Vauxhall Zafira emition light

Car: Vauxhall Zafira
Variant: 1.6 comfort
Model Year: 2003
Categories: Electrics, ECU, Warnings & Lights
i all hope someone can help me i can be driving the emistion light comes on it still drives ok i have had the codes read it comes up with po400 the egr valve i have had that replaced i clear the codes it does not come back on for about 1wk-6wks thanks for any help
Posted: Sep 25, 2011 (13 years ago)
Have you cleaned out the inlet manifold as this can become 'gunked' up overtime. Very easy to do but you will need a new gasket and a tin of carb cleaner. I had a similar problem and it was covered in black sticky deposits. No problems since. Good luck
Posted Oct 16, 2011 (13 years ago)
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Posted Oct 26, 2011 (13 years ago)
we had same problem however after changing both lamba sensors which give po140 error on veh even after changing ran it for a week cleared it using a garage reset diagnostic unit but had to then reset the veh by manual reset this is done by pushing down accelerator and brake together same time turn ignition to on but dont fire it up then engine management light will flash 3 times and fault code illuminates where milage reading should be hold down the reste milage button on speedo for 10 seconds let go turn ignition to off then leave for a few seconds restart car and fire engine up the management light will illuminate after a short while 5 to 10 mins the light will go out as ours did we have had no problems since let me know how you get on
Posted Dec 27, 2011 (12 years ago)

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