Exhaust light / electrical faults - update
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 3:41 pm
On Tuesday, the exhaust system warning light came on. A quick trip to my loal dealer said "nothing to worry about, bring it in when you can", at that time there were no obvious running problems.
On Thursday morning I got into the car. No warning light as I waited for the pre-heat light to go out... turned the key and the main cooling fans came on, but no start.
I tried removing the key to hear a constant clicking noise from behind the dash (presumably a relay). Even once I was out of the car and it was locked the clicking continued.
Key back in, and the fans still ran consantly but no sign of engine start (anti-theft ?).
Eventually after ~5mins of the fans running they stopped by themselves, at which point removing the key didn't cause the clicking.
Quick test drive, and the car feels sluggish, as my previous Golf did when the infamous air-mass-meter failed.
It goes back to the local dealer for testing on Monday

On Thursday morning I got into the car. No warning light as I waited for the pre-heat light to go out... turned the key and the main cooling fans came on, but no start.
I tried removing the key to hear a constant clicking noise from behind the dash (presumably a relay). Even once I was out of the car and it was locked the clicking continued.
Key back in, and the fans still ran consantly but no sign of engine start (anti-theft ?).
Eventually after ~5mins of the fans running they stopped by themselves, at which point removing the key didn't cause the clicking.
Quick test drive, and the car feels sluggish, as my previous Golf did when the infamous air-mass-meter failed.
It goes back to the local dealer for testing on Monday
