Exhaust Gas Warning Lamp

[Sunny43.5]

Don't you just love modern technology fix one thing and then another thing pops up sob sob I miss the good old days . I do hope you get to the bottom of the problem . My work van displayed an engine fault light about three years ago after filling with supposedly 85 - 91 Ron petrol this was the lowest recommended . So the engine check light comes on fill up a few days later with 91-95 Ron and it goes out , well off and on now for the last three years it has been a daily thing oh the lights on again I give up !! car runs perfectly was diagnosed and the light cleared two days later itsssss baaaack . But as Jmac told me whilst its okay to drive the fact that that this pesky light keeps coming back on its a problem only because if something else more serious happens it will not give a warning because the sodding thing is already ON .

[petenkaz]

I have a moral of a story...don't disregard warning lights and don't take it should be right mate for an answer. Car just stopped this morning at Richmond in North QLD. So now I'm stuck with getting it and van towed to Townsville and bundling family on the next greyhound outta town which is not until Sunday. I got the car serviced for this very reason in alice Springs only Monday, and just very glad it didn't kark it with a road train up my behind. Really not happy, guy from Alice Springs doesn't give a crap cos I'm a long way from there now. So who knows when I'll be leaving Townsville as I'm sure the part has to come from somewhere exotic

[petenkaz]

I've got a confession to make....it appears as though I put unleaded in instead of diesel. Kind of embarrassing and expensive all in one. Anyhow, new exhaust sensor in now and car running great. On the plus side I can highly recommend Pickering if you're ever in Townsville and are stupid enough to fill with unleaded, or just need a service. Extremely top class service that is ten times better then I've ever experienced at a Brisbane dealer

[Sunny43.5]

One has to ask how long have you owned the van to make that mistake ? or was it the thought that you were entering the path of Cyclone Ita and needed to escape fast from FNQ .

[petenkaz]

I've had the van since new, 2009, and driven diesels for a while before that, and my ute is also a diesel. Only ever made that mistake once before, that was almost 30 years ago when driving an old bread truck. Symptoms were completely different back then, a whole bunch of white smoke, but come to think of it the truck stopped then too! I put it down to a few things, screaming kids, 38 degree heat, screaming kids, flies, screaming kids! It kind of did me a favour in one respect, we actually got to avoid the cyclone and associated flooding. And seems everybody knows someone that's done it, even the mechanic said its a pretty common thing with the amount of diesels out there. Still though cost me a bunch (and RACQ about $5000 in towing and accom) so you can bet I'll be watching closely from now on

[Sunny43.5]

A big sticker on the outside of the van with a red arrow pointing down to the fuel filler with big letters DIESEL ONLY comes to mind . Ah don't you just love travel with kids on board had a few memorable ones too but the invention of in car DVD players went a long way to restoring driver sanity !! we had our first one back in 2000 in our T4 roof mounted unit, after that driving life was easy .