:cry: the car has developed a problem, when starting from cold it runs realy ruff chugs like a good un once you've done about 1.5 miles it clears but tonight just before it cleared a red light came on the dash on the left hand side now i don't have a manual but to me i9t looked like a symbol for a catalytic converter :cry: anybody any ideas plz plz plz :cry:

:cry: the car has developed a problem, when starting from cold it runs realy ruff chugs like a good un once you've done about 1.5 miles it clears but tonight just before it cleared a red light came on the dash on the left hand side now i don't have a manual but to me i9t looked like a symbol for a catalytic converter :cry: anybody any ideas plz plz plz :cry:

 

If I were to hazard an educated guess I'd say that you have problems with either the coilpack connectors, injector connectors or the wiring loom leading to the above items. This is causing one (or more) of the cylinders not to fire when the engine is cold. Once it gets up to temperature the electrical connection is reestablished due to expansion, movement, etc. Not firing on all cylinders causes unburnt fuel to pass to the catalytic converters where it burns, causes the cats to overheat and hence produce the warning light on the dash.

 

Solution:

(1) carefully take off all the coilpack and injector connectors. Give them a clean to remove any oxidation.

(2) if that doesn't help try wigling the wiring loom and/connectors with the engine running. You'll probably find the engine switching between firing on all 6 and less cylinders.

 

You can get replacement connectors (with a small bit of loom) from MJP in the traders section.

 

HTH

 

Dan

Sounds like one of your cats just used up it's 9th life.

 

I think the red cat light signifies cat overheat, strange that it should happen after such a short distance. You could try running a diagnostic and see if it throws up any fault codes:

 

http://www.ttzd.com/tech/diagnostictech.html

As Danny says, it's unburnt fuel igniting in your exhaust. It's over fueling so as Danny says check the connections ;) Don't forget at start up you'll get extra fuel so that's probably why it's happening for the first few miles especially :)

 

Vijay

IIRC the cat temp warning light is orange and the engine/ECU warning light is red. Well it is on mine anyway ...

thanxs lads just out of interest mines only got one cat

one cat? wtf. you sure?

thanxs lads just out of interest mines only got one cat

 

 

That is possible, if you have one pre-cat and no main cats.

yep 2 into 1 then one out the back