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Old 30th January 2010, 16:42   #1
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Yesterday when I set off for work about 5 minutes in the message center flashed up " Check Engine" with the engine warning light also on "yellow", this went off after a minute or so and I took it easy for the rest of the 5 mile trip...Of course I was concerned once I got to work and when I got a moment I thought I would check the coolant levels and the oil, all looked fine and on my return trip this afternoon one eye in a fashion was on the dash and the other where it should be looking and all was normal including the temperature guage...Was this a gremlin moment or should I be looking out for something else?.

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Old 30th January 2010, 16:43   #2
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Hi Tony

Mine came on and stayed on and am now without a car while Peter Wayte in Woking gets to the bottom of it, mine appears to be fuel/exhaust system related.

Work getting a tester on it to see if any useful fault codes come up

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Old 30th January 2010, 16:48   #3
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Yesterday when I set off for work about 5 minutes in the message center flashed up " Check Engine" with the engine warning light also on "yellow", this went off after a minute or so and I took it easy for the rest of the 5 mile trip...Of course I was concerned once I got to work and when I got a moment I thought I would check the coolant levels and the oil, all looked fine and on my return trip this afternoon one eye in a fashion was on the dash and the other where it should be looking and all was normal including the temperature guage...Was this a gremlin moment or should I be looking out for something else?.

Thanks in advance.

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had this happen on mine, diesel 75, several months ago while travelling at 90 mph for some time on the continent,slowed down and light went off. never seen it again. think it was a gremlin, or did not like the speed/ambient temp.
car was running o/k, and not running hot. could have been an injector playing up.
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Old 30th January 2010, 16:56   #4
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had this happen on mine, diesel 75, several months ago while travelling at 90 mph for some time on the continent,slowed down and light went off. never seen it again. think it was a gremlin, or did not like the speed/ambient temp.
car was running o/k, and not running hot. could have been an injector playing up.
On a diesel, a common reason for this is the wiring to the fuel filter head being very tight. Sometimes it pulls enough that it might look OK on visual inspection but gives an occasional engine check indication. Easing the wiring loom at that point cures it
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Old 30th January 2010, 17:10   #5
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Yesterday when I set off for work about 5 minutes in the message center flashed up " Check Engine" with the engine warning light also on "yellow", this went off after a minute or so and I took it easy for the rest of the 5 mile trip...Of course I was concerned once I got to work and when I got a moment I thought I would check the coolant levels and the oil, all looked fine and on my return trip this afternoon one eye in a fashion was on the dash and the other where it should be looking and all was normal including the temperature guage...Was this a gremlin moment or should I be looking out for something else?.

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Had the same problem a while back. Rover garage said a misfire can cause this - amongst other things.
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Old 30th January 2010, 17:20   #6
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check engine and the MIL light,a fault code will be stored in the ecu.

could be a failing spark plug that caused the missfire with a cold engine.
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Old 30th January 2010, 18:08   #7
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check engine and the MIL light,a fault code will be stored in the ecu.

could be a failing spark plug that caused the missfire with a cold engine.
New plugs is on my agenda as a wee miss has been had on start whatever time of day for the first few minutes...First job me thinks chaps to all that have replied...What do you think?.

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Old 30th January 2010, 18:32   #8
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I've had the light come on twice over the last few years, each time it was due to "misfire" - the MIL light did not go off and had to be reset using my OBD diagnostic box (not T4). In my case I think it is on a very rare occasion when the cruise kicks in, I can set ity to be smoother I think and that would sort it.
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Old 30th January 2010, 19:33   #9
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Mine came on the day I changed the oil and filter recently. it went off just after I noticed it, not come on since, I know not why?
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Mine came on the day I changed the oil and filter recently. it went off just after I noticed it, not come on since, I know not why?
I have had my Check Engine light come on for about a half mile several times since the beginning of this year but I found this on another completely un-related bulletin board :-

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Under some circumstances (for example if poor quality fuel is used), deposits may build up on the small metering holes in the fuel injectors and restrict the flow. This will tend to cause poor performance and "driveability", and on more modern (post-1996 in the US) vehicles the Check Engine light will probably illuminate. Acetone may be able to remove these deposits and restore normal operation - though there are much less "risky" ways to achieve the same effect, such as using proprietry injector cleaner or even a few tankfuls of a premium fuel every so often."

So that may be the answer for several other posters here.
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