Gigarboxguitarman
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Engine light continues to come on. Two days after service.
Technical Engine light continues to come on. Two days after service.
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Technical Engine light continues to come on. Two days after service.
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Im guessing its a Fiat Ducato but what model, what age, and which light is coming on?
Go on - give us a clue
Im guessing its a Fiat Ducato but what model, what age, and which light is coming on?
Cigarbox man
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Hi, thanks for responding,ours is Jayco Conquest motorhome,2016 this issue has been ongoing for sometime, warning light comes on as soon as you turn the engine on,on screen display says "check engine" an orange light gets shown display on dash
I got the same symptoms caused by a faulty soot sensor. But there are hundreds of other things it could be. Including over a hundred other sensors. You need a good fault code reader to read the fault codes. Or take it to a diagnostics specialist and get them to read it.
Mine was 2009 egr solenoid wire to plug it had broken quite tight so managed to de pin it and put longer wires in.Came and went weeks indetween.finaly sorted it..
Gigarboxguitarman
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Have done numerous times,they just delete the error code. But always returns eventually. We are a 4hr drive from service center.
Thats exactly what happened with my faulty soot sensor. But I am not suggesting you replace that as there are so many other things that could cause the same thing. I had a cheap chinese code reader that failed to detect it. But the even cheaper (free) google car scanner app found it for me. You have to wait till the light comes on again then scan it. Then you need a wireless dongle to plug into the OBD port (cost about £20) and something like a recent chromebook or smartphone to read it.
My understanding is that the best scanner for Fiat thats available to us is Multiecuscan, or AlfaOBD - but its more complicated, more expensive, and you probably won't need it.
But you are going to need a scanner of some sort to find the fault.
My understanding is that the best scanner for Fiat thats available to us is Multiecuscan, or AlfaOBD - but its more complicated, more expensive, and you probably won't need it.
But you are going to need a scanner of some sort to find the fault.
theoneandonly
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MY view is if you need to plug in you need something that speaks fiat. That normaly means multiecuscan or alfaobd. Not only will they read codes but also read live data and save it for others to read and interpretate here. They can also write info to the ecu eg if a new sensor is added.
https://www.fiatforum.com/guides/what-software-hardware-do-i-need-to-read-obd2-codes.910/
https://www.fiatforum.com/guides/what-software-hardware-do-i-need-to-read-obd2-codes.910/
What is the error code?
Without knowing the error code we are all clueless and anything is simply guessing.
Can you ring the service centre and find out? Hopefully they have a record.