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engine management light

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:04 pm
by andy w
Hi guys in new to this site my 98 corsa has the engine management light turning on when the car gets the 90 degrees mark. It doesn't affect any thing performance wise and when i turn the engine off then back on the light switches off but turns back on after a while. I have been told it possibly is ect sensor but any help will be appreciated thanks

Re: engine management light

Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 12:14 am
by johnny
Do the paperclip test to get your fault code(s)

What is the ect? Hard to tell what sensor is gone since its not effecting the car so you need the fault codes

Re: engine management light

Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 1:15 am
by johnny

Re: engine management light

Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 8:48 am
by andy w
Thanks for that and the ect is the engine coolant temperature sensor

Re: engine management light

Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 3:56 pm
by andy w
Tried the paper clip test and all it did for ten minutes was flash number 12 on the list of problems which weren't anything

Re: engine management light

Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:04 pm
by johnny
What year is the car?

Re: engine management light

Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:27 pm
by andy w
Its a 1998 and a 1.2 8v

Re: engine management light

Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 9:05 pm
by johnny
It shouldnt flash a code more than 4 times as it flashs each code twice then it repeats the codes again, so it shouldnt be flashing same cide for 10 mins

Re: engine management light

Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 10:12 pm
by andy w
Dunno mate all it kept doing was 1 11 that was it

Re: engine management light

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 5:54 pm
by andy w
Found some old posts on the site and they had the same symptoms and there's turned out to be the egr valve so will go from there

Re: engine management light

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 10:26 am
by JoshCorsab148v
Hi in trying to do the same paperclip test on my 1996 cors b 1.4 but am getting no signs of indication from it, ive stuck the clip in terminals 5 and 6 because mines a 16 pin aldl but nothing... Any help?

Re: engine management light

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 10:53 am
by andy w
Hi there mate have ya followed the link which is on earlier posts and what is the problem ya have with the em light buddy

Re: engine management light

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 10:55 am
by andy w
Also like to great to see another 5door owner what ya doin to urs buddy and tell us about ya be very interested to know lol

Re: engine management light

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 1:08 pm
by johnny
Being a 96 your car should have the old ecu unless it was a 16v sri