Vauxhall Vectra car and spanner light is lit

Car: Vauxhall Vectra
Variant: 1.9cdti
Model Year: 2005
Categories: Electrics, ECU, Warnings & Lights
when i start the car a yellow light showing a car and spanner is lit, but goes off after driving for 2 minutes.
Posted: Jul 17, 2012 (12 years ago)
This is the engine management light picking up a fault, If you take your car to a local garage they should be able to identify the fault code stored and reset the management system, This should only cost a few pounds as only a five min job
Posted Jul 19, 2012 (12 years ago)
does it stay lit while driving or when you first start engine, as this could also mean it's telling you it's due a service. I've recently had a new ecu and my car & spanner pops up for litterally 10 secs or so when first started. I need to do a mini service on it then have it cleared.
Posted Oct 5, 2012 (12 years ago)
I HAD THE SAME ON MY VECTRA SRI DTI. IN THE DRIVERS HANDBOOK IT SAYS ON Z1.9 DT & Z1.9DTH ENGINES CAN BE WATER IN FUEL FILTER. CHANGED IT. NOW OK.HOPE THIS AS HELPFUL.
Posted Nov 5, 2012 (11 years ago)
you have 1 or more glow plugs blown a common fault with these not that easy to change unless you are confident as they do some times break of which causes a lot of problems ,get your self a good set like bosch they are quite reasnable on ebay asses each 1 first give them plenty of wd40 or even better do it with a warm engine (a bit rough on the skin though)then take your time trying to remove them loosen them a small amount at a time then retyten antill they are easy to turn they are located at the rear of enginebetweem head and manifold with a black cap and wire pushed on top.
Posted Nov 14, 2012 (11 years ago)

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