VictoriaYorks

Last Thursday night on the way home I noticed my engine warning light was on. I drove home carefully then called the garage.
The guy said it should go off at the next restart but I booked a check-up on Saturday morning anyway.
The light was still on for the journey to and from work on Friday, and for the drive to the garage on Saturday.
He plugged it in to his code reader and it said "No trouble codes found" (or something similar).
I set off home again with the light off and all seemed fine. Then I went out again later in the day and the light was back on again and has remained on since.
I'm presuming since it didn't come up with any codes that it's a faulty sensor. Is it worth going back to the garage again or should I try giving the car a good run out as it mainly gets short journeys.

JDM_Stig

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Find a better garage would be my first advice,
That light tells you the ecu has found a fault and it will be logged in the history.

VictoriaYorks

I took it to Richard Henry in Bradford, I thought that was a good garage?

His reader came up with nothing - so would someone else's be different?

fingerscooby

Worth a try at another garage, I would also invest in buying one yourself off eBay. They are not expensive.
It wouldn't come on for no reason , does the car feel any different?

Tidgy

should have a fault code or 'historic' fault codes list available to be viewed on the reader. Doesn't mean it actualy stored it though, should and actual are two different things lol

VictoriaYorks

I will have a look at buying one myself now I've seen how easy it was to plug in. Do you think it could just be the amount of rain recently that's caused the sensor to have an issue?

Tidgy

could be any number of things, in fact any of the fault codes that could flash up, afraid no real way to tell without plugging in. If it is blank then you wont learn anything more. i suspect best way will be to see if it comes on again. If not then don't worry about it.

o hang on, it was on when they tried to read it but nothing came up?

BrownPantsRacing

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My random guess would be secondary air system. Fault comes and goes until it stays, then costs a fortune to change bits to resolve.

You need to read the historical faults to check, if stored. Or buy yourself a cheap ODB2 reader and keep it in the glove box to check when the CEL next comes on.

If the engine check light is on... there will be a code!

VictoriaYorks

It has never come on before Thursday, and besides his reset at the garage on Saturday it has been on all the time I've been driving it since then.
I'll give him another call tonight and see what he advises. It was only serviced late November so I'm hoping it's nothing major.

Would this be the sort of thing I'd need?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CAR-DIAGNO...item35cfc2d4e4

fingerscooby

Yea definitely buy one because what the garages charge you to use there's you could buy one for the cost if one visit . It's difficult to say, my lights on and it's just an exhaust sensor which was removed when I removed a lot of my cats, it just needs resetting. You just need to make sure it's nothing too serious, but if it was I'm sure it would put the ecu into 'safe' mode so you can't drive over a certain rpm.

Tidgy

reset wont get rod of it mte, it needs a cel fix for a decat

VictoriaYorks

He didn't charge me anything on Saturday and to answer your earlier question that I missed, no the car doesn't feel any different to me.
It got some new wheels put on in November but they're the same size as the old ones so I don't suppose it's to do with that?

BrownPantsRacing

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That looks like it should work!

When you find the code that shows, take a look at the link below:

http://www.iwsti.com/forums/2-5-lite...-attached.html

Goiod luck!

fingerscooby

Yea appreciate that buddy that's what I meant , because obviously it will just keep coming on won't it.
I'm on it!

VictoriaYorks

Great thanks, I'll get that ordered. Do you think I should call the garage again or just wait and read it myself? I'll be doing a few miles each day in the meantime.

Tidgy

get it looked at asap, coudl be a minor thing to could be maf etc that could have engine killed side effects

BrownPantsRacing

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drive off boost just in case and get it looked at asap.

VictoriaYorks

I just called the garage and I'm taking it in on Thursday.
I'm not quite sure what's going on though as he just said on the phone that none of the codes that came up were anything major, so I'll try and get a full answer this time.

BrownPantsRacing

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Found a better (more comprehensive) list of CEL codes:

http://www.obd-codes.com/trouble_codes/

JDM_Stig

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So he did find codes but chose to ignore them?
Like I said find a better garage then,
Get the codes off him and post them up, it will help us point you in the right direction.

Oranges

Where are you based Victoria? I can recommend a garage in Leeds if that's close.

VictoriaYorks

I am in Pudsey

VictoriaYorks

I am struggling to understand why he didn't say what they were to be honest.

Oranges

Try Andy Turner motor engineering in Leeds, he's read codes for me before and swapped my clutch a couple of weeks ago & had changed my exhaust system a while back too.

http://www.andyturnermotorengineerin...eperation.html

0113 278 4003 He's down near Morrissons off Kirkstall road

VictoriaYorks

I know exactly where that is thank you, it's always good to get a recommendation too.
I will persevere with the current garage as he's going to wait around for me on Thursday and presumably he won't charge for another reading.
I did get many recommendations to use him so I'm not sure why I'm having issues. I hope it's just a blip.

Oranges

No worries
Good luck with it, as others have said get hold of the code and post here

VictoriaYorks

I will update as soon as I have more info, thanks all for all the help so far

VictoriaYorks

My code reader has arrived - do I have a go myself or wait for my appointment tomorrow?

The Pink Ninja

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Richard Henry's are a good well respected tuner/garage they know what they are doing

VictoriaYorks

Thank you! That's what I thought! When I mentioned about buying an Impreza on another forum, loads of people recommended I use them. I'm sure there's a reason he didn't think it was important I knew what the codes were, but I'll ask tomorrow anyway.
I am so fed up of driving at low revs, and you wouldn't believe the cars I'm allowing to beat me away from the lights