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03 Audi A4 Avant TDI engine light

  • 05-09-2014 9:11pm
    #1
    Registered Users Posts: 823 ✭✭✭


    Hi folks. Just wondering should the engine management light come on and go off when the ignition starts or does it only come on if something goes wrong. Thanks.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,506 ✭✭✭Interslice


    kakee wrote: »
    Hi folks. Just wondering should the engine management light come on and go off when the ignition starts or does it only come on if something goes wrong. Thanks.

    Perfectly normal. Nearly all the lights come on and go off to show they're working.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,590 ✭✭✭tossy


    I think the problem here might the engine light isn't coming on at all? Am i reading that right?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,506 ✭✭✭Interslice


    tossy wrote: »
    I think the problem here might the engine light isn't coming on at all? Am i reading that right?


    Think you could be right. Have to wait and see...


  • Registered Users Posts: 823 ✭✭✭kakee


    Yes lads, the light does not come on at all. On other cars I've had the light comes on but then goes off when the engine starts.
    On this Audi this doesn't come on at all. Starting to think someone has removed the bulb as the fuse is ok. Must plug it in now and see what they were hiding from me.


  • Registered Users Posts: 823 ✭✭✭kakee


    Had the car in with Pierse Motors in Tipp. They couldnt find anything wrong with the engine management light, no missing bulbs and no broken wires etc. no faults showed up on the system. They say it could have been this way for years.

    They reckon its a faulty ECU - €688 for a new one. Looking at over €900 euros including part, labour and VAT...........ouch


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭George Dalton


    So in other words it's grand :pac:


  • Registered Users Posts: 823 ✭✭✭kakee


    My thoughts exactly George. Would this be something you have come across before.
    I am just going to check the car every once in a while with my mates diagnostic tool.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,590 ✭✭✭tossy


    What steps did the garage take to determine there was no problem with the light?

    Did the pull out the cluster and see there was a bulb there and leave it at that or did they do an output test on the cluster with VCDS and actually get the bulb to light up ?

    My thoughts when you initially told us of the problem were that some ape had removed or bypassed the bulb to cover up some engine problem and that in reality it was probably some stupid engine problem that would have been an easy enough fix.

    I think i'd start with a second opinion from a specialist like George and go from there, if your mate has VCDS you can do an output test on the cluster and see if the engine light comes on.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,285 ✭✭✭Stoolbend


    There wouldn't be bulbs in that dash. It's more than likely led's so it wouldn't be removed.

    I've seen people dismantle the clocks and blank off airbag lights with a bit of insulating tape.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,590 ✭✭✭tossy


    Stoolbend wrote: »
    There wouldn't be bulbs in that dash. It's more than likely led's so it wouldn't be removed.

    I've seen people dismantle the clocks and blank off airbag lights with a bit of insulating tape.

    LED/Bulb/light splitting hairs really.


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