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Offline Sonic B0000M

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emissions light. should I be worried?
« on: 05 March 2013, 17:12 »
Only got the car Friday and today the emissions light has come on.   :cry:

There is no loss of power nor is there any change to the sound of the engine.

I've googled this and it could be a sensor in the exhaust? How do I check this.
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Offline stfc_gti

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Re: emissions light. should I be worried?
« Reply #1 on: 05 March 2013, 17:57 »
sounds like the lambda sensor.

which one if the emissions light out of curiosity
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Re: emissions light. should I be worried?
« Reply #2 on: 05 March 2013, 18:00 »
Same light as the dude on this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1f9K8spq7U
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Re: emissions light. should I be worried?
« Reply #3 on: 05 March 2013, 19:11 »
oh, i always thought that was the engine management light.  :whistle:

I had it on my golf, plugged in a code reader, cleared faults and not come back........yet
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Re: emissions light. should I be worried?
« Reply #4 on: 05 March 2013, 19:46 »
Says in my manual that it's the emissions light. Engine management is EPC light?
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Offline DubAndDubber

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Re: emissions light. should I be worried?
« Reply #5 on: 05 March 2013, 23:33 »
That is your engine management light, plug a code reader in. You'll get used to the light coming on I assure you. It's probably best to invest in a cheap ebay code reader (£20).
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Re: emissions light. should I be worried?
« Reply #6 on: 06 March 2013, 12:07 »
Looked at the leads on ebay but can't find one that's compatible with windows 7. Any ideas?
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Re: emissions light. should I be worried?
« Reply #7 on: 06 March 2013, 12:43 »
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Re: emissions light. should I be worried?
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Re: emissions light. should I be worried?
« Reply #9 on: 06 March 2013, 14:44 »
Thank you  :smiley:
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