Hello

I bought 2nd hand 2001 Skoda Fabia 1.4 auto last month. Only 31k on the clock. Ive been up and down the motorways recently visiting my mum. Its runnung fine. Today the electronic engine management light came on (I looked it up in the maintenance book). Any ideas what this means? I am hoping its not an expensive warning! I would appreciate having some expert sounding comments and questions to ask the garage so that I do not come across as the complete car numpty that I am. Ho hum. So any expert online who can tell me what I should say?

hopefully - todayisgood

p.s. its a peppermint green colour.

p.p.s if you see this post in the octavia forum - tis me again! posted in the wrong place. oops

You need a code scan to read the fault code(s) causing the EML. Without codes it's all guesswork.

As already stated it could be many things...

I had a manual 1.4 and this light came on.. (It was the EPC light).. that turned out to simply be a bad brake light switch on the pedal. This is a common problem with allot of VW cars and the part in question has been revised by VW many times, but that doesn't mean it's your problem I'm afraid... Would be worth checking your brake lights aren't stuck on though.. or that they work at all and consistently.

Have a look at this thread http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/132727-help-my-epc-emissions-or-cel-check-engine-lamp-is-on/ It is a sticky at the top of the Fab 1 Forum.

I would bet money that it is the egr system, probably registering high flow. Do a search for egr system faults, but just look at the results for 1.4 16v, there's a lot. If you do a fair amount of stop start driving it may well go out after a while, but will return on a run.