Yellow Engine Management Light

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fitzy

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 Sheffield
Hi

On my way to work this morning the yellow engine management light came on. There was a slight loss of power so I stopped and turned the engine off. when I started it up again it drove fine but the light is still on.

Anyone had this and know what it is?

thanks
 
are you talking about the EML light? That stands for Engine electronics malfunction. from Manual:

"Engine electronics +
Engine electronics malfunction.
You can continue to drive with
reduced engine output or engine
speed. Please have the system
inspected by your BMW center."
 
Dont have a Zed manual handy but I think there are two modes for this light - continuously on and it's OK to drive but should be checked (may get reduced power). If it's FLASHING it's STOP SEEK HELP. No doubt someone can confirm this. Also found this http://www.justanswer.com/questions/2c86d-2003-z4-roadster-insert-ignition . there are various sensors on the engine that if faulty can trigger the EML - best to get it hooked up and read the fault code.
 
I had this on mine; mine misfired once and never again and that put the light on. The light stays on until it gets reset at the stealers and they print off the fault, often costing £90 for cock all.
 
rob davey said:
I had this on mine; mine misfired once and never again and that put the light on. The light stays on until it gets reset at the stealers and they print off the fault, often costing £90 for cock all.
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Ended up costing me £20 at an indy for the diagnostic check. It was a cam shaft sensor apparently but its gone off now anyway!

thanks everyone
 
for reference you can get a code reader for £27 on Amazon, I've posted a list of fault codes in the How-to section.

One off codes and it's not worth it, if you've got something persistent I'd get one.
 
Andy said:
for reference you can get a code reader for £27 on Amazon, I've posted a list of fault codes in the How-to section.

One off codes and it's not worth it, if you've got something persistent I'd get one.
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how good is it? does it give you the exact problem? do you have a link to it on Amazon by any chance?
 
http://www.amazon.co.uk/ELM327-Based-Diagnostic-System-OBDII/dp/B001C1QQJA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1251897946&sr=8-1

does the job fine, if you can mess about with usb-serial ports and all that ( i had a pig to get it to talk, usual programs "watching" the port which needed to be turned off first )

comes with freeware software to read codes and reset EMLs.

Bought mine as my other car is OBDII as well. There's cheaper ones on Amazon too, but I liked that one.
 
Andy said:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/ELM327-Based-Diagnostic-System-OBDII/dp/B001C1QQJA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1251897946&sr=8-1

does the job fine, if you can mess about with usb-serial ports and all that ( i had a pig to get it to talk, usual programs "watching" the port which needed to be turned off first )

comes with freeware software to read codes and reset EMLs.

Bought mine as my other car is OBDII as well. There's cheaper ones on Amazon too, but I liked that one.
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Maybe we all come to your house then when the light comes on rather than get ripped of by the dealers! :)
 
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