Small problem

[Mark Type R]

My brother has a Civic (bog standard one in EP shape) and on his way back from Blackpool his engine light came on. He checked the oil and there was none on the dip stick, so he filled it up.
The engine light is still on, does it need resetting or is his car bollo**ed?

Any advice would be appreciated

 

[dotty]

Reset the ECU and see if the light comes on, could be anything really..

When Nick (Hasnic) shot my car, I left the CD player on all afternoon, and it drained the battery, after bumping it the engine light came on, it went off after I turned off the engine and re-started it. Engine lights can be triggered by the weirdest of things :lol:

 

[Mark Type R]

Reset the ECU and see if the light comes on, could be anything really..

When Nick (Hasnic) shot my car, I left the CD player on all afternoon, and it drained the battery, after bumping it the engine light came on, it went off after I turned off the engine and re-started it. Engine lights can be triggered by the weirdest of things :lol:

Running an engine with no oil could be one of them? :lol::lol::lol::lol:

Is resetting the ECU same as always? Unplug from the battery for 30 seconds?

Cheers Dotty

 

[dotty]

Yes, unplug the battery, or the fuse from the engine bay if he has ICE and does not want to interrupt the settings

 

[Mark Type R]

Yes, unplug the battery, or the fuse from the engine bay if he has ICE and does not want to interrupt the settings

Cheers, i'll give him a ring now. Should be fun as he isn't really car friendly

Nice one :smt023

 

[Mark Type R]

All sorted, Cheers Dotty

 

[dotty]

What happened?

 

[Mark Type R]

What happened?

It just needed resetting

He's booked it in for a service tomorrow as it was due at 45k and its on 52k now :lol::lol::lol:

Bad thing for him is ive got to take him work tomorrow down some B roads :twisted: