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30th January 2010, 15:42 | #1 |
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"Check Engine" Message
Yesterday when I set off for work about 5 minutes in the message center flashed up " Check Engine" with the engine warning light also on "yellow", this went off after a minute or so and I took it easy for the rest of the 5 mile trip...Of course I was concerned once I got to work and when I got a moment I thought I would check the coolant levels and the oil, all looked fine and on my return trip this afternoon one eye in a fashion was on the dash and the other where it should be looking and all was normal including the temperature guage...Was this a gremlin moment or should I be looking out for something else?.
Thanks in advance. Cheers Tony
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Hi Tony
Mine came on and stayed on and am now without a car while Peter Wayte in Woking gets to the bottom of it, mine appears to be fuel/exhaust system related. Work getting a tester on it to see if any useful fault codes come up Cheers Colin
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car was running o/k, and not running hot. could have been an injector playing up.
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check engine and the MIL light,a fault code will be stored in the ecu.
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I've had the light come on twice over the last few years, each time it was due to "misfire" - the MIL light did not go off and had to be reset using my OBD diagnostic box (not T4). In my case I think it is on a very rare occasion when the cruise kicks in, I can set ity to be smoother I think and that would sort it.
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Mine came on the day I changed the oil and filter recently. it went off just after I noticed it, not come on since, I know not why?
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" Under some circumstances (for example if poor quality fuel is used), deposits may build up on the small metering holes in the fuel injectors and restrict the flow. This will tend to cause poor performance and "driveability", and on more modern (post-1996 in the US) vehicles the Check Engine light will probably illuminate. Acetone may be able to remove these deposits and restore normal operation - though there are much less "risky" ways to achieve the same effect, such as using proprietry injector cleaner or even a few tankfuls of a premium fuel every so often." So that may be the answer for several other posters here. |
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