Raytham Neutral Newbie October 25, 2012 Share October 25, 2012 Any brothers encountered Engine Check light on due to pumping Esso5000? My Sirion is giving intermittent engine check light on as long as i keep pumping Esso5000. But once i switched to Caltex or Shell V-power, the engine check light will go off after 2-3 days. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider 3rd Gear October 25, 2012 Share October 25, 2012 That is rare...but it seems like your fuel air sensor could be screwed and reading the exhaust as lean. Do you have knocking when you are on 95RON ? (Esso5000 is 95 rite ?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achtung 6th Gear October 25, 2012 Share October 25, 2012 What is the error code using OBDII? It should tell u what it is, rather than guessing. Any brothers encountered Engine Check light on due to pumping Esso5000? My Sirion is giving intermittent engine check light on as long as i keep pumping Esso5000. But once i switched to Caltex or Shell V-power, the engine check light will go off after 2-3 days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watwheels Supersonic October 25, 2012 Share October 25, 2012 Any brothers encountered Engine Check light on due to pumping Esso5000? My Sirion is giving intermittent engine check light on as long as i keep pumping Esso5000. But once i switched to Caltex or Shell V-power, the engine check light will go off after 2-3 days. I think some cars are equiped with fuel sensor. If you bring to a mechanic he will ask whether you have been using "chiong" petrol. I dunno about your car but for some makes unplugging the sensor will stop the indicator from lighting up as the sensor is quite redundant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild156 2nd Gear October 25, 2012 Share October 25, 2012 Was driving the 2nd batch Mazda 3 earlier; frequently travelled to boleh land those dayz ( taking advantage of their cheap petrol ). Engine check-light appeared Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raytham Neutral Newbie October 25, 2012 Author Share October 25, 2012 What is the error code using OBDII? It should tell u what it is, rather than guessing. Went back to the AD, first thing i got asked by the Mechanic is whether am i using the Esso5000 which is spot on by him. He uses the OBDII to scan but din tell me the fault code though. Just make sure there is no any misfiring of the cylinders and he just reset it back thats all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raytham Neutral Newbie October 25, 2012 Author Share October 25, 2012 That is rare...but it seems like your fuel air sensor could be screwed and reading the exhaust as lean. Do you have knocking when you are on 95RON ? (Esso5000 is 95 rite ?) Nope no knocking soon detected though. Yah Esso5000. Maybe i should switched brands to test. haha. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raytham Neutral Newbie October 25, 2012 Author Share October 25, 2012 I think some cars are equiped with fuel sensor. If you bring to a mechanic he will ask whether you have been using "chiong" petrol. I dunno about your car but for some makes unplugging the sensor will stop the indicator from lighting up as the sensor is quite redundant. Yah maybe during my servicing i might propose whether or not to bypass the Fuel Sensor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newdrive 1st Gear October 25, 2012 Share October 25, 2012 hmm that reminds me i got this similar problem with my 7 year old vios... was pumping 2000 earlier then wanna try 5000... after pumping full tank, i kana this problem and cannot start engine... so restart a few times before it went off. was stuck the pump machine for a while... lucky no car horn me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kianbeng Clutched October 25, 2012 Share October 25, 2012 It's shocking if it's proven to be a problem with Esso5000. It could be a one off incident where a certain pump had some problems which resulted in maybe Ron92 delivered to your car instead of Ron95. And then it caused some intermittent knocking (knock sensors complaining) and since its intermittent, the CEL goes away after some time. Petrol kiosks periodically tests their pumps to ensure the mix of Ron is within the acceptable range and also calibrate the amount of fuel dispensed is accurate to a certain variance. You might want to try Esso5000 from another petrol kiosk? I'm assuming your engine accepts only Ron95 and above. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kianbeng Clutched October 25, 2012 Share October 25, 2012 hmm that reminds me i got this similar problem with my 7 year old vios... was pumping 2000 earlier then wanna try 5000... after pumping full tank, i kana this problem and cannot start engine... so restart a few times before it went off. was stuck the pump machine for a while... lucky no car horn me This has to be a different problem, not related to fuel. When you start the car, it uses the fuel from the fuel lines which contains the existing fuel before you pumped. Or unless your car was almost empty and maybe air started getting into the fuel lines and at the same time you stopped to pump. So probably thats why you had to crank several times to start it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newdrive 1st Gear October 25, 2012 Share October 25, 2012 This has to be a different problem, not related to fuel. When you start the car, it uses the fuel from the fuel lines which contains the existing fuel before you pumped. Or unless your car was almost empty and maybe air started getting into the fuel lines and at the same time you stopped to pump. So probably thats why you had to crank several times to start it. but after this incident after pumping... i kana a few times also. like last night... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwanheng 1st Gear October 25, 2012 Share October 25, 2012 engine check light on, can drive a not? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raytham Neutral Newbie October 25, 2012 Author Share October 25, 2012 It's shocking if it's proven to be a problem with Esso5000. It could be a one off incident where a certain pump had some problems which resulted in maybe Ron92 delivered to your car instead of Ron95. And then it caused some intermittent knocking (knock sensors complaining) and since its intermittent, the CEL goes away after some time. Petrol kiosks periodically tests their pumps to ensure the mix of Ron is within the acceptable range and also calibrate the amount of fuel dispensed is accurate to a certain variance. You might want to try Esso5000 from another petrol kiosk? I'm assuming your engine accepts only Ron95 and above. My ride is a Daihatsu Sirion according to the Ron Rating it can accept Ron92. Maybe i should try Caltex or Shell Ron95 to see if it will happen again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwanheng 1st Gear October 25, 2012 Share October 25, 2012 but after this incident after pumping... i kana a few times also. like last night... is every time you pump full then like this or always got this problem? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwanheng 1st Gear October 25, 2012 Share October 25, 2012 hmm that reminds me i got this similar problem with my 7 year old vios... was pumping 2000 earlier then wanna try 5000... after pumping full tank, i kana this problem and cannot start engine... so restart a few times before it went off. was stuck the pump machine for a while... lucky no car horn me fuel has noting got to do with this, its the car. your vacuum valve from your fuel tank should be faulty causing too much fuel to be pump in to cylinder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newdrive 1st Gear October 25, 2012 Share October 25, 2012 is every time you pump full then like this or always got this problem? this is the second time i pump full tank only... bought this second hand car for 3 weeks. the first time i pump full tank dun have this problem. let me go back to 2000 and see if the same thing happens again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deckbuild 6th Gear October 25, 2012 Share October 25, 2012 (edited) hmm that reminds me i got this similar problem with my 7 year old vios... was pumping 2000 earlier then wanna try 5000... after pumping full tank, i kana this problem and cannot start engine... so restart a few times before it went off. was stuck the pump machine for a while... lucky no car horn me Bro is it a one time incident? I don't believe the 5000 you just pump will straight away enter your engine, the fuel line should be left with some 2000? Edited: Ok, I just saw you typed everytime on 5000... Edited October 25, 2012 by Deckbuild ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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