One for the MOT testers, MIL Light

[Melvyn Best]

must have been one of my ex bosses car

I worked with a Polish guy that was handy with a soldering iron

 

[Paul.]

Well the car passed with no advisories again, that's thirteen MOT's in a row with no problems, the engine light stayed off for the test but it was on earlier today, emissions were spot on, I asked the question about the light and the tester confirmed what I thought, it only applies to petrol cars from 2003, and diesels from 2008 so it wouldn't have mattered anyway,

 

[slim_boy_fat]

@Paul. Always good to get the ticket - that's a remarkable history though

 

[Paul.]

A year on and another MOT pass today, so 14 in a row, the MIL light has been off for a year now, all it needed was the "Italian tune up" which it got when I had to follow a customer down the motorway to a job at a speed I wouldn't normally do!.

 

[tom 748]

eml light is a fail
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[Melvyn Best]

eml light is a fail
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Depends on the age of the vehicle

 

[Joe 90]

Depends on the age of the vehicle

Not if its on.

 

[mtt.tr]

You have to be careful doing that on bsi equipped pugs. If you don't follow the correct procedure you can cause all sorts of mysterious electrical gremlins! (google peugeot BSI reboot)

I've heard this before seems hard to believe.

 

[mtt.tr]

A year on and another MOT pass today, so 14 in a row, the MIL light has been off for a year now, all it needed was the "Italian tune up" which it got when I had to follow a customer down the motorway to a job at a speed I wouldn't normally do!.

This brings flash backs following someone who had a trailer on going quicker than I would normally and cutting up the hgvs.


No surprise he has many many dents.

 

[Ubique]

I've heard this before seems hard to believe.

Nope, it's a 'thing' if various attached systems are not allowed to shut down gracefully. It's been a while since I was involved in PSA stuff, 30 mins shutdown comes to mind.

 

[doubleboost]

You need to inspect MIL fitted to:

• petrol vehicles with 4 or more wheels, not more than 8 passenger seats in addition to the driver’s seat and first used on or after 1 July 2003
• petrol vehicles with 4 or more wheels, more than 8 passenger seats in addition to the driver’s seat and first used on or after 1 July 2008
• gas and bi-fuel vehicles with 4 or more wheels, not more than 8 passenger seats in addition to the driver’s seat and first used on or after 1 July 2008

Kit cars, amateur built vehicles and American pickups are not required to be fitted with an engine MIL.

(h) Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction

Major

Engine malfunction indicator lamp (engine management light or ‘EML’)​

Turn on the ignition and check that the engine malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) illuminates and then goes off. On some vehicles it will be necessary to start the engine before the MIL goes off.

You need to inspect MIL fitted to diesel vehicles with 4 or more wheels and first used on or after 1 July 2008.

Kit cars, amateur built vehicles and American pickups are not required to be fitted with an engine MIL

(g) Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction

Major

 

[Bornfree]

That's why my mate's 2007 caddy diesel van goes through the mot with the light on then.

 

[Joe 90]

You need to inspect MIL fitted to:

• petrol vehicles with 4 or more wheels, not more than 8 passenger seats in addition to the driver’s seat and first used on or after 1 July 2003
• petrol vehicles with 4 or more wheels, more than 8 passenger seats in addition to the driver’s seat and first used on or after 1 July 2008
• gas and bi-fuel vehicles with 4 or more wheels, not more than 8 passenger seats in addition to the driver’s seat and first used on or after 1 July 2008

Kit cars, amateur built vehicles and American pickups are not required to be fitted with an engine MIL.

(h) Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction

Major

Engine malfunction indicator lamp (engine management light or ‘EML’)​

Turn on the ignition and check that the engine malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) illuminates and then goes off. On some vehicles it will be necessary to start the engine before the MIL goes off.

You need to inspect MIL fitted to diesel vehicles with 4 or more wheels and first used on or after 1 July 2008.

Kit cars, amateur built vehicles and American pickups are not required to be fitted with an engine MIL

(g) Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction

Major

Can you clarify. If a mil light is on a vehicle before these dates is it a fail

 

[doubleboost]

Can you clarify. If a mil light is on a vehicle before these dates is it a fail

A MIL before these dates is not a testable item I would properly give a manual advisory .

This is black and white ether not working or illuminated after those dates major fail

 

[Joe 90]

A MIL before these dates is not a testable item I would properly give a manual advisory .

This is black and white ether not working or illuminated after those dates major fail

Its different in Northern Ireland. The manual here states that these years are the only years required to have a mil light and the only ones you check the sequence but if a mil light is on on any vehicle it is still a major regardless of year as it showing a fault.

 

[Stupoty]

bouncing off the rev limiter for a few minutes

Blimey

 

[indy4x]

Its different in Northern Ireland. The manual here states that these years are the only years required to have a mil light and the only ones you check the sequence but if a mil light is on on any vehicle it is still a major regardless of year as it showing a fault.

My daughter lives in NI, she brings her car home to Wales for an MOT

 

[Turbo]

Its different in Northern Ireland. The manual here states that these years are the only years required to have a mil light and the only ones you check the sequence but if a mil light is on on any vehicle it is still a major regardless of year as it showing a fault.

Over here any warning light on the dash is a fail, not just mil!

 

[Joe 90]

Over here any warning light on the dash is a fail, not just mil!

Not necessarily. For example tyre pressure light indicating a malfunction is not a fail.

 

[bricol]

Not necessarily. For example tyre pressure light indicating a malfunction is not a fail.

It is here on cars registered after Jan 2012 . . . hence having to find some flippin new sensors for the other halfs car . . .