#1: Engine management light Author: GEZIJ, Location: South WalesPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:04 am ---- Had my 206 less than a week and the Engine Management light is on the dash!
can anyone recommend a fault code reader to buy, seen a few on ebay for sale. Am thinking it will be best in the long run to buy one rather than pay a garage to do it for me everytime this light comes on.
#2: Re: Engine management light Author: dan_206, Location: Bury St EdmundsPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:11 am ---- Wouldn't it make sence to get a garage to check first? Would work out cheaper rather than paying out for a reader if it's only needed once.
#3: Re: Engine management light Author: CD-B3, Location: Salisbury / New ForestPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:13 am ----
dan_206 wrote:
Wouldn't it make sence to get a garage to check first? Would work out cheaper rather than paying out for a reader if it's only needed once.
No.
OBDII readers are about £25.
#4: Re: Engine management light Author: dan_206, Location: Bury St EdmundsPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:15 am ---- Are they that cheap? How much do garages charge for diag check?
#5: Re: Engine management light Author: Lee, Location: EnglandPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:16 am ---- The £25 one will only read basic powertrain codes and will not go into any detail
#6: Re: Engine management light Author: GEZIJ, Location: South WalesPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:23 am ---- i think garages charge about 40 quid to diagnose.
ive seen a reader on ebay for 16 quid that you plug into your laptop, gives you the fault code and its meaning. and some for 70 quid that have a display and other options like language selection.
may be a good investment i think.
#7: Re: Engine management light Author: kencogurl, Location: Carmarthen - WALESPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:31 pm ---- come down to carmarthen and pop in to G-tec tunning he charges resnoable prices, i constantly get my car mods or fixed there
#8: Re: Engine management light Author: GEZIJ, Location: South WalesPosted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 5:14 pm ---- UPDATE:
the light has gone off on its own..
is this normal? i thought that once it came on it had to be reset with a code reader to get it off again.
or does it reset itself for minor faults once the fault had cleared?
#9: Re: Engine management light Author: chris_rock206, Location: Belfast, Northern IrelandPosted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 7:37 pm ---- my light came on like a week after a got mine but went off an hour or two later. then last week i decided to fly through a big ass puddle then later on once i turned the engine off then bk on like 20 mins later it came on but went out on its own a couple days l8er, could just be a sensor thats got knocked about or something wouldnt really worry about it just check oil and all the normal stuff to make sure there topped up thats wat i do lol
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