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03-02-2014, 08:41 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-02-2014, 08:42 PM by maffy.)
Apologies if this has been covered before but my stop light flashes an aweful lot these days. Sometimes its intermittent, other times it stays on. Sometimes I won't see it for a fortnight at a time. What do you guys usually put this down to?
Forgot to add.
1999 dturbo
oil is middle between max & min
Water levels are correct
Rad fans are constantly on when stop light appears
Temp 80-85
Stat opens when it should.
Relays???
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mmmm could be french electrics. Have you checked everything to make sure there isnt a genuine reason for it being on?
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Top up the oil and see if it goes out?
Doesnt even own a 306.
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any other lights flashing on with the stop light, any pattern that it comes on with such as hard cornering or heavy braking
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This happened to me once but very intermittently...then the idle went really bad so cleaned the ICV and it cured it all.
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04-02-2014, 05:12 PM
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He'll struggle to clean the ICV on a DTurbo...
It'll probably be on for something to do with fans/temp. That's all I've ever seen the stop light come on for lol.
Is it a HDi or XUD? If its a HDi there are two coolant sensors, one for the dash and another for the ECU/fans...I reckon that 2nd one could be broken.
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Mine done it every so often, its it just telling me that the oil needs topped up
