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Hi peeps was wondering if anyone knew what my problem could be basically my engine management light comes on after around 20 mins of driving stays on till I switch engine off then dies the se thing again tia
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Egr valve
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As stance says buddy ya need either take it off clean the chaimber and piston as the clog up over time or replace it or blank it off
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Sounds like egr but to be 100% have the codes read


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Can u read codes on p reg 1.2 and if so where ecu reader point
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8 or 16 valve?
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8v
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U cam do a paper clip test of it mate the port is by the fuses below the steering wheel but my 8v corsa did the same as u and turned out to be the egr all I did was clean it as it was clogged up big time after I did that no eml light what so ever and no problems occured
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Cheers I'll give it ago
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There is a thead on how to do the paper clip test and its anoying when the lights constantly turns on :lol: but if the egr is fine then I would go for the cts sensor
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