Hey guys came down a freeway entrance lane and decided to gun it to 100 Kms and then an amber warning light came on as i was building up speed and i have never seen this before and instantly got worried, oh i have a 2001 bugeye by the way. Refered to my owner manual which advised this warning is a obd warning. I have spoken to Joe (balistic( he advised i might need a tester machine or something along those lines to test if its a sensor etc etc.

I did turn the car off to cool down and see if the light turned off and it never did, so this is the part where i start to worry, but did drive her home carefully and she never missed a beat so not sure what s going on.

So any info would be great or anyone who ever had the same problem and what they did about would be great, cheers guys

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Jordon,

As discussed, a Check Engine Light (CEL) means that a sensor is either malfunctioning or has gone out of range.. when you get a CEL, it means you can "limp" the car home or to a workshop.. it doesn't necessarily mean anything is terminally wrong with the car!

Best thing to do if you want to DIY is plug in an OBD Scanner to see what it is.. it could be a simple fix or you may need to take it to a workshop.

Being a bug eye, it could very well be an up-pipe EGT over-temp CEL.

Did you smash redline? Sometimes i used to get a CEL when i hit redline a bit hard.

Edit: Usually would go away after a few mins.

Get a scanner or take it into a workshop to get the code read.

Once you have the code, you know the issue as it could be heaps of different things.

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cheers Guys does anyone have a tester at all?

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and no russ gt im pretty sure i didnt hit redline, well from what i can remember.

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Kato has my scan gauge currently

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oh i see, maybe i can ask nicely to test the problem?

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bingo

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Jordon, you can come around mine and I'll help ya do it.. then we'll drop it back off to Dave who lives 200m from my house