I checked with a friend who's working with Skoda and he told me it's a common issue. A new harness cost ~2000 euro which is around worth of the car. I've been checking around scrap yards but haven't found anything worth buying, I've searched the internet but hasn't found anything. Of course I could solder in new cables but it's a LOT of job.

 

Before doing anything I thought I check up here for ideas. Anyone solved this? Anyone know where I can find a used loom? (I live in Sweden but of course I pay for freight if the price of harness is good.)

 

//Thomas

 

An engine bay loom is all you need, not a complete loom.

"all you need" 🙃 It's not a small loom, https://webautocats.com/etka/skoda/fab/225/971800/

1 minute ago, northface said:

"all you need" 🙃 It's not a small loom, https://webautocats.com/etka/skoda/fab/225/971800/

 

It's a lot smaller than the main loom!

You probably realise this, but it will have to come from a car with steering wheel on the same side as yours, and probably from one with same engine type.

You are going to HAVE to use your VIN to decode the correct loom for your car.

 

Example attached for my own car, it has a whole 19 different loom choices, so that rules out scrap yards (odds are lower to get exact loom, odds are the sticker might have been lost to time)

Engine Wiring Looms.pdf

 

Once you know the exact part number, you maybe able to purchase the correct loom off the internet somewhere.

I've had this on a 2002 Ibiza, black wire corrosion pretty much everywhere. I spent two years getting by patching in sections but it was never totally right. 

Engine bay looms are still available new from Skoda, well at least they were last year.

 

Just as a guide, the vRS loom (different to yours I know) was over £500 back then.