Technical Seicento EBOD light

[IRPolly]

I bought a Seicento S 1.1 for my wife last week. The car still has low mileage and is in good condition I checked the oil condition (still pretty clear) and the water still green from the anti-freeze before making an offer, I test drove the car and every thing seemed fine so we bought the car. when we got home my wife said the car has a yellow light that came on about 20Kms from home.
I checked the light and the manual and saw it was the EBOD light. now the thing is I bought the car with one of those ugly "cone" type air filters installed
so the next day I called the dealer and he told me the light was due to the "after market" air cleaner (the dealer also couldn't get me the original air cleaner)... :bang:
Now I would like to know could it be it or should I make the 95 KM drive to my nearest FIAT garage for them to check the car?

PS:I stay in a pretty rural part of South Africa

 

[Eklipze3k]

First things first, the engine management light is red and looks like an injector, if it's yellow I don't think it's that. What shape was it, or was it just a circle?

Edit: Although looking at the handbook for the later models, the EOBD light is the shape of an engine and is amber so it could be that but worth making sure.

 

[IRPolly]

It is a 2002 Model and it is the amber light that looks like an engine

 

[arc]

There is no point trying to guess what it is. The light being on is telling you that the ECU has logged a fault code. You need to read this fault code and go from there.

You can either find an auto electrician who can read the fault (OBD2 is a standard) or buy the kit to do it yourself. Check on eBay for an ELM327 interface. That's normally the cheapest way of doing; it plugs into a laptop.

The code will tell you why the ECU thinks the light should be on. I could speculate and say "change the lambda sensor" but tbh, it's not worth replacing bits and trying to second guess what is wrong.

 

[IRPolly]

I'll check @ work tomorrow If I can find it online thanks for the tip.

 

[blu73]

also worth pointing out that i never heard of an aftermarket induction kit throwing up an error. I have on other cars but not on a cento.

 

[arc]

Yeah, it normally happens on cars with MAFs rather than MAPs