My Aston died Tonight
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Just when i was saying how much i have enjoyed 3000 miles in my N420 now broke. Got flashing Amber engine light with display saying Emission service urgent, drive slow ,engine sounds like it has socks up the exhaust and a horrible metallic Tick Tick from the engine 
, Going back to Grange in the morning
, Going back to Grange in the morningEdited by spice on Wednesday 23 November 17:42
spice said:
Just when i was saying how much i have enjoyed 3000 miles in my N420 now broke. Got flashing Amber engine light with display saying Emission service urgent, drive slow ,engine sounds like it has socks up the exhaust and a horrible metallic Tick Tick from the engine , Going back to Grange in the morning
OOH.... Doesnt sound good!! Lets hope its something not too drastic... , Going back to Grange in the morningEdited by spice on Wednesday 23 November 17:42
Yours is under warranty???
spice said:
JohnG1 said:
It's not dead. It's just resting.
Hang on - is it Norwegian blue?
it ceases to be Hang on - is it Norwegian blue?
9 months old, at least you know it'll be fixed under warranty without any question. And then it'll come back with lights, levels and pressures checked and a full valet. Worse things in life, and I always enjoy being at the delears... usually an attractive receptionist, brand new cars to sit in and cupboards full of Aston tat/merchandise!
Silver lining
yeti said:
He might just be pining for the fjords...
9 months old, at least you know it'll be fixed under warranty without any question. And then it'll come back with lights, levels and pressures checked and a full valet. Worse things in life, and I always enjoy being at the delears... usually an attractive receptionist, brand new cars to sit in and cupboards full of Aston tat/merchandise!
Silver lining
Delears! Lewis you always make me shiver when you speak French 9 months old, at least you know it'll be fixed under warranty without any question. And then it'll come back with lights, levels and pressures checked and a full valet. Worse things in life, and I always enjoy being at the delears... usually an attractive receptionist, brand new cars to sit in and cupboards full of Aston tat/merchandise!
Silver lining
Di
The horrible metallic "Tick Tick" may be nothing more than the engine on limp home mode.
We had an instance where the oil temp went over 140 degrees and the ecu decided it was too hot and went into limp mode. Really does sound like its dropped a valve!
We re-set the ecu and after a few minutes the car went off again - no problem. It was caused because the driver was pushing really had right behind another car and the temp simply kept climbing.
Not saying thats your issue, but dont get worried its an engine rebuild just yet!!
We had an instance where the oil temp went over 140 degrees and the ecu decided it was too hot and went into limp mode. Really does sound like its dropped a valve!
We re-set the ecu and after a few minutes the car went off again - no problem. It was caused because the driver was pushing really had right behind another car and the temp simply kept climbing.
Not saying thats your issue, but dont get worried its an engine rebuild just yet!!
I feel for you. My 2 week old 2012 Vantage S had a problem after 203 miles. It's been at service for almost a week. On wednesday they got the problem to resurface and sent the data to AML. Today I was told that AML wants them to repeat the problem and send them a second set of data. It took them 3 days to get the transmission failure. I have no idea when they'll be able to get it to happen again.
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