Flashing coil light

[spyke85]

Problem happens mainly if I am having to move cars around on the drive. Start the Leon, no problems, switch it off, keys out, move the Ibiza, get back in Leon to move it back on drive and Coil Light flashes and says Engine Fault on MFD. Turn engine off, back on and its not there anymore.

Car is in tomorrow for 20k service and also this but just wondering if anyone knows any faults that can cause this.

 

[WaveyDaveyGravy]

Don't know what the coil actually does without the manual, but moving cars around in this way does them absolutely no good at all. Running a car for a short distance like this can cause damage to the catalyst - modern cars are supposed to run till they are warmed up. Probably the car telling you you're knackering it.

 

[goble]

yup brakelight switch

 

[spyke85]

Don't know what the coil actually does without the manual, but moving cars around in this way does them absolutely no good at all. Running a car for a short distance like this can cause damage to the catalyst - modern cars are supposed to run till they are warmed up. Probably the car telling you you're knackering it.

Happens at dealerships all the time, cars are moved slightly, turned off, turned back on, turned off and probably never being moved more than 10m. So basically everytime I have to move car on the drive I should let the engine warm up fully, go for a drive and let it fully cool down. Don't think so, can't see any harm being done as long as the vehicle is properly maintained, which it is.

 

[spyke85]

yup brakelight switch

Is that a definite? It's never come on when driving

 

[goble]

as i said it's going to be the brakelight switch with the fault
brakelight switch f short to positive or sporadic fault...

 

[spyke85]

as i said it's going to be the brakelight switch with the fault
brakelight switch f short to positive or sporadic fault...

I will mention it to them tomorrow

 

[WaveyDaveyGravy]

Happens at dealerships all the time, cars are moved slightly, turned off, turned back on, turned off and probably never being moved more than 10m. So basically everytime I have to move car on the drive I should let the engine warm up fully, go for a drive and let it fully cool down. Don't think so, can't see any harm being done as long as the vehicle is properly maintained, which it is.

Well if dealers do it it must be alright! They do like to keep their vehicles for a long time and would never do anything to a car they were going to sell later that may mean more frequent visits to them at main dealer labour rates.

Quote from Honest John

"Unscrew the oil filler cap. If there is a deposit of whitish or creamy-grey 'mayonnaise' underneath, it means one of two things. The car has led a life of very short runs from cold starts, has never warmed up properly and the condensation this has created has mixed with the oil. Engines run like this have less than a quarter of the life of engines run properly, so a little old lady's car with 10,000 miles on the clock has really done the equivalent of at least 50,000 miles and should be valued accordingly."

End of the day it's your car, do what you want with it.

 

[spyke85]

So how else should cars be moved on the drive?

 

[WaveyDaveyGravy]

I know it's not always possible but you could park on the road if you know that the other one is going out, or at least run it for a couple of minutes to give it a chance to get some heat in the engine to get rid of the condensation.

 

[spyke85]

I know it's not always possible but you could park on the road if you know that the other one is going out, or at least run it for a couple of minutes to give it a chance to get some heat in the engine to get rid of the condensation.

I only have to do it like once in a blue moon anyway so I am sure it is getting no harm done and I imagine many people on here do it anyway. Road we live on has no where to park the cars anyway, small road shared with 4 houses. Car otherwise is always allowed to warm up and cool down and short journeys are never done in it, not even a year old and its 20k service tomorrow