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Engine Management light!!

melly.g

melly.g

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I thought i was being good putting my Boxster in the garage over the winter, but when i started it the other day, the engine management light came on and it was missing due to dampness. Missing now stopped and running beautifully but light still on, any ideas anyone??? [&:]
 
Had the same with my 06 Boxster S, gave it a short run to get it up to temp. turned the ingition off left it ten minutes, everything is fine, just done 300mls + this weekend ran like a dream

tommo
 
My CEL came on recently after a lumpy start. I've had this happen before when starting the car after it has been parked up for a week and there has been some rain. Usually, within a minute or so the car is running normally and after a few minutes the CEL goes out. I have had 4 new coil packs fitted which seemed to sort this out.

It wasn't a particularly damp day, the temperature was about 4C and it had only been standing for a day after a 130 mile trip. On start up, it sounded like it was firing on 4 then 5 then finally all 6 cylinders kicked in. However on this occasion, the CEL remained on once the car was up to temperature and after several re-starts.

Although there was no apparent effect on performance or fuel economy after another 130 mile trip, I thought it would be a good idea to get it over to the OPC as I was concerned about the cats so booked it in for a reset. I needed to use the car last Friday and as the light was still on after a short trip decided to call the OPC to fix a date. After sorting a day out with the service team, I started up and, blow me, the CEL had gone off and has so far stayed off. Weird.

I'm guessing that the engine management system must have taken a while longer than previously to decide that the fault had been cleared. Anyone else experienced this?
 
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