Exhaust System Warning Light

Polo_Gio · Post by **Polo_Gio** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:35 pm

Hi all,

Was driving my car this morning with no problems or lights. Got in my car to drive home...no lights yet... Got to a set of lights only 5 mins into driving and my car started to splutter and sound as if it was gonna cut out but it never did. Got it home and opened the bonnet.....i swear you could have mixed a paint tin with my engine, it was shaking like mad. Turned her off and back on and the Exhaust System Light came on. Drove her to garage and guy cant take her till Tuesday....

Dont know if this is a seperate problem or not but when i come to stop at lights i now have to press my brake pedal allot more that i had to before. Even then am slowly coming to a stop and not am prompt as i should....brake pads were renewed a while back.

HELP.

hedgehogharvey · Post by **hedgehogharvey** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:14 pm

filled up with supermarket petrol?

Polo_Gio · Post by **Polo_Gio** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:24 pm

That thought did cross my mind, but the last time i filled up was Monday and i used a BP garage. I have never used supermarket petrol...

the saga continues......

polo_gti21 · Post by **polo_gti21** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:41 pm

was it the engine check light? it may be the lamba sensors check all the wires to see if the are worn through i had the same problem light would be off the all of a sudden it would be on i turn the car off for 10mins or so and it would be turned off found out the wires were broke. never had the shaky engine, try going to vw and ask if they can put vag com on it.

R.I.T.B · Post by **R.I.T.B** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:07 pm

see my recent thread with basically the same problem, the garage said use better fuel, they thought it was misfiring, since then i've been using shell V-Power and the lights gone

If that dont solve it then, like said above, probably the lamba sensor!

polo_gti21 · Post by **polo_gti21** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:27 pm

R.I.T.B yeah shell v-power has helped alot as well forgot that my car hates other petrol now. my mates a master tech for vw so ill try help as much as poss polo_gio

Polo_Gio · Post by **Polo_Gio** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:21 pm

Appreciate the help guys. One point i dont get though is how there could be a possible link from this to my brakes...

is it possible they are connected...

My brakes are definately not perfoming correctly ... far from it.