little bit of help please

[baldyman]

Hello guys and girls, ive had my 850 t5 for about 3 months now, it still goes like stink even though shes getting on a bit now. A warning light has come on the dashboard, its the triangle which is meant to mean theres a fault in the engine electronic system. Does anyone know if this is a common fault like the ABS light or whether there is a common fault with the 850 which would lead to this light coming on? If anyone knows anything I would be grateful for the help because i would rather not take it to a garage and do the work myself if i can.

Cheers

[Callyuk]

first question is, is the car obd i.e. computer socet under the coin slot in the center consol or is the the older type in which case there is a self diag system under the bonnet which works off a series of led's and will mean you wont need to take it into the garage to find the fault.
If it is the early type i have all the codes and a how to guide that i can paste up for anyone that needs it

[walter leever]

It could mean anything(vacuumleak,faulty lambda-probe,etc,etc)If your car has the obd-2,it means

you should go to the dealer and read out the fault,you can't reset it yourself and then you know

what the exact problem is.

cheers,walter

[morgrp]

Has it had the ECU tinkered with? sometimes the Lambda circuit on the board fails on uprated ECU's - but like has been said - you'll need a fault code reader on an OBD II car - if yours was a late Mplate or newer it will have OBD II