7 flashes of CHECK ENGINE!

[mutungi]

Changed oil this morning & hit the road for Wales, just before Cardiff CHECK ENGINE light came on....checked at serviced station all appeared OK....WITH IGNITION ON THE LIGHT FLASHES 7 TIMES , CAR DRIVES FINE BUT HEAVY ON FUEL!

[billj]

Hi, mutungi.

See here for the Trionic flash codes. Seven flashes is air/fuel mixture. If it is using a lot of fuel, then either the mixture is too rich due to a fault, and the teh code reflect this, or is has been too lean due to a fault and Trionic has made it very rich to compansate.

Initially, I'd lean towards the former. A rich mixture on a Trionic engine could be due, as far as I know, to:

1) Fuel pressure regulator
2) Intake air temperature sensor
3) Coolant temperature sensor

[mark e]

Originally posted by BillJ:
[qb]Hi, mutungi.

Initially, I'd lean towards the former. A rich mixture on a Trionic engine could be due, as far as I know, to:

1) Fuel pressure regulator
2) Intake air temperature sensor
3) Coolant temperature sensor [/qb][/b]

4) An injector partially stuck open due to fault/clogging by dirt- check your plugs for tell tale signs

[billj]

Oh, yeah.

All the others will make all plugs turn sooty. A faulty injector will affect only one plug.