Matthew Henderson

Yeah I kind of see what your saying and having another look can’t see anything obviously leaking is the any obvious/easy to check the inlet manifold as they are plastic and I guess given the age of the car could be a potential?

Cheers for your help mk2.......... Yes the EGR has been replaced with a new one and its electromechanical rather than vacuum, so although I haven't replaced a control solenoid, I assume that would be part of the electrical EGR unit, please correct me if i'm wrong but haven't seen any obvious solenoid lurking in the engine bay. I get your point with regard to an open circuit when cold and warm etc but would that not be a permanent issue given that the car can run warm with no isssues until switched off and back on again. From cold - Turn ignition on - clear the error code with scanner - start the car (Light off) - run car as long as you like - no EML, and once warm (Possibly 2 hrs of driving) still no EML light, but if you were to switch engine off and then restart, the EML will come about 2-3 seconds after starting the engine and so the cycle repeats. I have also found that from cold - clear the code - drive to work (30 mins) - leave the car for 8 hours - start the car - drive home with no EML Grateful for your assistance thus far Could it be something to do with the Cat possibly, but again why when its restarted

Hmmn - No that's not anything I can access I'm afraid. Anything else I could try It's just odd it only happens once the car is restarted when warm, but can be driven all day with no Engine management light once reset via the reader!

Cheers for that. I did buy and replace the temp sensor, but the problem still persists.. Anybody have any other ideas

Hi Again - Ok so problem still not gone away, So far the post cat lamda sensor replaced with new one, egr valve replaced with new one, removed and cleaned the inlet manifold to egr breather pipe, and have managed to clear the P0141 code, but not the P0408. After clearing the P0408 code, (With OBD Reader) the car will run fine with no issues, and no lights on the dash, we have driven the car for 2.5 hours no issues at all, but if you were to switch the ignition off after running the car and then re-start the car (Warm, maybe a few minutes later), the check engine light comes back on (P0408). The only other thing that has happened is that I ran the car to work from cold (No check light on dash after clearing code) some 15 miles, left it at work for 8 hours or so and then drove back home again with no check light!......but once back home and a few minutes later started it again and check light came on! and so the cycle carries on. don't understand .....grrrr, just to say that we have checked the usual suspects, leads, coil are all good, but haven't changed the coolant temp sensor on the radiator. Anybody have any other suggestions, short of a bigger hammer? Many Thanks Matthew

Hi everyone, The check engine light has blown, does anyone have a guides or instructions on how to replace the bulb, Thank you in advance, Matthew

Sorry for delay but no doesn't use much oil and coil leads intake all good. Replaced the egr valve and seems fine for a while and sometimes after a run (maybe an hour's) it's fine and then it will come on when you start the car Errors are p0408 and p0141any feedback gratefully received. Thanks

Hi, I've got a 2001 1.0 MPI, and I've replaced the egr about a week ago, because we were getting egr errors on starting the car, even after clearing the errors, so we replaced it, and I am now getting the p0408 error after 10-15 mins of driving, cleared the error keeps appearing, any tips for trying to stop it, cheers in advance