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Old 18 August 2010, 07:24 PM
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Iv'e had my car back now for 3 days and all has been good except for 10mins ago while coming home my check engine light came on The car runs fine not missing a beat so what can it be or is there something i can do to find out what is going on ...

plz help was planning a trip out this weekend to celebrate the return of the scooby
Old 18 August 2010, 08:01 PM
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hi mate , pop down to work tomoz , only in deeside
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Originally Posted by richgreenscooby1
hi mate , pop down to work tomoz , only in deeside
Where abouts are you ? bud
Old 18 August 2010, 08:49 PM
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silverstone autosport , near eeside industrial estate
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http://www.silverstoneautosport.co.u...fault/display/
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ok cheers any idea on ££ i may need ?
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hope you get it sorted mate might be something small

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Originally Posted by catalunya 172
hope you get it sorted mate might be something small
I hope so bud only had 3 days driving since i fitted new engine.
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Nearly all the check engine lights refer to a sensors, Check all connections are tight as one might of come loose after the engine swap.

My money will be MAF, Lamba or Knock.

You can run the ECU diagnostic yourself

See here for how to run it, it's very easy

http://www.scoobypedia.co.uk/index.p...eadingECUCodes
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Car is all fixed had a good look today and spotted a dodgy connector pulled apart cleaned it up and wa hey fixed
Cheers for the help ppz
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Originally Posted by 93scooby
Car is all fixed had a good look today and spotted a dodgy connector pulled apart cleaned it up and wa hey fixed
Cheers for the help ppz
top job mate
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Great stuff...these 93 wrx's do like a bit of attention
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