EPC light right after oil service

greyteam1959

m0bov wrote: »

P.S Have you checked the oil level?!

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alan_d

m0bov wrote: »

P.S Have you checked the oil level?!

Good point. With some engines, oil level too *high* can cause issues. Not necessarily over the max level, but more than 3/4 in some cases.

samsam89

alan_d wrote: »

Good point. With some engines, oil level too *high* can cause issues. Not necessarily over the max level, but more than 3/4 in some cases.

Haven’t checked it as at work. However my other half has started it up again and driven it on the main road and says the light has gone out and hasn’t come back on after 15-20 mins of driving...?

Whatever it was appears to have cleared. Is that unusual?

AdrianC

Without getting the fault codes read...
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foxy-stoat

samsam89 wrote: »

Whatever it was appears to have cleared. Is that unusual?

Not unusual. Hope that helps.

sevenhills

samsam89 wrote: »

Haven’t checked it as at work. However my other half has started it up again and driven it on the main road and says the light has gone out and hasn’t come back on after 15-20 mins of driving...?

Whatever it was appears to have cleared. Is that unusual?

By your own logic of the garage being responible for the warning light, maybe you caused it and your other half fixed it :T

facade

I think you are being harsh.


In my long experience, 99 times out of 100, whenever something "suddenly goes wrong" with a car, it is related to the last thing that was done to it.


And I don't believe in co-incidences....

Hermione_Granger

facade wrote: »

I think you are being harsh.


In my long experience, 99 times out of 100, whenever something "suddenly goes wrong" with a car, it is related to the last thing that was done to it.


And I don't believe in co-incidences....

And if the last thing that happened to a car was that it was involved in an accident?

facade wrote: »

You need to get the cause of the missfire identified. If it can be proved that it was caused by the accident then the insurer should pay.


More likely it is co-incidence, if it is a 1.2 polo, they are well known for burning out valves leading to cylinder missfire issues, as well as timing chain problems.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/75184675#Comment_75184675

facade

Hermione_Granger wrote: »

And if the last thing that happened to a car was that it was involved in an accident?

That might be a good reason, I was referring to when a car is messed with though


If I had £10,000 for every car that I have spent time on, only to find that it was something the owner did, but neglected to mention, I could retire