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From:	koswix	12 Dec 2014 00:32
To:	Peter (BOUGHTONP)	51 of 67

41307.51 In reply to 41307.50
Normally I wouldn't be too worried by the check engine light. Sure I'd want to check what it was, but anything majorly urgent has a separate light (brakes for instance) or the car will just refuse to work. Could be your ecu has picked up something related to your problem though, but quite often it's just a symptom it's found rather than the problem itself. Get down to a garage and ask them what's wrong. Whatever they say, don't agree to any work. Once you're home with Internet (you do have Internet at home these days, right?) you can work out if it's something you can do your self or if you need to start ringing round for quotes. ▪ ┌────┐ ┌────┐ │ │ │ │ ▪ │ └────┘ │ │ ──┐ ┌── │ ▪ ┌──────┤ ▪ ▪ │ ┌┘ │ │ ▪ ┌─┤ └──┐ │ │ ┌──┘ │ │ │ ││ ││ │ ┌─┐ │ │ └─┼┤ └┴─┴───┘ │ │ │ ─┘│ │ │ │ ┌──────┐ └┬──────────┘ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───┘ └───┘ If Feds call you and say something bad on me, it may prove what I said are truth, they are afraid of it.

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From:	Peter (BOUGHTONP)	12 Dec 2014 01:22
To:	koswix	52 of 67

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Yeah, it has come on once or twice before (solid, as it was tonight) and then not been an issue a couple of days later.

There's a fair few posts online suggesting it could just be a computer glitch, and (so long as the car is driving as normal) it's not something to worry about. If it was a serious problem, it would switch to the emergency programme.

The one thing that has me a little bit nervous is that I think Wednesday evening it was on the emergency programme, when the light came on - half a mile from home it started flashing and the car wasn't driving right (apparently limited to 1500 RPM or something), though it drove as usual tonight when I briefly tested it, so dunno. :/

If I remember I'll check it in the morning and, if it's still on, check with my local service centre about getting it diagnosed, and then go from there.

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From:	johngti_mk-ii	12 Dec 2014 08:27
To:	koswix	53 of 67

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We had our car serviced this week. The mechanic noticed that when the car is started, a green airbag light comes on for a while. The garage phoned Claire (I was at work) and offered to see why for the reasonable sum of £49. This is the light that shows that the passenger airbag is switched on and working properly. It stays on for a minute and then goes off. It's completely normal and nothing at all to worry about. Might be time to find a new garage... Add THE VETOES to your myspace friends!!! Pretty please :D

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From:	koswix	12 Dec 2014 09:18
To:	Peter (BOUGHTONP)	54 of 67

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Get to a garage.


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From:	koswix	12 Dec 2014 09:19
To:	johngti_mk-ii	55 of 67

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I'd be refusing to pay that.


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From:	johngti_mk-ii	12 Dec 2014 11:07
To:	koswix	56 of 67

41307.56 In reply to 41307.55
Oh don't worry, Claire didn't give them the go ahead. To be fair, they called first but others may have been thrown into a bit of a panic Add THE VETOES to your myspace friends!!! Pretty please :D

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From:	graphitone	12 Dec 2014 13:20
To:	Peter (BOUGHTONP)	57 of 67

41307.57 In reply to 41307.50
You need a new pair of scissors, that cutting out is appalling. S'all wiggly. Were you doing it while driving? Drawings n' that

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From:	koswix	12 Dec 2014 15:24
To:	johngti_mk-ii	58 of 67

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Good, now time to find a new garage.


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From:	Wattsy (SLAYERPUNX)	12 Dec 2014 16:27
To:	Peter (BOUGHTONP)	59 of 67

41307.59 In reply to 41307.50
If its a diesel it could be the EGR valve is sooted up. YOu can change them easily and get cheap reconditioned ones from Ebay. I had to do it 4 times on my Alfa (yes its was an Alfa and yes the electronics were dodgy). The best buy for me was the ECU cable and some free software to help diagnose without going to the garage first.

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From:	Dave!!	12 Dec 2014 16:47
To:	Peter (BOUGHTONP)	60 of 67

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My missus's old Fabia had that. Started intermittently and got worse. Garage checked it and said that the engine temperature sensor had failed. Not a big or expensive job to replace it apparently. ---

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From:	JonCooper	14 Dec 2014 17:30
To:	Peter (BOUGHTONP)	61 of 67

41307.61 In reply to 41307.50
IME, that's usually a lambda sensor fault, which would also fit in with most of the other issues you've described. A fault code check would confirm, it's an easy fix but usually needs a specialist tool code check first though Jon

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From:	koswix	14 Dec 2014 21:12
To:	JonCooper	62 of 67

41307.62 In reply to 41307.61

Never had to do a lambda sensor, but presumably a crows foot would also be fine? Or do you need the extra vertical grip length of a socket for those buggers?


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From:	99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)	14 Dec 2014 22:16
To:	ALL	63 of 67

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Fucking hell. I'm glad my service garage engineers only speak German and I don't. bastard by name bastard by nature

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From:	JonCooper	15 Dec 2014 19:35
To:	koswix	64 of 67

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a crows foot might work, they are usually rusted in pretty good Jon

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From:	koswix	15 Dec 2014 20:16
To:	JonCooper	65 of 67

41307.65 In reply to 41307.64

Hah, what isn't?


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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	17 Dec 2014 15:08
To:	Peter (BOUGHTONP)	66 of 67

41307.66 In reply to 41307.50
I had the engine light come on in a rental on the 3rd day of a 1-week rental (it was a newish, low-Km car). I phoned the rental company, and they told me to ignore it. Uh oh, I said "rental" three times... ---- "Ninety percent of Americans use the Internet. The other ten percent use the banjo."

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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	17 Dec 2014 15:09
To:	graphitone	67 of 67

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It's autistic. ---- "Ninety percent of Americans use the Internet. The other ten percent use the banjo."

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