highland-celica Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 The other day a engine warning light came up solid orange (not sure if it goes red if problem serious) no power loss but when I turned engine off it never came back this was about 3-4 days ago and tonight same thing again solid orange engine light came on and once car turned off and back on it disappears done about 6 miles and never came back. Any ideas what it could be before I start digging around engine and spending money on things it might not be. Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zajc3w Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 (edited) HI. obd scanner, that will point you in correct direction. Engine light stays orange, red is different cars. Edited March 9, 2015 by zajc3w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Boy 1 Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 It could be a whole hoste of things which trigger the engine management light, so without getting a diagnostic check done you would be pouring money down the drain changing things on the off chance you may change the item which is causing the issue. The ODB scanners are good and allows you to turn off warning lights. They also point you in the direction of which item is about to or has failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highland-celica Posted March 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Went to start the car there and nothing battery was dead. Would the alternator trigger the warning light and as for the scanners will the cheap ones off eBay work good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highland-celica Posted March 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Found out why battery died. Today taking shopping out the boot I noticed all my dash lights and fans were on... thinking shit left the keys in and ignition on so reached in to get keys and no keys there they were in my pocket :/ so ignition does not switch off all the time any1 had this problem ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usetheforce Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 Is your car a gen 6 (looking at your avatar pic)? Putting your model in your profile would help If so then you can perform an error check, click the technical link on my site URL link in my SIG and there is a guide to do an ECU error checking (its for gen 5 but is the same procedure) and also a list of the error codes and what they mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKINY Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 i have 2 working switches from a 5 if any use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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