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Poll: When your Engine Management Light comes on do you.....
get it to a mechanic or fix it yourself as soon as possible 12 (30.77%)
get it to a mechanic or fix it yourself eventually 9 (23.08%)
drive on for as long as possible 18 (46.15%)


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Ricky352
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Registered: 6th Apr 07
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7th Jun 14 at 21:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Faced with this dilema myself at the minute and I'm tempted to leave it for a while or just drive on as long as possible because I'm lazy. Just wondered what others do, and if anyone has any horror stories from not taking notice of the EML.
Ben G
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7th Jun 14 at 21:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mine came on whilst I was 60 miles from my destination and 370 miles from home at 2am

I carried on in the hope it was just an electrical glitch. Fortunately, the light went off the next day. Never been so worried in all my life!
Jason x
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7th Jun 14 at 21:49   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
C.

That being said, it didnt go for very long.

[Edited on 07-06-2014 by Jason x]
Ricky352
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7th Jun 14 at 21:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Haha, aye mine went on at the start of a 240 mile round trip the other day, still driving fine lol
Ricky352
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7th Jun 14 at 21:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What happened Jason?
chris_uk
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7th Jun 14 at 21:56   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If my engine light comes on i use the scanguage to tell me whT the code is, have a quick look on my phone to see what it is, (usually something sensor related) clear the code and see how long it takes to come back on.

Most of the time tho it cones on with a blank code so it means nothing.
Jason x
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quote:
Originally posted by Ricky352
What happened Jason?


it came on, attempted to ignore it got a few miles then it conked out


after that was fixed (ICV) it kept coming on again which i also ignored and never had an issue again
Y869 SRA
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7th Jun 14 at 22:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Used to come on occasionally on my B 12v, ignored it, never caused any problems.
Jamie-C
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7th Jun 14 at 22:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
9 times out of 10 its something silly anyway, keep her lit
Generation
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8th Jun 14 at 02:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Use it to get home/ destination, then read the codes
kz
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8th Jun 14 at 11:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Unless I can smell smoke I'll casually look it up on the forums when I have time... was good when I worked for Renault and could just borrow Clip!
Corsa_Sport21
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8th Jun 14 at 13:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mines has been on for about a week now. Get it put out and it will come back on a cpl of weeks later. Same codes, lambda sensors, 2.6 is notorious for it as it has 4 and they are too close together.
Simon_16v
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8th Jun 14 at 14:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by kz
Unless I can smell smoke I'll casually look it up on the forums when I have time... was good when I worked for Renault and could just borrow Clip!


It's normally only the lambda sensors that bring the light on anyway, mine was on for months
Toby
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8th Jun 14 at 17:24   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Read the fault code and then make a decision on what I do next pending the outcome of the scan and the reasons for my journey in the first place.
AndyCorsaSport
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8th Jun 14 at 17:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mines been on for almost a year. Lambda sensor. I replaced sensor. Still on. Won't clear.

Usually if it comes on I'll get it scanned as soon as I can, if it drives fine then there's no rush.
Ricky352
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8th Jun 14 at 18:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
As it turns out one of my mates has a diagnostics machine that will read the code, so will get it checked out this week if I see him.
Jay
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8th Jun 14 at 20:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mines been on for nearly two years, started running like crap few weeks ago got it checked and it's missing on multiple cylinders, still use it everyday.
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9th Jun 14 at 09:14   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
mine didnt even light up on my old b, was probably on all the time
willay
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9th Jun 14 at 10:18   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
DRIVE! Unless its something awful.
Ricky352
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9th Jun 14 at 15:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The mate just plugged it into his wee computer thing, which he bought off Amazon for £12! It brought up 1 fault, which was something to do with uneven fuelling in the V6, but this could be due to the LPG or anything. Cars running 100% so cleared the code and will drive away!

 
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