Engine light

[Ben_Stevo172]

I fitted an induction kit about 2 weeks ago now and I have done around 500miles with it on and no problems occured, until, today I was washing the engine bay as I polished the car using a buffer and got polish splattered all over it, after washing it I started it and a light came on. It was the box with a squigly line through it! The car wouldnt accelarate over 3000rpm. I let it dry out for a few hours and that went off. The car drives perfect now, no problems but the light with the picture of an engine has come on now!! Can anyone help me?

 

[Justin182]

Is it the one on the right of the dash...emissions light. Do you have a sports cat or decat?

And ive heard it does go a bit funny with water in engine bay until it dries out.

 

[daviebroon]

throttle sensor.

mine's been doing it for ages.

just keep turning engine off and back on again... resets it.

search posts for the same thing. regularly discussed on here.

 

[daviebroon]

got to be THE most common mk2 ph2 clio problem surely.

 

[Ben_Stevo172]

Dunno its the light right down in the bottom corner, orange light shaped like an engine. Il try the car again in the morning and hopefully it will have dried out. I dont have any decat fitted but will have shortly.

 

[MOFO]

is it the engine mangement light?

mine is the same, does it mostley in the mornings,

 

[daviebroon]

mine does it when in say 5th on full throttle up a hill for an extended period of time.

common as i said.

 

[Ben_Stevo172]

Ok, iv let the car dry out all night, gone to start it this morning and the light is still on. Just wont go off. Its the light at the bottom right hand corner. Shaped like an engine lights up orange.

 

[daviebroon]

engine emission light.

will go off if you drive normally for 100miles.

ecu resets itself again.

 

[Ben_Stevo172]

Good good!!! its really doing my head in now, I hate things like that, makes me think my cars fooked!! Is there a quicker way to reset it by any chance?

 

[daviebroon]

nope.

mine does this every now and then thanks to the decat. the second llamda sensor confuses it.
i've also heard using a low obtane fuel can cause this too.

 

[Ben_Stevo172]

Oh ok. Well im fitting a k-tec decat at some point next week so I will probably remove the 2nd sensor then, as I heard this can cure it? I always run mine on high octane anyway so it cant be that! Anyways thanks for the help bud, Much appreciated!!

 

[daviebroon]

i plugged my second sensor in as it had a hole for it... seemed daft not to?

 

[G_F]

Is there a quicker way to reset it by any chance?

disconnect the battery for an hour or so

 

[daviebroon]

^ may make it worse as the ecu will be forced to recalculate the air fuel ratio, tdc etc at that given point.