how to turn off key light? + normal engine noise??

  1. Regular Poster Joined: Aug 2009 Manchester Posts: 308 Red - VTR MK II (*SOLD*) Black - C2 Code (VTS)
    #1
    key light:

    Had my car a year now and had it with the keylight flashing since i bought it..

    car starts perfect it just literally keeps flashing and its starting to annoy me..


    Engine noise:

    1.
    From a cold start it might be normal but when i accelerate you can hear like a tinny rattling like something bouncing in the engine

    2.
    Tt sounds a little too noisy form the engine when i reach around 30k revs louader than the exhaust to be fair, i have a cone filter nothing else in the engine all standard.

    Thanks
  2. Regular Poster Joined: Aug 2009 Manchester Posts: 308 Red - VTR MK II (*SOLD*) Black - C2 Code (VTS)
    #2
    anyone?...
  3. Established Member Joined: Jun 2008 Coseley, West Mids Posts: 1267 306 D-Turbo
    #3
    The excess noise could be a blow in the exhaust try starting it and covering the exhaust pipe you should feel a fair bit of pressure if not and you hear a noise further down the pipe then you have a hole somewhere.

    As for the immobilizer light as long as it starts stops goes I wouldn't worry as it could be the ECU has been unlocked.
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  4. Regular Poster Joined: Aug 2009 Manchester Posts: 308 Red - VTR MK II (*SOLD*) Black - C2 Code (VTS)
    #4
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    Originally Posted by Woody91 View Post
    The excess noise could be a blow in the exhaust try starting it and covering the exhaust pipe you should feel a fair bit of pressure if not and you hear a noise further down the pipe then you have a hole somewhere.

    As for the immobilizer light as long as it starts stops goes I wouldn't worry as it could be the ECU has been unlocked.
    good point, didn't think about that... someone said it could be my cat has gone which i don't understand..
    The eml did come a while back on when I had the car on the motorway and did a sudden acceration at 85 to overtake and the garage said its the cat that has failed but the light went off 2 days later and never came back on since.

    The tinny kinda something bouncing when i accelerate on a cold start is that just the pistons or not normal ha?

    thanks!
  5. Established Member Joined: Jun 2008 Coseley, West Mids Posts: 1267 306 D-Turbo
    #5
    A tinny sound isnt normal no it could be the exhaust catching the underbody also the garage has a point could be the Catalytic Converter however check for holes in the exhaust 1st as CATs dont come cheap.