GALLARDO ENGINE WARNING LIGHT

GALLARDO ENGINE WARNING LIGHT

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sambaman

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3,991 posts

223 months

Saturday 25th September 2010
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just been driving the superleggera...going through town and the engine managment light has come on showing 1-5 which is bank 1-5.....any ideas guys....i know my stradale did this , i disconnected the battery and all was fine...ive tried it on the SL but its still on ???????????

jdwcd

2,517 posts

201 months

Saturday 25th September 2010
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[quote=sambaman]just been driving the superleggera...going through town and the engine managment light has come on showing 1-5 which is bank 1-5.....any ideas guys....i know my stradale did this , i disconnected the battery and all was fine...ive tried it on the SL but its still on ???????????[/quote

Lock car with alarm enabled. Leave for a while then try.

Peter101

1,594 posts

204 months

Saturday 25th September 2010
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Get one of these,

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Autel-Maxiscan-MS509-Car-Dia...

They are worth their weight in gold.

sambaman

Original Poster:

3,991 posts

223 months

Saturday 25th September 2010
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just called lambo assist...there coming to sort it ;-)

andrew.

9,954 posts

191 months

Saturday 25th September 2010
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have you recently washed the car ?

kds keltec

1,365 posts

189 months

Saturday 25th September 2010
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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

Edited by kds keltec on Saturday 25th September 16:18

sambaman

Original Poster:

3,991 posts

223 months

Sunday 26th September 2010
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thanks guys...lambo assistance said maybe a bit of bad fuel...but anyway its off now with no problems...

GallardoOwner

873 posts

200 months

Sunday 26th September 2010
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I have had this happen twice on my 07 Spyder, first time I didnt know when it come on but after a few days it went off, second time I was diving slowly enough for the gear to change down itself ( 2nd to 1st I think ) and the car jerked forward and the light came on immediatly, again a after a few days and several runs it stopped, I have heard it can be the fuel cap if its not screwed in tighly also the wet thing, car washing etc.

andrew.

9,954 posts

191 months

Sunday 26th September 2010
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did you run it for any distance with the fuel warning light on ?
don't !

UH-Matt

2,172 posts

239 months

Sunday 26th September 2010
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I bought a code reader so on the couple of rare occasions I have had this light I have been able to check it, and then clear the code off smile

nigelonich

1,017 posts

219 months

Saturday 26th February 2011
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Ive had this too (08 08 Coupe Egear). What actually is the procdure for clearing its as ive heard the following>

Engine on and off three times then arm and disarm the locking?

Leave with cap of petrol tank overnight then take out for a thrash?

Use a hand held scanner to cleaer the codes?

Oh and does the 'dont run on low fuel' warning mean you will encouarge hs fault?

Ta
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UH-Matt

2,172 posts

239 months

Saturday 26th February 2011
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I just had my sensor pipes replaced on my service, has cured CEL light issue I had with sports exhaust.

busboy1303

29 posts

177 months

Sunday 27th February 2011
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THE most common cause of engine warning light problems with cars of this vintage are the exhaust pressure sensor pipes. They condense up inside especially when running around town. This causes them to corrode and block up rendering the sensors inoperative.
The only way of truly clearing an engine fault code is to fix the problem, and then clear the fault code from the ECU's memory using a diagnostic tool. Locking and unlocking the car, leaving the fuel cap off, rubbing a lucky rabbit's foot all have no effect what so ever.
Bank 1-5 driver's side, Bank 6-10 passenger side.

PLamborghini

3,888 posts

164 months

Sunday 27th February 2011
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busboy1303 said:
THE most common cause of engine warning light problems with cars of this vintage are the exhaust pressure sensor pipes. They condense up inside especially when running around town. This causes them to corrode and block up rendering the sensors inoperative.
The only way of truly clearing an engine fault code is to fix the problem, and then clear the fault code from the ECU's memory using a diagnostic tool. Locking and unlocking the car, leaving the fuel cap off, rubbing a lucky rabbit's foot all have no effect what so ever.
Bank 1-5 driver's side, Bank 6-10 passenger side.
clapwink

nigelonich

1,017 posts

219 months

Sunday 27th February 2011
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nigelonich said:
Engine on and off three times then arm and disarm the locking?
Works. No rabbits req.

ssnet

45 posts

157 months

Monday 28th February 2011
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i had this problem on my gallardo. it happened alot on cold mornings.

light 1-5 used to come on then go to 1-6

i had the lambo sensors changed and was still happening.

I found the main reason was it was blowing a 10 fuse behind the drivers seat. 3rd or 4th one down down. its a red one.

when the light comes on check these fuses. it may sound silly but this is what my gallardo was doing.

as soon as you change the blown fuse restart the engine and the lights go off.


Bunty Killa

517 posts

198 months

Monday 28th February 2011
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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

Caelum Blue

511 posts

197 months

Monday 28th February 2011
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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.

ChrisFitz

748 posts

178 months

Monday 28th February 2011
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Caelum Blue said:
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.
my warning light only comes on when it has more than 1/2 tank of fuel in it. so in my case the less fuel it has then no warning lights. Then again I did get a code reader and the fault is to do with the evap recyling system from the tank so no surprise there really.

iandc

3,708 posts

205 months

Monday 28th February 2011
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ssnet said:
i had this problem on my gallardo. it happened alot on cold mornings.

light 1-5 used to come on then go to 1-6

i had the lambo sensors changed and was still happening.

I found the main reason was it was blowing a 10 fuse behind the drivers seat. 3rd or 4th one down down. its a red one.

when the light comes on check these fuses. it may sound silly but this is what my gallardo was doing.

as soon as you change the blown fuse restart the engine and the lights go off.
I am confused how you can get a bank of 1-6 on a V10. Surely there are 2 banks of 1-5 and 6-10? Maybe your Gallardo thinks it has a V12 installed!!!