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I never seen this light come on before in my car. ive been told its something to do with the engine. does anyone know the possible causes for the light turning on? what is it indicating i am not sure. i recently had the car major serviced with new timing belt etc. Can anyone tell me possible things that could be wrong to make the light come on and who should look at it to help define the problem?

any advice would be good thanks

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I never seen this light come on before in my car. ive been told its something to do with the engine. does anyone know the possible causes for the light turning on? what is it indicating i am not sure. i recently had the car major serviced with new timing belt etc. Can anyone tell me possible things that could be wrong to make the light come on and who should look at it to help define the problem?

any advice would be good thanks

get a not-so-blurry photo so we can make out the icon, unless you can describe to us what it looks like otherwise

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someone has probably left a sensor unplugged or there is a sensor playing up and it has logged a code in the ecu. u need to contact an auto elec or if u have a tuner that has a scan tool to check what code it has logged. it usually takes 3 times for the problem to log a code before the code is logged in the computer. have u notice if the car has lost power or hard to start or doesn't idle well etc. hope this helps.

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cheers for advice..its NA so no boost controller :) lol... yeah im getting it checked monday i did find a link on forums bout this problem it might be. ive been told it could be coilpacks or sensor problem but i will find out at my mates garage. clearer picture is attached..

cheers for the advice! ive been guessing it would be coilpacks but i been told aswell that the light coming on has nothing to do with the coilpacks so getting confused with all the different advice.

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errr.....when my coilpacks went...one at a time....three times before i ended up getting splitfires.........the engine light came on.......just be careful of "ghost"error coeds when plugging in the ecu to a laptop....sometimes the real problem dosent come up and something else will.... e.g mine came up with crank angle sensor malfunction lots of times when it was a colilpack!

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alright well thanks alotfor the advice! i think im convinced to change coilpacks after monday unless something else comes up which i havent heard before but defaintly kept in my mind. i did suggest to my mechanic mate that it most probably is the coilpacks but i shall let you guys know on monday what comes up.

thanks again

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alright well thanks alotfor the advice! i think im convinced to change coilpacks after monday unless something else comes up which i havent heard before but defaintly kept in my mind. i did suggest to my mechanic mate that it most probably is the coilpacks but i shall let you guys know on monday what comes up.

thanks again

Lol i remember when i was posting the same question recently. Most of the time that light comes when the coil packs are gone. Also before blowing money on the coil packs check that its not the oxygen sensor because when that goes, you get the same light aswell.

Theres a way to get the error code from your car just using a paper clip. Im sure someone on here can give you the manual on how to do it. Its super simple and super useful.

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when my car was losing a coilpack - it would lose a cylinder and then gain it back - everytime it lost a cylinder the engine light came on, and when it gained the cylinder back the engine light would go off (weird huh!!)

anyways i dont think it is a waste of money to go and buy some Splitfires - i gained 7 kW@ :( and in the end the stock coilpacks are gonna die anyway - mainly due to heat and age....in my opinion if i knew that when my first coilpack went i would have gone and replaced them then, instead of going and spending $200 on each coilpack i had to replace (which ended up being three of the buggers)

best thing is to do also is to get it on a dyno and that will tell u if ur o2 sensor has died.

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Paper clips at the ready!!!!!

As the document says, turns the ignition to "on" short the two terminals indicated on the consult plug (clipped covertly on the underside of the dash near where your right knee lives), count the flashes, look up the code

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Im_RiCK_JaMeS_BiArTcH Enthusiast

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Mine was doing similar last night but i have already had coil packs replaced not long ago. The engine light will come on under load in 5th gear but it will only flash for a second.. only any one got any clues?

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