Engine Management Light Flashing, Please read this is slightly different to others!

1. darrenrosser Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2010 Tunbirdge Wells Posts: 847 Citroen Saxo 1.6 VTR

   #1 24th April 2011, 11:55

   Right so this last week has been an absolute mission,
   First of all the car dies on me driving along, i get recovered and get it home,
   The car ran for about 2 seconds when you turn it over and died, so we changed
   
   Coil pack - no change
   Fuel pump - No change
   And we checked power was going to all appropriate parts, after all that i changed the fuel filter late one night and bam she started, The reason i didnt do this first was because it was only done several months ago!
   
   Anyway...
   
   Last night on a long drive an injector popped out because i stupidly cant have put it back on the rail properly, so fuel went everywhere in the bay... and i mean everywhere,
   
   We put it all back together at the side of the road and she was back again running perfectly with everything how it should be, Then about 10 miles later the engine managment light starts flashing, the car looses masses of power and judders quite strongly, turns into an american muscle car as she was onyl firing on three cylinders, but why? What caused this?
   
   At the side of the road we checked the coil pack had a spark and it did, all the sparks are sparking so my next thought is a sticky injector?
   
   Any suggestions ?
   Thanks
2. RustySkull Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Oct 2009 Basildon And Corringham, Essex Posts: 5179 MK1 Focus RS, Discovery TD5, Renault Trafic 2.0

   #2 24th April 2011, 11:58

   Plug it in mate, you'll see why the light is flashing then
3. miamibluebaby Established Member Joined: May 2009 Ellesmere (Shropshire) Posts: 1044 superchared 106 gti

   #3 24th April 2011, 11:59

   Does the injector still have the 'O' ring on it, could be causing a poor seal letting air in??
   
   Your lucky you still have a car mind, could of got very nast very quickly!!
4. RustySkull Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Oct 2009 Basildon And Corringham, Essex Posts: 5179 MK1 Focus RS, Discovery TD5, Renault Trafic 2.0

   #4 24th April 2011, 11:59

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by miamibluebaby could of got very nast very quickly!!

   Yeh, with the fuel leak... Boom
5. darrenrosser Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2010 Tunbirdge Wells Posts: 847 Citroen Saxo 1.6 VTR

   #5 24th April 2011, 12:02

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by miamibluebaby Does the injector still have the 'O' ring on it, could be causing a poor seal letting air in?? Your lucky you still have a car mind, could of got very nast very quickly!!

   I know it was a big cruise of us, i was at the front and my mates started shouting telling me to pull over, thinking they where winding me up cos of this issues this week and i look behind me and see masses of petrol on the road,
   
   All the o rings are on both ends in the block and the rail and none are split, Thanks for your advice.
6. darrenrosser Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2010 Tunbirdge Wells Posts: 847 Citroen Saxo 1.6 VTR

   #6 24th April 2011, 12:02

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Bikekid450 Plug it in mate, you'll see why the light is flashing then

   Yeah i will do mate was just wondering if anyone could suggest anything... I will not give up on her! Thanks bud!
7. RustySkull Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Oct 2009 Basildon And Corringham, Essex Posts: 5179 MK1 Focus RS, Discovery TD5, Renault Trafic 2.0

   #7 24th April 2011, 12:03

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by darrenrosser Yeah i will do mate was just wondering if anyone could suggest anything... I will not give up on her! Thanks bud!

   Never give up!
8. darrenrosser Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2010 Tunbirdge Wells Posts: 847 Citroen Saxo 1.6 VTR

   #8 24th April 2011, 12:07

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Bikekid450 Never give up!

   Haha i wont... Not ever!
9. darrenrosser Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2010 Tunbirdge Wells Posts: 847 Citroen Saxo 1.6 VTR

   #9 24th April 2011, 12:25

   Could it be a faulty crankshaft sensor? Could the petrol have pentrated some of the sensors and damaged them?
10. RustySkull Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Oct 2009 Basildon And Corringham, Essex Posts: 5179 MK1 Focus RS, Discovery TD5, Renault Trafic 2.0

    #10 24th April 2011, 12:29

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by darrenrosser Could it be a faulty crankshaft sensor? Could the petrol have pentrated some of the sensors and damaged them?

    Possible, check everything, connectors, wires, sensors, you might have knocked something when you was fixing it
11. eggy01 Regular Poster Joined: Feb 2011 kings lynn Posts: 403 Citroen Saxo Vtr

    #11 24th April 2011, 13:59

    when it lost power when the light came on that would have been the car going into "limp mode" so you couldnt thrash it and damage anything, if you got a diagnostic machine handy plug it in and that sould give you a fairly acurate ansaw to what it is.
    
    hope this helps.
    
    matt
12. darrenrosser Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2010 Tunbirdge Wells Posts: 847 Citroen Saxo 1.6 VTR

    #12 24th April 2011, 17:23

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by eggy01 when it lost power when the light came on that would have been the car going into "limp mode" so you couldnt thrash it and damage anything, if you got a diagnostic machine handy plug it in and that sould give you a fairly acurate ansaw to what it is. hope this helps. matt

    Cheers bud im taking it to my mate tommorow to see if we can sort her
13. simonwillis1988 Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 174

    #13 24th April 2011, 23:48

    Maybe the injectors faulty where it was forced out, it wont take much to fuck an injector up as the fuel shoots though microns or injector loom damaged..