GALLARDO ENGINE WARNING LIGHT
Discussion
Caelum Blue said:
Bunty Killa said:
Another good tip is to never have less than a quater of fuel in the tank. I heard this causes it majority of the time
I still don't know where this comes from but I regularly wait until mine shows 30 miles or less before I fill up. Yesterday and in the past it has gone right down to 0 miles and the needle on the red with no lights or issues whatsoever. I'd rather have fresh fuel in mine than stale fuel however much diluted.the one time i couldn't get to a garage sharpish, i refilled and then had the stutter and stall routine : frightened the life out of me and i'm not going there again
andrew said:
Caelum Blue said:
Bunty Killa said:
Another good tip is to never have less than a quater of fuel in the tank. I heard this causes it majority of the time
I still don't know where this comes from but I regularly wait until mine shows 30 miles or less before I fill up. Yesterday and in the past it has gone right down to 0 miles and the needle on the red with no lights or issues whatsoever. I'd rather have fresh fuel in mine than stale fuel however much diluted.the one time i couldn't get to a garage sharpish, i refilled and then had the stutter and stall routine : frightened the life out of me and i'm not going there again
Caelum Blue said:
Bunty Killa said:
thats one of the the worst thing you could do to your car is let it go to zero!!
Why, exactly, what are your personal experiences, not just what you have heard?But the older the car.......
I have never had an issue running low including running my 06 Gallardo Spyder on fumes whilst travelling through Italy. Not deliberate but out of necessity as on mountain road and no petrol stations! Filled up and off we went. Never had an engine bank light but maybe just lucky I guess.
iandc said:
I have never had an issue running low including running my 06 Gallardo Spyder on fumes whilst travelling through Italy. Not deliberate but out of necessity as on mountain road and no petrol stations! Filled up and off we went. Never had an engine bank light but maybe just lucky I guess.
only prob I can see with doing this is that it takes longer to fill it up for 2 reasons.1. you put more fuel in.
2. you tend to get air trapped I think between the two tanks I believe which causes the garage pump nozzle to cut out frequently. Very irritating....
Bunty Killa said:
andrew said:
Caelum Blue said:
Bunty Killa said:
Another good tip is to never have less than a quater of fuel in the tank. I heard this causes it majority of the time
I still don't know where this comes from but I regularly wait until mine shows 30 miles or less before I fill up. Yesterday and in the past it has gone right down to 0 miles and the needle on the red with no lights or issues whatsoever. I'd rather have fresh fuel in mine than stale fuel however much diluted.the one time i couldn't get to a garage sharpish, i refilled and then had the stutter and stall routine : frightened the life out of me and i'm not going there again
ChrisFitz said:
only prob I can see with doing this is that it takes longer to fill it up for 2 reasons.
1. you put more fuel in.
2. you tend to get air trapped I think between the two tanks I believe which causes the garage pump nozzle to cut out frequently. Very irritating....
Never suffered with that either. Suffered with the £100 cost to fill the tank though.1. you put more fuel in.
2. you tend to get air trapped I think between the two tanks I believe which causes the garage pump nozzle to cut out frequently. Very irritating....
Caelum Blue said:
ChrisFitz said:
only prob I can see with doing this is that it takes longer to fill it up for 2 reasons.
1. you put more fuel in.
2. you tend to get air trapped I think between the two tanks I believe which causes the garage pump nozzle to cut out frequently. Very irritating....
Never suffered with that either. Suffered with the £100 cost to fill the tank though.1. you put more fuel in.
2. you tend to get air trapped I think between the two tanks I believe which causes the garage pump nozzle to cut out frequently. Very irritating....
Perhaps on later cars maybe.....
kds keltec said:
The common problem is the lamda sensors bring up bank 1-5 / bank 6-10.
More than half of the gallardos we have worked on bring this light up if the car is stop started alot , or driven slowly around town etc .
Have found that the light will clear it self most of the time after a couple of good runs .
The light comes on showing that the cat is not working correctly below min threshold between lamda before and after cat.
I think it was either mapping was too tight on limits or lambdas have been changed and common on early cars .
dont quote me on that one
the last car with us was gallardo SL (early model) and was fine the week with us, customer picked the car up and on the way home same fault code came up which cleared after a couple of drives .
found even if you clear the fault first without driving the car first to get the engine and exhaust system up to temperature , the fault flags up soon after pulling away .
Driving car then clearing the fault after a good drive works .
of course you may have a different fault thou or even a failed lambda
Let us know what they find
Had the same happen to 360 spider 2 weeks ago midway through our services after moving the car onto another ramp , once warmed up fully and cleared fault has not come back .
HTH
kelly
hi mate have 2004 gallardoMore than half of the gallardos we have worked on bring this light up if the car is stop started alot , or driven slowly around town etc .
Have found that the light will clear it self most of the time after a couple of good runs .
The light comes on showing that the cat is not working correctly below min threshold between lamda before and after cat.
I think it was either mapping was too tight on limits or lambdas have been changed and common on early cars .
dont quote me on that one
the last car with us was gallardo SL (early model) and was fine the week with us, customer picked the car up and on the way home same fault code came up which cleared after a couple of drives .
found even if you clear the fault first without driving the car first to get the engine and exhaust system up to temperature , the fault flags up soon after pulling away .
Driving car then clearing the fault after a good drive works .
of course you may have a different fault thou or even a failed lambda
Let us know what they find
Had the same happen to 360 spider 2 weeks ago midway through our services after moving the car onto another ramp , once warmed up fully and cleared fault has not come back .
HTH
kelly
Edited by kds keltec on Saturday 25th September 16:18
the enginer cut out on me with the cat lights on, do you have any idea what it could be??
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