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kirsteyjames

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 10:39 am

Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 74
Trade Rating: 0
Location: rhondda, south wales

Bought my CC a few weeks ago and driving home the engine management light came on.
The seller told me it had a new cat not so long ago. Took it to the garage and they plugged it into diagnostics - cat threshold fault. I said that it had a new cat and he said the light is on because its probably and aftermarket cat and the car doesnt like it.

Has anyone else fitted an aftermarket cat and had this problem?
I also looked at the mot history and there was an advisory a year or 2 ago saying the EM light was on.

Should i just change the cat? What do i need? just the cat or is there any extra sensors that could be causing it. The garage basically told me not to worry about it.
But with the light being on im worried that if anything else happens im not going to know because the light is already on. Then my cars going to blow up and i will die Laughing

EDIT- MOT HISTORY - 14/06/2011 engine management light on

Receipts - 08/04/2010 - exhaust and fitting kit - £281.53
06/01/2011 - exhaust clamp and silencer - £78.89

I bought the car end of october and no light - then it came on whilst on the motorway.

dumdum0910

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:26 am

Joined: Apr 09, 2011
Posts: 445
Trade Rating: +1
Location: letchworth

i get this fault up on my 206 1.1 . i no my car had a new exhaust system in jan before i purchased the car so i just reset the ecu. the light comes back every 3 weeks it doesnt bother me . i think the only way to stop getting this is to go expensive and get a cat from peugeot


	if it dont scuff the ruff it aint low enuf

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Lee

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:26 am

Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 13077
Trade Rating: +65
Location: England

It's a CC it will have been drove at 20mph for the past two years blocking the CAT. Just take it down the lanes or motorway and give it some hammer

Lee

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:27 am

Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 13077
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Location: England

dumdum0910 wrote:

i get this fault up on my 206 1.1 . i no my car had a new exhaust system in jan before i purchased the car so i just reset the ecu. the light comes back every 3 weeks it doesnt bother me Smile

You can only do this 50 times then you need a new ECU Wink

dumdum0910

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 12:17 pm

Joined: Apr 09, 2011
Posts: 445
Trade Rating: +1
Location: letchworth

thats fine i would of sold it before i get there


	if it dont scuff the ruff it aint low enuf

kirsteyjames

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 12:21 pm

Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 74
Trade Rating: 0
Location: rhondda, south wales

It came on whilst giving it a hammering :s How do i reset the ECU? is it the turn car off, leave window undone and flash the lights thing? If it turns off i will take it on the motorway and see how it goes

dumdum0910

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 12:34 pm

Joined: Apr 09, 2011
Posts: 445
Trade Rating: +1
Location: letchworth

nope you need a fault diagnostic plug . my car gets a good clear out every other day and it still comes on


	if it dont scuff the ruff it aint low enuf

Ali_H

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 1:01 pm

Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 2874
Trade Rating: +4
Location: Chichester, Sussex

dumdum0910 wrote:

nope you need a fault diagnostic plug . my car gets a good clear out every other day and it still comes on

Does that not tell you something?

Ali H - Revered And Worshipped Regularly

Ecosse 306 for show... 180 for go... Audi A4 Avant Black Edition for the commute!

kurtis wrote:

u r a propa bunch of interbred nd yas all need 2 get a grip because i am the 206 master there's nothing non of yas can tell is about any car because yas havent got a clue dint even know y a signed up yas r all divs av forget en more than u will ever know

For the full story: 206info.co.uk/Forums/v...art=0.html

Suicidalsoldi3r wrote:

b******s. In your "had a bad idea" thread is the real photo and the colour of your car is nothing like that above. Crap camara or not. You have adjusted the colour that much you've turned a green tree red.

LeeThr

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 1:29 pm

Joined: Feb 24, 2010
Posts: 2596
Trade Rating: +17
Location: North West Wales

Lee wrote:

dumdum0910 wrote:

i get this fault up on my 206 1.1 . i no my car had a new exhaust system in jan before i purchased the car so i just reset the ecu. the light comes back every 3 weeks it doesnt bother me Smile

You can only do this 50 times then you need a new ECU Wink

How does that work? lol

gogs_macaulay wrote:

LeeThr wrote:

One Hundred million bazillion gatrillion pink rupee's

Shut it u stupid little f**k, what's the point in posting in all my treads being such a c***? Least I can afford a gti180, and to get the cam belt done!

So apparently everyone knows my financial situation? If I wanted a 180 I would have bought a 180 simples Smile

The garage
2003 - 206 GTi 138 - Moonstone Blue
2003 - 406 Coupé 2.2 HDi SE - Hyperion Blue
2000 - 206 2L HDi D-Turbo ECO - Cherry Red
1999 - 306 GTi-6 - Blue (haven't worked out if it's Nile or China yet)
1987 - 205 GTi 1.9 - Graphite Gray

I must be mad.....

Lee

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 3:03 pm

Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 13077
Trade Rating: +65
Location: England

LeeThr wrote:

Lee wrote:

dumdum0910 wrote:

i get this fault up on my 206 1.1 . i no my car had a new exhaust system in jan before i purchased the car so i just reset the ecu. the light comes back every 3 weeks it doesnt bother me Smile

You can only do this 50 times then you need a new ECU Wink

How does that work? lol

ECU runs out of memory

LeeThr

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 3:47 pm

Joined: Feb 24, 2010
Posts: 2596
Trade Rating: +17
Location: North West Wales

Lee wrote:

LeeThr wrote:

Lee wrote:

dumdum0910 wrote:

i get this fault up on my 206 1.1 . i no my car had a new exhaust system in jan before i purchased the car so i just reset the ecu. the light comes back every 3 weeks it doesnt bother me Smile

You can only do this 50 times then you need a new ECU Wink

How does that work? lol

ECU runs out of memory

Does that include doing it with a proper code reader?

gogs_macaulay wrote:

LeeThr wrote:

One Hundred million bazillion gatrillion pink rupee's

Shut it u stupid little f**k, what's the point in posting in all my treads being such a c***? Least I can afford a gti180, and to get the cam belt done!

So apparently everyone knows my financial situation? If I wanted a 180 I would have bought a 180 simples Smile

Lee

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 4:47 pm

Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 13077
Trade Rating: +65
Location: England

LeeThr wrote:

Lee wrote:

LeeThr wrote:

Lee wrote:

dumdum0910 wrote:

i get this fault up on my 206 1.1 . i no my car had a new exhaust system in jan before i purchased the car so i just reset the ecu. the light comes back every 3 weeks it doesnt bother me Smile

You can only do this 50 times then you need a new ECU Wink

How does that work? lol

ECU runs out of memory

Does that include doing it with a proper code reader?

Doesn't matter if it's a ebay special or a £5000 Passthru+ device, each time you clear a code a service log is saved in the ECU's memory. As soon as you hit 50...the end

ECU need's reflashing or replacing.

Rob2859

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 6:28 pm

Joined: Mar 29, 2010
Posts: 3977
Trade Rating: +15
Location: Halifax

Lee wrote:

LeeThr wrote:

Lee wrote:

LeeThr wrote:

Lee wrote:

dumdum0910 wrote:

i get this fault up on my 206 1.1 . i no my car had a new exhaust system in jan before i purchased the car so i just reset the ecu. the light comes back every 3 weeks it doesnt bother me Smile

You can only do this 50 times then you need a new ECU Wink

How does that work? lol

ECU runs out of memory

Does that include doing it with a proper code reader?

Oh dear! I must be uncomfortably close =/

LeeThr

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 6:49 pm

Joined: Feb 24, 2010
Posts: 2596
Trade Rating: +17
Location: North West Wales

Rob2859 wrote:

Lee wrote:

LeeThr wrote:

Lee wrote:

LeeThr wrote:

Lee wrote:

dumdum0910 wrote:

i get this fault up on my 206 1.1 . i no my car had a new exhaust system in jan before i purchased the car so i just reset the ecu. the light comes back every 3 weeks it doesnt bother me Smile

You can only do this 50 times then you need a new ECU Wink

How does that work? lol

ECU runs out of memory

Does that include doing it with a proper code reader?

Oh dear! I must be uncomfortably close =/

Snap! =/

gogs_macaulay wrote:

LeeThr wrote:

One Hundred million bazillion gatrillion pink rupee's

Shut it u stupid little f**k, what's the point in posting in all my treads being such a c***? Least I can afford a gti180, and to get the cam belt done!

So apparently everyone knows my financial situation? If I wanted a 180 I would have bought a 180 simples Smile

Lee

Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 4:07 am

Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 13077
Trade Rating: +65
Location: England

That's why yoshould fix the problem and not hide it!

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