engine management light

[eddiereilly]

Ed where are you, if your near me you can hook up my reader, or even my piece of crap chinese carsoft insterface lol

newcastle but ive got acess to cousins garage ,a bmw dealership but cheers

 

[Miffy]

ah, good old newcastle, love it there Buffalo Joe's (gateshead) rocks eh

 

[eddiereilly]

well this morning done 20 miles hard and fast and guess what the engine managent light has went off back to normal hopefully saved meself some money

 

[Miffy]

Well while its running nice, get it hooked up to read the stored error

 

[eddiereilly]

Well while its running nice, get it hooked up to read the stored error

will do today cant be tobad tho can it

 

[Miffy]

It maybe a bad plug lead or something silly, but sure as hell I bet it will come back when your least prepared for it, its given you a warning, so get the codes read off and feedback the errors here, and I am sure you will find someone knows where to look next. Maybe even invest in a code reader, they are between 50 and 60 notes.

 

[coolpot]

i had a w203 with the same symptons, had codes read and was diagnosed as a faulty maf sensor, changed, and no better, £200...
then, it turned out to be a breather pipe had a hole in it at a cost of £2 for the pipe...
felt like the car was shaking and under the bonnet you could see the engine moving left to right- sometimes the engine light was on, others it wasnt. lack of power was noticeable.
*note you could actually hear the air leaking when revved in my case but they didnt recognise that at 1st..

 

[eddiereilly]

i had a w203 with the same symptons, had codes read and was diagnosed as a faulty maf sensor, changed, and no better, £200...
then, it turned out to be a breather pipe had a hole in it at a cost of £2 for the pipe...
felt like the car was shaking and under the bonnet you could see the engine moving left to right- sometimes the engine light was on, others it wasnt. lack of power was noticeable.
*note you could actually hear the air leaking when revved in my case but they didnt recognise that at 1st..

seams nothing like that shakes probally once a day power seams to be there too

 

[eddiereilly]

just had the fault read and it came up misfire in pot 3 due to liquid after my bonnet was resprayed, and slipping gears so booked in for the oil and filter done in gearbox 70 quid that sound ok

 

[Miffy]

liquid caused a missfire? if I was you, I would swap the coilpack and leads to another pot, then see if the fault returns, and if it does see if it moves to the new location.

Slipping gears, check the oil level before you pay out, and £70 seems a cheap price for atf and filter change as the ATF if totally changed will be about the same cost, without the filter and labour

 

[eddiereilly]

liquid caused a missfire? if I was you, I would swap the coilpack and leads to another pot, then see if the fault returns, and if it does see if it moves to the new location.

Slipping gears, check the oil level before you pay out, and £70 seems a cheap price for atf and filter change as the ATF if totally changed will be about the same cost, without the filter and labour

i know it needs oil as theres abit of a oil stain on the pan as if its been leaking

 

[Miffy]

i know it needs oil as theres abit of a oil stain on the pan as if its been leaking

just dip the box and buy some atf from MB, £9.99 a litre, mind you, if its leaking from the pan, you may as well pay the £70 as you will get the leak stopped when they refit the pan and new gasket

 

[eddiereilly]

just dip the box and buy some atf from MB, £9.99 a litre, mind you, if its leaking from the pan, you may as well pay the £70 as you will get the leak stopped when they refit the pan and new gasket

dip the box how do i do that lol

 

[Miffy]

if its the same as the rest of the auto boxes, then feed a curtain wire down the dip tube until it hits the pan, withdraw and measure the depth of the oil, it should be between 53 and 64 mm deep

 

[eddiereilly]

wheres the dip tube too sorry mark im abit thick today mate

 

[Miffy]

Not entirly sure. I am a noob myself mine is near the back to the left as you look at the car. All you can see is a pipe sealed with a plastic cap. there is a small locking pin that you need to break off to remove the cap.

 

[eddiereilly]

Not entirly sure. I am a noob myself mine is near the back to the left as you look at the car. All you can see is a pipe sealed with a plastic cap. there is a small locking pin that you need to break off to remove the cap.

bugger that il pay the 70 quid lol