Spanner light

[aaron_one]

Right, i left the house the other morning on the way to manchester and the car jolted and all the lights inc service light came on and didn't start for a few minutes.
The engine management light then stayed on for a while and then went off when i got to manchester, however on start up there is a spanner which comes on and '-350' flashes before disappearing, every so often this number rises, anyone have any idea what it could be?

Thanks

[4WayDiablo]

Service intervals. Just a countdown to the service
Doesn't effect running

[aaron_one]

I'm just wondering why the number is rising, it was -200 the other day now it's -350, and i only serviced it myself last week

[declantg]

Did you reset the service light? Easily forgotten about buddy

[aaron_one]

.....oops. LOL cheers, but i'm still worried as to why the whole car jolted and all the lights came on whilst going 70 down the motorway and wouldnt start for a few mins

[4WayDiablo]

Nothing to do with the service light

The reason its in reaching is because its X miles overdue a service... also hence the -

As for the jolting I don't know did it stall? Were you flooring it at the time? More info

[aaron_one]

It was early so it was cold and to be honest i was flooring it just gathering speed, hit around 70 and then the car jolted and i pulled onto the hard shoulder and turned it off, the engine light came on but later that day it disappeared, guess i'll just have to get it checked at a local garage if it happens again

[declantg]

I was talking about the spanner and The minus figures godddd Phil

[4WayDiablo]

And I was talking about his jolting problem not being related to the spanner light issue:-) goooddd deeeecccccc

[Matt]

Oh my gaaaaaaaaddddddd.


It's f*cked

[Toms306]

Sounds like the early signs of a faulty fuel pump to me! (The cutting out, not the spanner. )

[Poodle]

You're a spanner, stop scaremongering with all the noobies. :p

Could be anything in the fuel system Aaron, more often than not it turns out to be a dirty FPR. Just take it out and give it a good flush with some WD40 or something, if you're using something corrosive make sure you take the o-rings off first so you don't ruin them. And don't forget to plug the hole in the pump so it doesn't get dirt in there while the FPR is out.

[aaron_one]

Forgot about this thread lol. I found it in the end, fuel filter mistake so changed it

[Poodle]

Glad you found a solution, thanks for taking the time to update.