Engine Check light
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Have had my RT now for a couple of months.
Went through a phase of a lot of engine check light coming on, with loss of power -- took it into Bentley Essex, who diagnosed a stuck pressure sensor on the inlet side causing the engine to drop back to non-turbo for safety. Was fixed, no probs.
Then last night the light came on again. As before, 3 restarts of the engine cleared it. Harrumph.
How finicky is the RT engine to engine check lights?
jon
Went through a phase of a lot of engine check light coming on, with loss of power -- took it into Bentley Essex, who diagnosed a stuck pressure sensor on the inlet side causing the engine to drop back to non-turbo for safety. Was fixed, no probs.
Then last night the light came on again. As before, 3 restarts of the engine cleared it. Harrumph.
How finicky is the RT engine to engine check lights?
jon
The electronics can get a bit iffy, see here...
www.bdcl.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=515
As the faulty part has been fixed, but the "computer says no", give Simon or Stuart a call at Phantom, they are very good at talking you through a problem and a fix over the phone.
www.netstoreonline.co.uk/pmcuk/default.asp
www.bdcl.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=515
As the faulty part has been fixed, but the "computer says no", give Simon or Stuart a call at Phantom, they are very good at talking you through a problem and a fix over the phone.
www.netstoreonline.co.uk/pmcuk/default.asp
Thanks for the suggestion -- I have heard of phantom motor cars. I dont feel its right to just ask for some time on the phone as i am not a customer, but I see from their website they have the nice mulliner fuel caps... so I might treat the car to that, and pop the question about the check light at the same time.
Am also interested in the 18" wheels too.
Am also interested in the 18" wheels too.
Hi
My engine check light came on on my Brooklands, took it to the dealer and they zapped it with their laptop thingy, came back on a week later, I then didnt use the car for 2 weeks and the battery went flat, when I jump started it the engine check light had gone out!! I wonder if disconnecting the battery would have the same affect?
Took RT back into Bentley Essex yesterday -- apparantly the electrical connector on the wastegate valve that they changed wasnt sitting quite perfectly, causing a very intermittent fail. They fixed it FOC.
Oh, and I got to the bottom of the seat memories not working. They were totally intermittent. When the RT went into BE first time, I asked them to check it -- they gave it clean bill of health. When I collected the car, it worked fine, then I drove off down the road and it failed. Damn, I thought, but it can wait till next service.
Since I was in there yesterday, I got them to check again -- no problems they said, working fine. Went out to car to drive off, decided to check it -- worked fine. Pulled away and they failed. Ah-ha!, I thought, I can get this fixed now it has failed. Dropped gearbox back into park... and checked again... and it worked. Went into service reception whereupon I was informed that they only work when gearlever is in park, as a safety interlock
Doh
I felt about 3" tall.
However, I dont think it mentions this in the manual. The interlock, I mean, not me feeling a twit.
Oh, and I got to the bottom of the seat memories not working. They were totally intermittent. When the RT went into BE first time, I asked them to check it -- they gave it clean bill of health. When I collected the car, it worked fine, then I drove off down the road and it failed. Damn, I thought, but it can wait till next service.
Since I was in there yesterday, I got them to check again -- no problems they said, working fine. Went out to car to drive off, decided to check it -- worked fine. Pulled away and they failed. Ah-ha!, I thought, I can get this fixed now it has failed. Dropped gearbox back into park... and checked again... and it worked. Went into service reception whereupon I was informed that they only work when gearlever is in park, as a safety interlock
Doh
I felt about 3" tall.
However, I dont think it mentions this in the manual. The interlock, I mean, not me feeling a twit.
There is a circuit deep in the belly of the beast designed to detect rampant socialism.
Apparently, in the days before Bentley surrendered to Jerry, Crewe, sensitive to the issues of the day (i.e. shooting commies), wrote an ammendment to it's master ecu programme which monitored the amount of left wing ion charge in the atmosphere.
If, after several days, the sensor had not measured a return to normality, it would flash up the light.
Although never officially revealed - for fear of upsetting the traditional, champagne socialist clientele - this was an open secret amongst members of the Bentley Masonic Lodge.
Ruddy swine!
Apparently, in the days before Bentley surrendered to Jerry, Crewe, sensitive to the issues of the day (i.e. shooting commies), wrote an ammendment to it's master ecu programme which monitored the amount of left wing ion charge in the atmosphere.
If, after several days, the sensor had not measured a return to normality, it would flash up the light.
Although never officially revealed - for fear of upsetting the traditional, champagne socialist clientele - this was an open secret amongst members of the Bentley Masonic Lodge.
Ruddy swine!
Iffy electrics, not that uncommon as far as the dash info lights are concerned. I had a very strange fault on mine due to one of the micro relays in the fuse box being faulty, the speedometer used to do a complete circuit clockwise when I was stationary, I didnt quite get my camera out fast enough to snap my car at 170mph 
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