Greetings
I have a 1994 M plater Rover 416GSi touring (estate) with a Honda 1.6 SOHC lump with Honda ECU etc etc. I thought the honda style diagnostic plug for this was near the glove compartment in he passenger bay however I have found what I think is a ROVER MEMS style diagnostic plug (round 3 pin socket with a captive rubber cover with a rather condom like bulb on the end) in the engine bay
Parting with five quid for a dolled up 2 cables and a switch and resistor in a box and leaflet masquerading as a fault code reader ( from Halfords for Honda Rover), i am faced with the dillema of which two of the three wires to this trailing diagnostic socket are the ones that get shorted out by the box of tricks to display the fault codes
The "check engine light" comes on infrequently (once in a trip or not at all in a 12 mile journey to work) and not at all if revs are kept sub 3.5 k... light goes off on restarting - car has had a new cat and lambda after a head gasket failure ******ed the cat - lambda was on its way out from last MOT results
So Basically I want to find out what is causing the check engine light ( fault codes)
Can a too small a catalyst cause this? how big are genuine rover CATs for this model?
Best wishes from Dr B and "Steve Metal" the 416 GSi
I have a 1994 M plater Rover 416GSi touring (estate) with a Honda 1.6 SOHC lump with Honda ECU etc etc. I thought the honda style diagnostic plug for this was near the glove compartment in he passenger bay however I have found what I think is a ROVER MEMS style diagnostic plug (round 3 pin socket with a captive rubber cover with a rather condom like bulb on the end) in the engine bay
Parting with five quid for a dolled up 2 cables and a switch and resistor in a box and leaflet masquerading as a fault code reader ( from Halfords for Honda Rover), i am faced with the dillema of which two of the three wires to this trailing diagnostic socket are the ones that get shorted out by the box of tricks to display the fault codes
The "check engine light" comes on infrequently (once in a trip or not at all in a 12 mile journey to work) and not at all if revs are kept sub 3.5 k... light goes off on restarting - car has had a new cat and lambda after a head gasket failure ******ed the cat - lambda was on its way out from last MOT results
So Basically I want to find out what is causing the check engine light ( fault codes)
Can a too small a catalyst cause this? how big are genuine rover CATs for this model?
Best wishes from Dr B and "Steve Metal" the 416 GSi
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