Fault code help

1. jake181 Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 332 Saxo 1.1

   #1 27th January 2011, 17:37

   bought a OBD2 reader of ebay, just a cheap one its cool though because it can read my 0-60 time and stuff but any way my EML was on so i plugged it in and the result were...
   
   Stored trouble codes:
   1. p1523 powertrain:throttle closed position performance
   2. p0443 powertrain EVAP.Purge solenoid valve 1
   
   Pending trouble codes
   1. P0711 powertraing: TFT sensor circuit range/performance
   
   i have no idea what this means ha can anyone help?
2. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #2 27th January 2011, 17:59

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by jake181 bought a OBD2 reader of ebay, just a cheap one its cool though because it can read my 0-60 time and stuff but any way my EML was on so i plugged it in and the result were... Stored trouble codes: 1. p1523 powertrain:throttle closed position performance 2. p0443 powertrain EVAP.Purge solenoid valve 1 Pending trouble codes 1. P0711 powertraing: TFT sensor circuit range/performance i have no idea what this means ha can anyone help?

   A wild guess at this because I haven`t got a list off fault codes here but i`d say Throttle position sensor faulty.
   
   Steve
3. jake181 Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 332 Saxo 1.1

   #3 27th January 2011, 18:02

   haha thanks man i kinda gathered that from reading this but im more interested in how to fix these, also what is the TFT sensor circuit
4. jake181 Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 332 Saxo 1.1

   #4 28th January 2011, 15:24

   any1 able to help?
5. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #5 28th January 2011, 15:29

   A quick google on tft circuit came up with transmission fluid temperature circuit.
   
   Steve.
6. user_31412 Established Member Joined: Feb 2009 ★ West / North Yorkshire ★ Posts: 1653

   #6 28th January 2011, 15:38

   They don't look like Citroen codes to me mate. Clear and read them again if they return (with a different reader preferably)
7. jake181 Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 332 Saxo 1.1

   #7 28th January 2011, 15:53

   hi im using http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...:X:AAQ:GB:1123 to read the codes with proscan, saw someone else on this site who uses it. So i just clear the codes and see if they come back?
8. user_31412 Established Member Joined: Feb 2009 ★ West / North Yorkshire ★ Posts: 1653

   #8 28th January 2011, 17:20

   Yeah, and use something else to read them like DigiMoto
9. jake181 Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 332 Saxo 1.1

   #9 28th January 2011, 17:25

   right jst went out and deleted the codes and decided i would go for a drive to test it, as soon as i started moving the eml came on so i read the codes again and it came up with p0443 powertrain EVAP.Purge solenoid valve 1 in the stored codes. what is this valve even for? where is it? what is the difference between stored and pending codes? i would try digimoto but i dont want to pay lol
10. user_31412 Established Member Joined: Feb 2009 ★ West / North Yorkshire ★ Posts: 1653

    #10 28th January 2011, 18:19

    The EVAP system is to reduce emissions from fuel in the tank.
    
    I don't know how in depth the saxo is with the system, but if it flags up the EML, there is either a leak somewhere or the purge valve is not working.
    
    Check the little white canister clipped onto the fuel tank just by the torsion bar (O/S) first of all - that might be cracked or broken off?
11. jake181 Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 332 Saxo 1.1

    #11 29th January 2011, 17:58

    ok thanks dude