Technical "Engine failure"

[Aston Martin]

At least that's what the dash says.

Car drives fine. Rad kicks in and has oil etc.

I was doing 60 when it popped up and I carried on.

This is the first time in a while that I've done a constant fast speed and I do have a hole in the backbox. But it's obviously past all the sensors.

 

[koalar]

At least that's what the dash says.

Car drives fine. Rad kicks in and has oil etc.

I was doing 60 when it popped up and I carried on.

This is the first time in a while that I've done a constant fast speed and I do have a hole in the backbox. But it's obviously past all the sensors.

I take it the engine check light

Rad kicks in, you mean the fans did they come on full at the same time as the engine check light came on


Is your car strugling to get to the the half way temperature by any chance

 

[Aston Martin]

 

[Aston Martin]

I take it the engine check light

Rad kicks in, you mean the fans did they come on full at the same time as the engine check light came on


Is your car strugling to get to the the half way temperature by any chance

The temp gauge is unusually low.

 

[koalar]

I am guessing the light came on while coasting

common problem with thermostate | FIAT Panda (Mk3)

when the weather get cold we get loads of cooling issues heaters only blowing warm P0115 error radiator fans coming on fast. gauge dropping down occationly. gauge only going up 1/4 way 90% are down to a missing rubber gasket inside the thermostat. Because the thermostat is opening and...

www.fiatforum.com

I suspect the rubber seal in the thermostat has perished

It's pretty easy to check with a cold engine

If you haven't got a code read it will clear after 5 good starts or is it 10

 

[Aston Martin]

I have a code reader at home.

I'll check when I get home. Thanks.

 

[Mike1alike]

Yeah, the thermostat is most likely the problem.
They really went extreme with that 'Engine failure' notice!
Check engine logo is bad enough, to see it pop up I mean.

 

[Yolanda]

Probably what's been said above, but I had a 620 rover some years back, the back box failed and put the engine warning light on. (Emissions)

 

[Yolanda]

It wasn't meant as a joke, but I'm glad I cheered someone up.

 

[Aston Martin]

Got a thermostat for £9 odd free delivery.

I was gonna do the job at work, just in case I had issues and had to stop off at B&Q, so I'm at the till and it's snowing like crazy and I have no heater.

I had to remove the ecu....................

Anyway, the old thermostat was welded to the hose, I didn't want to rip a hole in that. So asked for help at work. He used a tiny screwdriver and duck oil.

Got it all back together, turned the key and it cranked and cranked and cranked.





The two ecu connector blocks are self seating/locking. But that's the only thing I touched. So I unplug them. Blow into them like a Mega drive cartridge and it fired up straight away.


It bled easily enough and I now have a heater.

 

[jrkitching]

The two ecu connector blocks are self seating/locking. But that's the only thing I touched. So I unplug them. Blow into them like a Mega drive cartridge and it fired up straight away.

For anyone reading this later, you don't have to disconnect these blocks; it's possible to leave them connected and just swing the associated parts out of the way.

 

[Aston Martin]

For anyone reading this later, you don't have to disconnect these blocks; it's possible to leave them connected and just swing the associated parts out of the way.

I don't like stretching wires and I thought I'd be OK.

 

[portland_bill]

Probably what's been said above, but I had a 620 rover some years back, the back box failed and put the engine warning light on. (Emissions)

It changes the gas flow, and therefore the back pressure, so can affect scavenging. Then the post-cat sensor gets upset.