Had My First Breakdown In The Scooby Today

[granby]

Went out this morning and parked up in the car park of PC World in Orpington, came back out to the car and it wouldn't start, had lights on the dash but just wouldn't turn over , battery was fine, tried pushing the car in gear just in case the started motor had jammed but still nothing so called the breakdown recovery and they said it would be about a hour, one and a half hours later they turned up.

Had a look under the bonnet trying to see where the starter motor was which i pointed out to him and hey presto there was the problem, a wire was hanging off the started motor, he managed to get his arm down the small gap between the intercooler and the bulkhead and sort it out

But now i have the CEL light on , could he of disturbed something or does anybody know how i find out the reason the CEL has come on

Ian

Edited October 4, 2007 by Granby

[matthew_buckland]

Went out this morning and parked up in the car park of PC World in Orpington, came back out to the car and it wouldn't start, had lights on the dash but just wouldn't turn over , battery was fine, tried pushing the car in gear just in case the started motor had jammed but still nothing so called the breakdown recovery and they said it would be about a hour, one and a half hours later they turned up.

Had a look under the bonnet trying to see where the starter motor was which i pointed out to him and hey presto there was the problem, a wire was hanging off the started motor, he managed to get his arm down the small gap between the intercooler and the bulkhead and sort it out

But now i have the CEL light on , could he off disturbed something or does anybody know how i find out the reason the CEL has come on

Ian

Marty (loonybin) has the handheld plug in thing that gives you the fault codes, sure he wont mind plugging it in yours, also shuts the light off too.

[baser999]

..........came back out to the car and it wouldn't start........ tried pushing the car in gear ..........

Sorry to hear this Ian but I have to ask what gear were you in........not those fishnets and high heels? Now that would have been worthy of a caption competition

[granby]

Marty (loonybin) has the handheld plug in thing that gives you the fault codes, sure he wont mind plugging it in yours, also shuts the light off too.

Cheers for that, could he do it soon please please please

[granby]

Sorry to hear this Ian but I have to ask what gear were you in........not those fishnets and high heels? Now that would have been worthy of a caption competition

Now that would be telling

[matthew_buckland]

Sent you Marty's number.

[granby]

Sent you Marty's number.

Thanks

[HOL]

Sorry to hear this Ian but I have to ask what gear were you in........not those fishnets and high heels? Now that would have been worthy of a caption competition

LMAO!

[HOL]

If you cant sort it, we can remove the secs monitor from my car and plug it in as a last resort. (The lead might even reach, if we park them door to door.

[Dalthegooner]

You can buy the thing that you plug in to read the fault codes form Halfords. Can't remember how much but I'm sure it wasn't overly expensive.

[granby]

Thanks Loonybin for sorting that as i said i owe you a beer

[loonybin]

Thanks Loonybin for sorting that as i said i owe you a beer

No worrys mate at least its sorted.

[yogi-]

No worrys mate at least its sorted.

Good one Martin for gettin Ian again

[granby]

Well that's a result, got a cheque for £10 through he post today from Green Flag

Green flag have a rapid response pledge to be with you within the hour, on this occasion they took 1 hour 20 mins and so i got £10

Happy days

[Baz69birds]

Some people get all the LUCK!!

[dazzlers82]

nice one granby drinks on you saturday then

[granby]

Some people get all the LUCK!!

I'll try not to spend it all at once