Scubzjames Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Oil control valve 1 circuit malfunction open. Means nothing to me haha. Can anyway put that in simple terms and is it a costly job? The engine light is coming on and off with drives and start ups. Intermittently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffLeggy Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Does the car rough idle when light is on? Changing out the ocv or cleaning seems to be a good starting point. Not too difficult and not too expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubzjames Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 It does a bit ye and just before the light comes on the engine will hunt a bit and before the light goes off. I think it's intermittent so that would suggest it's on its way out or like you said it might need cleaning? Where abouts are they located lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffLeggy Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Sounds exactly same as mine. I need to get the code read properly! Generic photo attached. Might as well give it a clean first if you can get to it ok. Can't see mine but light wasn't great in garage. There's one on each bank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubzjames Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 Ok thanks. What would you recommend cleaning it with? Hopefully I can gain access to it lol. If only my engine was as clean as that 😍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffLeggy Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Yeah mine too!! Probably something like a carb cleaner and allow to drain for a bit. Also when was the oil last changed? And did you use a different oil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubzjames Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 Not really had the car long enough to know what oil was in it previously but oil was changed about a week ago and the light has been on and off before the oil was changed and after.. it's currently off at the moment and hasn't been on for a couple of days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffLeggy Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 I only say because people say the problem gets less after an oil change in some cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubzjames Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 I see well that would seem the case at the moment I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubzjames Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 Would this cause the car to lose power when the light is on? Sent from my iphone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Hi..how did u manage to fix this problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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