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Exhaust Emission Light On!
« on: February 09, 2012, 03:34:09 pm »
My exhaust emission light came on this morning after only having the car two days! (private sale, you take the risk)

I noticed before the light came on that the tickover at standstill had got erratic going up and down between 800 and 1200 revs?

Also before light came on I averaged 37mpg to work and on the way back it was only 32mpg both times at the same speed.

I plugged in a cheap code reader I have and it came up with no faults?

As far as I know the car Gti 2005 has not been recalled for the coil packs and ecu, do you think this might be the cause?

I have booked car in at my local independent garage on Monday for full diagnostics etc.

Just wondered if anyone had an idea what  the problem might be?

Am i ok driving the car till monday, without ragging it?

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Re: Exhaust Emission Light On!
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2012, 03:47:10 pm »
Follow on, I have just been outside and started the car, erratic tickover exhaust light on. So I unplugged maf and exhaust warning light went out no lumpy tickover!

Stopped car plugged MAF back in, started car no exhaust light and no lumpy tickover. Do I need a new MAF?