Service needed soon light

[jnkhan82]

My car just hit 50k and light came on . I went to a local mechanic who has a very good rep with German cars. He couldn't find anything wrong and reset the light. He said if it comes on again to swing by.

I haven't had many check engine light issues in my driving career, I was wondering how long would it take roughly to turn back on if it was a real issue? I have a long drive coming up soon so its been a little bit of my concern.

Thanks in advance guys

[doozyj]

What was the code that he read?

[jnkhan82]

ah he didn't tell me. I was in the waiting area.. he dropped a comment to another worker about the emissions sensor, but only told me it's probably a glitch... has me a bit worried.

[SHEEDI]

hey Buddy,
i had same problem few weeks ago,i pour some gas filter cleaning liquid,didnt help,i clear the light by computer and after 2 weeks it came back,went to mechanic,he did some testing with smoke gun,nothing,he advised me for few things to replace.
1. Spark plugs
2. Gas Filter
3. Cabin Air Filer
4. Air Filter
5. Oil Change.
so i did oil change 2 weeks ago and light has not been up yet.i will be replacing all other 4 this weekend.
here is my previous post
http://www.zpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=402024

Good Luck

[MetMan]

Without the code that tripped the indicator, it's kinda like throwing darts. My light came on a few months ago and indicated the pre-cat oxygen sensor was bad. No issues since replaced.

[jnkhan82]

Ah good ol Soomro to the rescue..

I wonder if it's the gas..

the oil change I had done like a month back.

sidenote: let's try to shoot sometime next week, I was sick this whole weekend, nyc heatwave has me a mess... hopefully not snapping pix of check engine lights

[jnkhan82]

Originally Posted by MetMan

Without the code that tripped the indicator, it's kinda like throwing darts. My light came on a few months ago and indicated the pre-cat oxygen sensor was bad. No issues since replaced.

Let me try to call him, I wonder if he still has it on his machine or something..


ugh I just ordered wheels and tires, I def don't want to be stuck with a repair bill.................... :/

[SHEEDI]

oh man,you were sick , i thought you were out of ny,anyway we can shoot any weekend,just drop me email or text me on myc ell.i am getting spark plugs, gas filter,back light(third brake light), cabin air filer, top lock and latch (rattle noise when top is down) replaced.
by the way i got my new detailing kit from autogeek, its maguire's DA Polisher with some pads and i have everything else(all required polished,waxes,swirl removers,interior cleaner,conditioners etc).
i hope you are feeling well now

[jnkhan82]

Originally Posted by Soomro

oh man,you were sick , i thought you were out of ny,anyway we can shoot any weekend,just drop me email or text me on myc ell.i am getting spark plugs, gas filter,back light(third brake light), cabin air filer, top lock and latch (rattle noise when top is down) replaced.
by the way i got my new detailing kit from autogeek, its maguire's DA Polisher with some pads and i have everything else(all required polished,waxes,swirl removers,interior cleaner,conditioners etc).
i hope you are feeling well now

I was out of two the weekend before this, drove to York, PA.. Amazing locations. I wish I would have taken my camera.

This Friday I tried to fix up the yard a bit, ended up being more work then I thought and the heat almost killed me. I ended up with a fever, sucked, stayed in all weekend.

Man, that's some work your doing..lol. As for the top latch, you know you could remove it? It doesn't do anything. To stop that noise when the top is down, I just put a piece of soft velcro on it. works like charm, you don't even see it. I could'nt figure out how to remove the damn latch, otherwise I would have just removed it, it's supposedly not even on the models 06 and up...

[SHEEDI]

oh is it sticky velcro? and where did you buy it from..staples?

[jnkhan82]

Originally Posted by Soomro

oh is it sticky velcro? and where did you buy it from..staples?

Yeah, picked it up from staples 3m brand. I haven't heard any sound since, unless I hit something hard, I duno where that chirp comes from, but that roof when its down is so annoying. I really want to remove that piece tho, just because I don't like this makeshift fixes. I can't get to the back screws of that bracket.

[SHEEDI]

here is more information about squeaky noise
http://www.zpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=389322
it comes from when brackets rubb against lock/latch and both are quoted with plastic,so plastic is worn out and metal rubbing against metal creating that noise

[jnkhan82]

I tried that, I'm the reason that guy put more additional images up. If you remove that latch and drive around the sound stops because the top of the latch touches top of the plastic, thats why the sound stops. Nothing around his highlighted area lock area changes if the roof is up or down. I followed that tutorial, wasted my time.The roof latch doesn't even come close to the lock/latch. The top latch actually rest on a back metal piece about the panel, you'll see scrape marks on the tops latch. Best way of course to just remove it. I put velcro padding thick enough to not let the latch go to far into the other metal holder. If you don't open your top all the way, the sound does not come either.

Took a lot of experimenting. Maybe that tutorial was just his panel problem, took me a while until I found it on some other post, I'll see if I can dig it up again.

[SHEEDI]

hey

Does that 3m sticky back Volcerno scratching soft top inside? i think it does, you should double check you soft top ,mine was scratching it, i took it off and order parts and got them replaced,no more sqeaky/rattle sounds when the top is down.