bora engine emissions light staying on

[heuchan]

just bought 2001 1.6 se engine light staying on. checked history hasnt been serviced for 25000 , 18 months ago seems to be diving fine but light got me worried, it has 93000 miles going in on wednesday for full service ,will this sort it, i think it might be the engine gas emissions.:aargh4:

[knowlden]

HI, not sure that the engine should have problems at that kind of millage unless its been hammered but you should be able to tell that when driving.
I had a similar problem on my Golf v6 which turned out to be a lambda sensor £150 to VW (no after market available) and the light went out, dont you just love emition laws.

[heuchan]

cheers mate going in on monday for diagnostics the EPC light is also staying on but its driving great.

[pmax]

My wife has a 2001 2.0 SE Bora with 42k miles which did the same thing intermittently, it was the lambda sensor which had to be replaced. The one thing i did notice when the light was on, was that the average mpg reading would drop by 5-10 miles. Car running fine otherwise.

[heuchan]

scrapped the diagnostic check ,going in on thursday to have the lambda sensor changed also the epc light has now went out.