Sorry if this has been posted before

the em light came on this morning after 10mins

the car seems to drive ok

had a look there seems to be sludge in the air filter and oil breather pipe

cleaned this out but light is still on

if it is the maf sensor where would it be

1.4 16v classic 51 reg

many thanks in advance

MAF is after airbox and before rubber intake hose:)

thanks very much i will have a look

tomorrow and try and to clean it if poss

cheers

A common cause on the 16V is an EGR excessive flow code. This is often caused by a blocked EGR pipe under the throttle body which seems to contradict the excessive part of the description. I think that it describes it as excessive as the ECU winds out the EGR valve to the maximum to get the required amount of exhaust gasses into the inlet.

The first garage that you take it to will just want to renew the EGR valve at £100 or so when the first course of action should be to remove the throttle body and clean it and unblock the EGR pipe and if the fault code persists, then replace the EGR valve.

On the other hand it could be something simple like the engine coolant temperature sensor is faulty.

Get the codes read and come back to us.

i have changed the coolant sensor everything is ok

but why the oil sludge in air filter

head gaskett ok had that replaced in 2006

cleaned it all out and replaced the filter

done this before and the same thing still happens

car now runs very well more economical

cheers mark.