EML light on for EML light fault?? Really?

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ad_car_08

June 9, 2016, 21:45 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Hi,

Just in communication with a seller of an MR2R who tells me the EML is on. The fault is apparently the light itself?? Is this horse manure or does this actually happen?
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mrzwei

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June 9, 2016, 21:52 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
 s:lol: :lol: s:lol:   This is a first on the forum I think.
I suppose it is technically possible, poor earth or something but a code reader might provide a more accurate assessment.
The seller makes it sound suspect, better to tell it like it is.
Ex.MR2 SMT sadly missed.
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ad_car_08

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June 9, 2016, 22:15 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
The seller said that he was told that was the case when he bought the car, took a mechanic friend who hooked it up to an ODB2 reader and confirmed she's right. Sounds suspect to me too.
Car has only done 52k miles apparently....
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Ardent

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June 9, 2016, 22:29 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Code reader time.

I cannot recall ever seeinga code for a faulty eml light.
I will wager a full English pound. That it's not horse manure but Bull sh!t.

StuC

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June 9, 2016, 22:34 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Got to question this one. Likewise never heard of this.

Plenty of lights not working have come up before.

Something fishy here methinks.

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ad_car_08

#5
June 9, 2016, 22:55 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
No one's selling one cheap enough! :-p
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mrzwei

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June 9, 2016, 23:07 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
99%+ codes are for O2 sensor faults so if it's cheap you want then it may be worth a gamble but at least get a code reader on it and maybe post any code on here.
Ex.MR2 SMT sadly missed.
Saab 9-5 Turbo, Hirsch stage 1, Sports suspension and anti roll bars, uprated disks, sports intake and filter and various other bits. 210bhp, 320Nm.
Talbot Express campervan with carb, distributor, coil and no cat! SOLD

Jock

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June 9, 2016, 23:46 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Ardent you should be in the food industry knowing the difference between horse and bull   s:lol: :lol: s:lol:  .
+1 on the code but surely not fishy   s:scared: :scared: s:scared:  .

StuC

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June 10, 2016, 01:19 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Quote from: "ad_car_08"No one's selling one cheap enough! :-p
Pay peanuts...  s;-) ;-) s;-)


Edit: for a car thread there is a lot of foody (and other) references here.   s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
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Jon_G

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June 10, 2016, 07:26 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
I'm wondering how it passed the last MoT if the MIL is permanently lit up.

 It can't possibly be the light but, from what's been said (which could be BS), then I'd worry about this being an ECU problem. And that could be expensive and/or time-consuming to repair.

The Other Stu

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June 10, 2016, 08:30 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Quote from: "Jon_G"I'm wondering how it passed the last MoT if the MIL is permanently lit up.

 It can't possibly be the light but, from what's been said (which could be BS), then I'd worry about this being an ECU problem. And that could be expensive and/or time-consuming to repair.
MIL?

The engine management light is not an MOT failure as far as I know. It's an advisory.
When I was looking to buy a couple of months back, it was one of the things that came up on MOT searches constantly.
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Jon_G

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June 10, 2016, 09:47 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Quote from: "The Other Stu"
Quote from: "Jon_G"I'm wondering how it passed the last MoT if the MIL is permanently lit up.

 It can't possibly be the light but, from what's been said (which could be BS), then I'd worry about this being an ECU problem. And that could be expensive and/or time-consuming to repair.
MIL?

The engine management light is not an MOT failure as far as I know. It's an advisory.
When I was looking to buy a couple of months back, it was one of the things that came up on MOT searches constantly.
MIL = Malfunction Indicator Light, a commonly-used term generic term for any warning light in the instrument panel, not just the CEL (Check Engine Light). Do Toyota have their own names for warning lights? Apologies if I used the wrong term, but I'm really a lot more familiar with Honda terminology!

You may be right, now I've done a quick search. In 2012 any MIL illumination became an advisory and, at some point since, certain specific reasons (non-environmental) for an MIL illumination became an MoT failure. However it appears that some MoT test stations are unable/unwilling to distinguish the various causes of the MIL and so default to fail... Which presumably could be challenged. So that part of my comment was wrong.

But I still wouldn't buy a car with a warning light on without knowing the reason... lambda sensor good, ECU bad!

shnazzle

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June 10, 2016, 10:46 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
A light out does not cause a code. End of. There's not even a warning for when a light bulb is out anywhere on the car, why would it know if a tiny little bulb welded to the instrument panel is out? Total and utter BS. You could, for the sake of proving a point, go and plug in your code reader and show him what's REALLY the matter with the car.
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The Other Stu

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June 10, 2016, 11:17 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Quote from: "shnazzle"A light out does not cause a code. End of. There's not even a warning for when a light bulb is out anywhere on the car, why would it know if a tiny little bulb welded to the instrument panel is out? Total and utter BS. You could, for the sake of proving a point, go and plug in your code reader and show him what's REALLY the matter with the car.
booooo  s:( :( s:(  there isn't?

My Rover 75 (2000 Vintage) had that on it (and yes, in case you wondered, the 2.5 V6 that doesn't suffer HGF).
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Wabbitkilla

#14
June 10, 2016, 11:40 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Complete B-S!  s:roll: :roll: s:roll:
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s12vea

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June 10, 2016, 11:56 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Yes it's bull s##t
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1979scotte

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June 10, 2016, 13:26 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Quote from: "ad_car_08"No one's selling one cheap enough! :-p

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ad_car_08

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June 10, 2016, 15:06 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest


  s:wink: :wink: s:wink:    s:lol: :lol: s:lol:  

Nah, just don't have any reason to plough a chunk of money into a 2nd car (3rd, including the wife's car) for occasional use
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1979scotte

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June 10, 2016, 15:16 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Quote from: "ad_car_08"

  s:wink: :wink: s:wink:    s:lol: :lol: s:lol:  

Nah, just don't have any reason to plough a chunk of money into a 2nd car (3rd, including the wife's car) for occasional use

You do.
Its the best car youll ever own.
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Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

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ad_car_08

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June 10, 2016, 15:27 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
I know, I've had one, and it's why I want to get another one
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