graeme-corsa
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Registered: 4th Jul 03
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a light came on yesterday on my corsa c it was a car with a spanner through it then it went off and the the one above came on which looks like a engine cheacked the oil and it was low so filled that up but it is still on what the hell is it help its gettin on me tits
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Jason Iles
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
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Thats you engine management light it can be a range of things so I would go to vaux and get them to have a quick look if the cars still under warrenty it won't cost you a penny
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graeme-corsa
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its not and they want 40 quid 2 hav a look takes the piss
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Jason Iles
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quote:
Originally posted by graeme-corsa
its not and they want 40 quid 2 hav a look takes the piss
They are to55ers.
The problem your going to have, is that if the engine management light isn't specific, you will need to have the car plugged in to a machine that will give you a fault code this code then tells you whats wrong with car.
Without this there is no telling whats wrong 
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graeme-corsa
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well ill have 2 get it done vauxhall r b***ards sometimes
cheers 4 ur help mate
[Edited on 15-07-2003 by graeme-corsa]
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si_reading
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Registered: 5th Apr 03
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My light came a couple of months ago, but went off by the time I was home. So haven't done anything about it and everything is ok.
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WaNtEd_CoRsA
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Registered: 4th Mar 03
Location: Wakefield
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sometime the light comes on and goes off this is normal - read manual
if the light doesnt stay on for 30 secs it does not leave a error message on the ecu if it stays on longer to have a fault
you can read these faults wi a paper clip or buy a fault reader from halfords for bout 20 quid if that
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paul_spurrell
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Registered: 14th Sep 01
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how do you read it with a paper clip
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chris_uk
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i was driving home one night and all of a sudden it sounded like i had no zorst, loud throaty noise, i just jost power was going down a strat at 5000rpm in 2nd doin 30 mph! and it want goin up fast! got home turned engine off turned it back on and the light dissapeared, never been on since,.
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leeshez
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mine has been on a couple of times but nothing has come of it. 
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paul_spurrell
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I have had every other fault, but not had the light come on "touch Wood"
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Sjdickso
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HI, After a cool morning after all that rain we had about a month ago I had the same problem started my corsa SXi 52 reg it was caughing and splutting jumping revs!. That light on the dashboard flickering on and off. i got a mile down the road and it cut out.
After restarting the car, the light went and the car has been fine since (Touch WOOD!)
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graeme-corsa
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Registered: 4th Jul 03
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cheers every1 goin to try and reset the service record and that should get rid of it cos iknow there aint anything wrong with the engine ive just had it serviced
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boxmasher
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i have had a couple of occasions with my dash light coming on.
its usually when i go to start the car. the light flashes and the engine dies, then it takes a bit of time to start, not long, usually 5 seconds ish.
after that its ok.
last time it did it was sunday morning in a packed petrol station!!
such fun!
then i drove to london and twatted a kerb, chewed up my alloy and ripped a hole out of a fairly good tyre!
ho hum!!
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karen.p
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do you by any chance drive with your foot resting on the clutch?
If so this will cause the light to come on because the switch recognises that you are touching the clutch at the same time as accelerating and it cannot work out why. It lights up to tell you that it has a problem comprehending what is going on. If you turn off the ignition and keep your foot off the clutch it should stop. It happens to me everytime i drive my husband's car cos i rest my foot on the clutch.
Hope this helps.
Karen
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Kerry
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Norwich
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quote:
Originally posted by paul_spurrell
how do you read it with a paper clip
this is dead easy 2 do
all u need to do is get a paper clip and bend it until u have got a U shape
Start ur car up
Take off the fuse cover in ur motor
in here, u will see a white diagnostic plug on the left handside with 2 rows of connectors on it
Get the paper clip and push both ends into the righthand side connectors in the plug - there will only be two holes u can put them in
then once this has been put in, the orange management light will start flashing
it will flash twice, pause, then once - this is ok.
it will then give a long pause then flash, then pause
u need to writer this number down, so if the fault code was 35, it would flash 3 times, pause, then flash 5 times.
if u have any probs u2u me ok
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Kerry
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
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quote:
Originally posted by si_reading
My light came a couple of months ago, but went off by the time I was home. So haven't done anything about it and everything is ok.
my car does exactely the same and is usually on long runs, been and tech 2 at vauxhall and they couldnt find a fault and yes it cost me £40 for the privledge thats why i learnt how to use the paperclip method 
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