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Thread Author: Harleyman Replies: 8
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New Wed 10 Jun 15 22:47 
 Volkswagen - 99 2.5 Engine Management light - Harleyman
LT28 Diesel van; left the lights on overnight last week and flattened the battery.

Recharged battery, van now starts/runs perfectly but the engine management light is flashing and won't go out.

I've tried the fairly obvious cure of disconnecting the battery, leaving it a few minutes and re-connecting, to no avail. Anyone got any suggestions please?
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New Thu 11 Jun 15 07:42 
 Volkswagen - 99 2.5 Engine Management light - carmalade
You will need to get a diagnostic equipt to plug in to see what is going on.Unfortunately,as this is an old vehicle,any xmas cracker scanner will not do the job.Probably best to find a friendly VW specialist with the right gear.
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New Thu 11 Jun 15 07:47 
 Volkswagen - 99 2.5 Engine Management light - Zero

>> I've tried the fairly obvious cure of disconnecting the battery, leaving it a few minutes
>> and re-connecting, to no avail. Anyone got any suggestions please?

Its possible it will go out on its own after a few weeks / starts
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New Thu 11 Jun 15 20:29 
 Volkswagen - 99 2.5 Engine Management light - Skip
>> Its possible it will go out on its own after a few weeks / starts
>>

I agree, so long as its running ok leave it and will most likely go out before too long.
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New Thu 11 Jun 15 20:35 
 Volkswagen - 99 2.5 Engine Management light - Bromptonaut
>> I agree, so long as its running ok leave it and will most likely go
>> out before too long.

Worth a try. The Xantia's EML would come on for some oddity with turbo valves that amounted to no more than a 'gag' under acceleration. It went off again after a few normal starts.
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New Thu 11 Jun 15 20:36 
 Volkswagen - 99 2.5 Engine Management light - Harleyman
Thanks chaps. It's not really a problem for now but if it's still there when I'm back to driving after dark it will no doubt be a royal PITA.
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New Thu 11 Jun 15 20:58 
 Volkswagen - 99 2.5 Engine Management light - Zero
>> Thanks chaps. It's not really a problem for now but if it's still there when
>> I'm back to driving after dark it will no doubt be a royal PITA.

Sunglasses will fix it
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New Sat 13 Jun 15 09:14 
 Volkswagen - 99 2.5 Engine Management light - jc2
Piece of sticky tape?
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New Mon 24 Aug 15 17:00 
 Volkswagen - 99 2.5 Engine Management light - maltrap
The one on my Golf has been on for about 8 years now. Car runs fine, a piece of black insulation tape stops it annoying me, just gets an advisory each MOT.
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