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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:38 pm
by footiemad
Oh well looks as if my christmas shopping has just come to a halt. After my shopping spree (£12.99), I turned on the engine and it said STOP and the oil light was flashing and according to the dial I had zero oil in the car. Checked the dip stick, twice and I did have oil - then noticed that the air con, fan, heater and horn were all on the blink so I diagnosed an electrical fault and drove home. Car now booked in for work next Wednesday together with the annual service. Happy days x[:(]
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:50 pm
by kallis3
Not good footie. Hope it's nothing too expensive.
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:55 pm
by Foggy
Have you got a manual for the car? Are all those circuits protected by the same fuse ?
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:38 pm
by footiemad
Checked the fuse Foggy and its not that unfortunately. The car is like me - knackered!!
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:45 pm
by Foggy
What car have you got Footiemad?
I have (don't laugh) a Skoda and when the front washer failed to work a while back I checked it's fuse, which was OK. Then went on the Skoda forum and found out it was an unrelated fuse that blew, changed that and Hey Presto! (doubled the value of the car!).
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:44 pm
by Shining
Hope it's sorted soon and not too costly x
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:55 pm
by kallis3
There's nothing wrong with Skoda Foggy - we have one and it's a brilliant car!!
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:09 pm
by antm
Mine is needs a service, i missed it a few months back, hoping it will hold out for a few months until i can afford to get it done, might get the dents pulled out at the same time!
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:24 pm
by Foggy
Mine's getting it's new side put on this week! I told the garage that, when they finish the repair, they will have to rough it up a little to match the rest of the car!
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 6:43 am
by footiemad
Its a Peugeot 307 Foggy - with 103,000 on the clock. Couldn't get on this site last night for some reason x
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 8:40 am
by Shining
The site was down for a while last night footiemad x
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:01 am
by kallis3
It's still not back 100% at the moment - hopefully won't go down totally again.
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 1:23 pm
by Foggy
Hmm -- tried to do a littl eresearch. Seems those circuits don't have a common fuse, so it wouldn't be that anyway :0(
Heater is a common fail on the 307 and the STOP is probably the sensor, or a common electrical problem, maybe the earthing.
Sorry, I couldn't find anything helpful .... let's hope it's a cheap fix.
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 5:00 pm
by footiemad
Thanks for looking into it Foggy - much appreciated. I have booked it into garage for coming Wednesday and the chap who owns the garage is a good friend so I know he will do his best for me and not rip me off (even though he doesn't know anything about the IVA).x
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 8:14 pm
by Shining
I hope it's fixed soon and not too costly for you footiemad. x