Engine Light Problem Options

[Ruthie]

Hi,

I have a newly aquired imported GT. The engine light comes on at 75mph. I could toodle about all day under that speed with no problem, but as soon as I go over the light comes on, but there are no obvious driving or engine probs as such.
I've read through some of the forum topics, and this seems to be a bit of a problem for ST's. I had thought it something to do with a former limiter that I was told it had in Japan, which has now been disconnected. However general consensus of opinion seems to be that GT's don't have limiters. Is that the case?? Or do we know of Japanese imports that do? Its the only thing I can think of. I'm gonna have a look at fitting a switch inline as suggested in some posted messages to see if that solves the problem, but I'd welcome any other suggestions.

Ruth

[neophile]

Hi

Just a thought, I had a similar problem with my Corolla GT - the car seemed to be running sweet, but when pushed hard or at higher speeds the 'check engine' light would light up for a while, then go off, for no apparent reason.

For me the solution was to get new Leads - May guess is that once the engine was under a little pressure (accelerating/high speed) one or all of the leads wasn't delivering a good enough charge to the spark plugs, and the engine management computer thingy picked up on this.

The problem could also be caused by a spark plug on its way out - this was the first thing I checked in the Corolla, but they were fine.

Hope this helps


Oh, and welcome to the forums

This post has been edited by neophile: Aug 21, 2003 - 6:46 AM