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I have finaly got my gearbox fitted, But when my wife picked up the car from the garage she saw the yellow check light on, for some reason she didnt say anything to the garage I have just got in and she has told me about it!! What could it be?? It must be something the garage has done but I did it cash in hand. Im not having a good time with this car, it has only been on the road for two weeks sinse I bought it!! I sold my sti import cause I thought it was going to cost me alot.

Please HELP

Is it the service warning light, maybe?

Even if it was a cash in hand, uv still had work done there so i would take it back n just say can u advise me on the light problem!

I take it, its the engine check light????

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Trottagti wrote:I take it, its the engine check light????

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The gearbox can put the engine check light on?!?! I never knew that at all. You learn a new thing everyday.

yes yellow engine check light, the car was bunny hoppin and it has been sittin for a while? Fuel problem??

The engine warning light could mean so many different things that it's worth checking with the garage using the VAG problem code reader. It could be something as simple as you putting in 95 fuel instead of 97, or could be as erroneous as damaged spark plugs or oil leaking into the engine. Best thing is to get it checked out earlier than later, before more damage gets done.

MaxZ wrote:The engine warning light could mean so many different things that it's worth checking with the garage using the VAG problem code reader. It could be something as simple as you putting in 95 fuel instead of 97, or could be as erroneous as damaged spark plugs or oil leaking into the engine. Best thing is to get it checked out earlier than later, before more damage gets done.

Seconded. That light points to sooo many things.

Just take it back to the garage and say it started acting up not so long after you drove it away, and would they mind looking at it.

latest update is took it back to garage they checked it over and run it and decided it is bad fuel, maybe cause it has sat for 5 weeks with a full tank and hasn't run at all. He did say that he doesn't have the computer to plug into the car though. So do I run the car then put some new fuel?? 5 weeks doesn't seem that long.

Yeh run it down then puyt some new fuel in and see what happens.

Inform the garage though and make it clear what you are doing, so that if the problem is still there after a few fill ups you can take it back and go from there. Otherwise they'll just forget about it.

thanks for your help, will let you no how it go's

They possibly left a lamda sensor disconnected. You have to unplug it to remove the gearbox as the wiring is close to it.