exhaust light on ?

[seiko]

 Amber Exhaust light came on yesterday on my golf gti, have searched this and other forums but get different answers, the car is driving fine and the engine sounds smooth, might be due to me brimming the tank with v power yesterday, the fuel cap is on tight, have ordered vagcom, getting it tomorrow, hope this will diagnose it for me, any one on here had this problem, thanks in advance

[chowgar]

mine did the same mate the day I took it to the garage the mechanic started her up and it immediately went out... the only thing I can think was poor petrol... even though it was a premium that I used, never been back to the garage and it’s been fine... touch wood...

[seiko]

mine did the same mate the day I took it to the garage the mechanic started her up and it immediately went out... the only thing I can think was poor petrol... even though it was a premium that I used, never been back to the garage and it’s been fine... touch wood...

, im hopping it is nothing expensive lol, did the garage clear the foult light for you and it never came back, or did it just go away on its own, thanks

[LouCyffer]

This can mean there is a fault with the oxygen sensor in the exhaust. A specific VCDS scan should bring up a fault code to prove/deny this

[SteveS]

if this is what i think, the oil can looking icon i think? then believe mine was down to miss fire after remap and driving hard

[Hedge]

mine did the same mate the day I took it to the garage the mechanic started her up and it immediately went out... the only thing I can think was poor petrol... even though it was a premium that I used, never been back to the garage and it’s been fine... touch wood...

Certain faults will disappear after a certain number of key cycles, so the fault is still stored or there but the light will go. Ideally you should get it scanned as it can appear for plenty of reasons.

[chowgar]

did have it scanned and the only fault that came up was

01089 Tensioning Bow Raised Position Switch -F204

Guy in the garage had not come across the fault before but said it wasnt connected to the exhaust light... from what little there is on the web I can only find connections with a convertable top of which I dont have any ideas?

[Hedge]

Did he use VCDS or something a little more generic?

Your code on Ross Tech potentially gives this:- http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.php/16825/P0441/001089

[chowgar]

I'd have to ask him what he used...

sorry but I'm not mechanically minded and unsure what the info on the linked site means however I have noticed a drop in power and I'm taking the car over at the weekend  to the garage could this be linked to the error you have just found?




ps. thanks for the help... I'm a newbie to VW's... well cars in general after living in the centre of london for 12 years it took the arrival of our little one to realise we need a car... always wanted a GTI and thats what we ended up getting.

[seiko]

Did he use VCDS or something a little more generic?

Your code on Ross Tech potentially gives this:- http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.php/16825/P0441/001089

orderd vcds yesterday, should be here today by 1pm, wil do a scan and post my findings, thanks for all the advice

[seiko]

just to update, vcsd never arrived as promiseds, should get them tomorow, any way decided to remove exhaust lamba sensor and give it a clean, replaced it and the light as gone out, just hope it stays out. 

[chowgar]

Quick update guys... Took her back to my local indi garage but wasnt something he could help with so in to VW she went... £29 for a diagnostic leading to a loose air intake hose... they fixed it back no further charge, light and error is clear and she is running sweet

thanks for all the info guys....