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Title: Engine management light?
Post by: Aparoon on September 14, 2009, 04:22:02 pm
Hey, my mate has just bought a 55 plate gti, he has had about a week and it has been running fine, however he was driving it today a noticed that his engine warning light has come on, it is still running fine but the light is still displayed, any ideas or could it be a number of things?? Cheers in advance  :happy2:
Title: Re: Engine management light?
Post by: Poverty on September 14, 2009, 04:38:00 pm
Quote from: Aparoon on September 14, 2009, 04:22:02 pm
Hey, my mate has just bought a 55 plate gti, he has had about a week and it has been running fine, however he was driving it today a noticed that his engine warning light has come on, it is still running fine but the light is still displayed, any ideas or could it be a number of things?? Cheers in advance  :happy2:

Could be loads of things.

Is just the engine light that comes up or does the epc light come up too? Is it running in limp mode? Whats the idle like? Whats it like under accerleration?
Title: Re: Engine management light?
Post by: Aparoon on September 14, 2009, 04:41:57 pm
Its just the engine management light, it idles fine, it accelates fine? Nothing feels wrong with it... Just didnt know if it could be something as simple as its been sat in a showroom for a while and has just done 300miles in the first week??
Title: Re: Engine management light?
Post by: Poverty on September 14, 2009, 04:52:22 pm
Quote from: Aparoon on September 14, 2009, 04:41:57 pm
Its just the engine management light, it idles fine, it accelates fine? Nothing feels wrong with it... Just didnt know if it could be something as simple as its been sat in a showroom for a while and has just done 300miles in the first week??

Thats weird, need to plug it into VAGCOM see what it throws up. Could just be one faulty sensor, and nothing serious at all.
Title: Re: Engine management light?
Post by: Aparoon on September 14, 2009, 04:57:06 pm
Thats what we were hoping, he's thinking of taking it to awesome-gti to get it checked out but expect they will charge a fair bit there  :surprised:
Title: Re: Engine management light?
Post by: Poverty on September 14, 2009, 05:49:44 pm
Quote from: Aparoon on September 14, 2009, 04:57:06 pm
Thats what we were hoping, he's thinking of taking it to awesome-gti to get it checked out but expect they will charge a fair bit there  :surprised:

Just standard labour. VAG specialists are usually about 60 an hour.
Title: Re: Engine management light?
Post by: JPC on September 14, 2009, 06:10:25 pm
Yep it will be the same rate at the dealers mate. Normally a 55quid diagnostic charge
Title: Re: Engine management light?
Post by: Aparoon on September 14, 2009, 06:41:22 pm
Cheers  :happy2:

Will see what they say, hes gonna have to take it somewhere as he wants piece of mind...