One step forward, two steps back...
Graham W
----- Original Message -----
From: Owen Jenkins
To: mogtalk2
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: [mogtalk2] Miscellany
Tim,
Yes, I found it tonight on a website devoted to OBD codes. Not one I've seen
before. I hadn't bothered to look recently.
My Rover 75 diesel packed up running last year with an intermittent fault
no-one could identify - plenty of codes recorded but none was any help. I ended
up trading the car in, in exasperation. Being a diesel, I have little doubt it
would have been fixed had it not been for all the electronic wizardry which
flummoxed everyone.
My big gripe is that the electrics are not robust enough for the duty - not
fit for purpose. As an engineer, that makes me cross. Cars go to the scrap heap
these days because of these unfathomable electrical problems. I suspect that
corroded connectors and faulty sensors are often at fault. This is a funny kind
of progress.
Cheers,
Owen.
----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Harris
To: mogtalk2
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [mogtalk2] Miscellany
On 10 May 2012 20:39, Owen Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote:
Maybe it wasn't there when they looked. It certainly wasn't the last time
I tried.
Fair point. I wasn't having a go at you for not finding the code, by the
way. I am often struck by just how lazy some of the big dealers are. a mate of
mine works in a small non-franchised garage, and he tells me they get this a
lot - someone comes to them in despair with a recurring fault that the main
dealers can't seem to fix, they do a bit of phoning round and research on the
internet, and can usually come up with a fix or a workaround.
Seems to me that if it's not in the standard manuals or it's not covered in
the standard service sheets, the big boys either can't or won't do anything.
Maybe whoever looked at your car knew what the code was supposed to mean,
but was unable to pin down exactly what was causing it.
Tim
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