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Offline ipswich1.8t

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warning light
« on: 29 August 2009, 23:41 »
i had a warning light come on today , its the little triangle , i belive its to do with the abs etc ?
so i take it this also acts as a warning light for the pads etc as well , or is there anything else i should be checking ?...
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Re: warning light
« Reply #1 on: 30 August 2009, 09:00 »
This will help you out.


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Offline topher

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Re: warning light
« Reply #2 on: 30 August 2009, 09:27 »
the abs warning light sometimes also comes on when your MAF is broken. Don't ask me why, i have no idea.. but thats how vw made it!
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Re: warning light
« Reply #3 on: 30 August 2009, 09:29 »
Quote from: topher on 30 August 2009, 09:27
the abs warning light sometimes also comes on when your MAF is broken. Don't ask me why, i have no idea.. but thats how vw made it!
i have just fitted a new maf yesterday .... and cleaned my t/b and i had the same light come up straight after drivin the car....  u have ne idea y???? as the maf cant be broken lol....
 the new maf and t/b clean has solved my bad idelin etc
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Re: warning light
« Reply #4 on: 30 August 2009, 09:55 »
try cleaning up the plug on the maf... from the testing i've done and swapping around various maf's that we had lying around the abs warning light seems to come on when the fault reported is "Signal too low" although the car still seems to run fine. Get a fault code reader on it and see what's what.
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Offline ipswich1.8t

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Re: warning light
« Reply #5 on: 30 August 2009, 11:42 »
Well my engine emissions light has come as well now , so i'm guessing the maf is playing up .
Are they cleanable/fixable , or is it a new one ?
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Re: warning light
« Reply #6 on: 30 August 2009, 11:45 »
you can try removing it and blitzing it with carb cleaner.. but usually when they die that's the end of it. avoid the cheap ones on ebay
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Re: warning light
« Reply #7 on: 30 August 2009, 11:46 »
Quote from: ipswich1.8t on 30 August 2009, 11:42
Well my engine emissions light has come as well now , so i'm guessing the maf is playing up .
Are they cleanable/fixable , or is it a new one ?
new one ideally you can clean the element with special cleaner btbh new would be better i got mine for £66 exchange from vw genuine oem is the best one to fit  :wink:
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Re: warning light
« Reply #8 on: 30 August 2009, 16:03 »
Well i took it out and cleaned it , but still no difference , so its off to the vw dealer on Tuesday by the looks of it ....
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Re: warning light
« Reply #9 on: 30 August 2009, 16:11 »
they're gonna charge you about 70 quid just to plug the fault code scanner in :undecided: is there noone near you with vagcom?
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