hi guys, was just out driving when i felt a little kick/a little push foward, then noticed my malfunctioning light was on flashing. pulled over and it is now permanently on, tried restarting car and its on all the time. and when sitting idling it is shuddering a bit like the car could cut out?whats the cause cause, could it be pre-cats?
it was flashing but no always on, here it is
(http://www.mr2oc.co.uk/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/16703/engine.jpg)
thats yiour engine check light, MIL, CEL what ever yu want to call it.
First thing you need o do is pop along to yur dealer and have teh read teh code.
don't let thm charge yu it will take all of 30 seconds.
when yu kow what teh code is we can go from there.
ok thanks bud. so there is no certain thing? ill let you guys know once i get the code
Is it safe to drive?
probably, it depends on what the CEL is for.
make sure your oil level is ok first and then take it very easy and yu shudl be ok.
oil reader in car shows it as ok but ill go out and check it incase thats wrong
yikes s:? :? s:?
the so called reader in teh car, is only of any use for showing you that there is no oil at all.
by the tie it coes on yr already in troble
you should be checking the dipstick very regulalry
to give you an idea of the possible codes that are read by the OBD-II system Reddi. Now you see why you need to get it read properly
m http://www.mr2roc.org/subdreamer/index. ... rticleid=8 (http://www.mr2roc.org/subdreamer/index.php?categoryid=9&p2_articleid=8) m
i do check it regularly, only bought car last week so didnt think any need to check it 1 week later.
other thing i forgot to mention is that before i went driving i noticed water coming from my exhauset, shoulnt have been condensation.
water or coolant??
you'll get a small amount of water from the cat, all modern cars do and after shutdown it may pool, but you need to check wether its coolant. Coolant is normally coloured and has a slightly sweet taste to it, i wouldn't recomend drinking it though
s:D :D s:D i have a laptop that can read the fault codes via the on board diagnostic socket if any one needs to have a fault read and they are near sevenoaks i could pop round.. dealers charge about £75 for this service which takes about 2 minutes. or ring your breakdown provider, the RAC and the AA will read the code for free and tow it to the garage if its unsafe to drive.. possible cat damage can occur if even a slight misfire goes unchecked
Can you read the japanese codes?
Quote from: "reddi"hi guys, was just out driving when i felt a little kick/a little push foward, then noticed my malfunctioning light was on flashing. pulled over and it is now permanently on, tried restarting car and its on all the time. and when sitting idling it is shuddering a bit like the car could cut out?whats the cause cause, could it be pre-cats?
it was flashing but no always on, here it is
(http://www.mr2oc.co.uk/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/16703/engine.jpg)
could be a number of things . i had the exact same thing happen to me one rainy sunday afternoon in St Andrews. Car would turn over but would keep chuggering and thought it was gonna stall.
Sad news is, it was my ECU had packed in and also one of my injectors... just shy of £1k to fix s:cry: :cry: s:cry:
well i only got one week ago so no matter what it is making sure they pay
to give you all an update. they tested the car an no code showed up so they reset it and now the lights off and doesnt seem to be any problem. could this light have came on if my rear window wire got tugged to far as forgot it was still in when tried lifting up hard top
Quote from: "reddi"to give you all an update. they tested the car an no code showed up so they reset it and now the lights off and doesnt seem to be any problem. could this light have came on if my rear window wire got tugged to far as forgot it was still in when tried lifting up hard top
Sounds dodgy to me - if the light is on then you have a CEL - and a code with it. Pulling the demister wire will do nothing more than break the wire - it has no connection to the ECU at all. Were you there when they 'read' the code?
no i wasnt there. the car was being left with them to have the ariel motor replaced aswell so i had to drop it off on way to work and collected when finished
now youve made me sad s:-( :-( s:-( was happy thinking there was nothing wrong and just an error that the light came on.
You rekon i should take it to another dealership and have them check?will they do it if light not on?
so should i be worried that they say no code or happy that there doesnt seem to be anything wrong?>
may have just been a glitch, did you say you had the pre-cats in or not?
have you cleaned the MAF sensor at all yet??
they rekond it was just a glitch.
still got pre-cats in jsut now, nah only had car just under 2 weeks so aint cleaned or checked anything like that yet
i see here - m http://www.mr2roc.org/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... maf+sensor (http://www.mr2roc.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8453&highlight=maf+sensor) m that cleaning the MAF can be a good idea so ill do this over the weekend. i see i need carb cleaner, i pressume i can get this from somewhere like halfrods.
what do i actually use to clean the 2 wires? some type of brush or jsut spray on the carb cleaner
dont touch the wires, just spray them, i dont know wether Halfrauds do carb cleaner, i use a product from our stores at work, so cant comment s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
ok ill get the spray somewhere and ill just spray it in an nothing else and hopefully this is all the prob was
although you think they would have mentioned it but then why would they if they can get away without saying anything, i hate dealerships GGGGRRRRRRR, thank god for this site
give them they're due this is only a guess and may not be the cause, but cleaning the MAF sensor once in a while is a good idea as it does get a bit coked up and cleaning it can only help, just be careful as the sensor is very delicate and will break if banged or dropped
yeah i suppose, should jsut be happy light not on anymore (hope they didnt just disconnect it, LOL )
ok will do, cheers buddy!
Oh, and take the rubber ring off the sensor as well. Or just don't get any card cleaner on it it might damage the rubber. Halfords do cans of Wynnes (big blue can) which works fine.
Simon
cheers bud
Would the occasional tank of optimax help clean up this stuff? or is that rubbish
Quote from: "philster_d"Would the occasional tank of optimax help clean up this stuff? or is that rubbish
If you mean the MAF then no.. petrol goes nowhere near it s;) ;) s;) (It's right at the start of the inlet tract, just behind the air filter)
If your petrol goes all over your MAF then something is very, very wrong s:D :D s:D
Its supposed to clean the engine ffs, mine looks realy dirty s:) :) s:)
Quote from: "philster_d"Its supposed to clean the engine ffs, mine looks realy dirty s:) :) s:)
s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
Remind me never to let you loose near any spanners, Phil s;) ;) s;)
UPDATE: before ive even had a chance to do that the light is back on and car now with Mr T again. if they tell me this time no codes im going to the manager. had the car 2 weeks and its been back in the garage 5 time, not impressed
Quote from: "reddi"UPDATE: before ive even had a chance to do that the light is back on and car now with Mr T again. if they tell me this time no codes I'm going to the manager. had the car 2 weeks and its been back in the garage 5 time, not impressed
Time to go bang some heads together I reckon!
Hope you get it all sorted soon.
well here is what they found
P0304 Cylinder 4 Misfire Detected
so im waiting on them ordering the part in, they said i can collect my car instead of getting a courtasy, is this ok to drive with this fault?
Quote from: "reddi"so I'm waiting on them ordering the part in, they said i can collect my car instead of getting a courtasy, is this ok to drive with this fault?
Technically that depends if the misfire is down to spark or injector.. Unburnt fuel (misfire due to spark) can kill a CAT quicker than you'd imagine. On an NA car, a misfire due to injector (no fuel hitting the cylinder) isn't so bad. (On a turbo car you'd run a much higher risk of running horribly lean if it wasn't a total injector failure and then blowing a hole in the piston/rings due to detonation).
Personally, I wouldn't want to.. Though having said that, I have in the past.. (misfire due to spark on the Nissan when the crank sensor wires fell off s:oops: :oops: s:oops: )
so you rekon i should argue my case and get a courtasy car?
Quote from: "reddi"so you rekon i should argue my case and get a courtasy car?
They're fixing this under the "you just bought a secondhand car from us" type warranty, right? If so - hell yes. They're only saying that so they can keep the courtesy car for someone who is paying them pots of cash s;) ;) s;)
yeah thats right, cheers bud will do
god i love this site
got a nice corolla 55plate to drive till mine fixed
and soon as get it back pre-cats come out WOOHOO
well got car back and everything seems ok now, one of the guys had cheeck to say hope it wasnt you driving to fast that casued the problem, didnt know if he was joking or not, tempted to sell well DUH its a roadster!!!!
Quote from: "reddi"well got car back and everything seems ok now, one of the guys had cheeck to say hope it wasnt you driving to fast that casued the problem, didnt know if he was joking or not, tempted to sell well DUH its a roadster!!!!
Glad you're back & sorted.
So was it a plug/coil prob rather than injector circuit malfunction?
they just gave me the fault code which i gave about and sais the injector in cilender 4 was faulty and became clogged. so they replaced it and now seems to be ok. hopefully i can actually go a week without being back in