engine management warning light

[suzzie]

Hey suzuki lovers

need a little help here iv'e got a suzuki grand vitara 1.6 3 door petrol auto and the engine management light has came on could anyone give me a check list of what to check for before i need to take it to a garage don't really want to pay £75 for a diagnostic hook up so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

[twiss]

There is probably a secret method that will flash the light and tell you what the problem is...
if anyone will know, rhinoman will.
what year grand vitara is it

[suzzie]

hey it's a 2003 grand vitara

[1995 Zuk]

I have a 2003 GV 1.6 and sometime the light comes on, mine has once been an O2 sensor but the error that keeps popping up is the EGR, I spray some cleaner in there and it is fine for about 8 months.
Where abouts are you as someone local my have a code reader.
I have one and I am in Kent.

[suzzie]

hi again im in glasgow funny thing i dissconnected the black lead from my battery left it for around 30 sec reconnected it and the engine management has gone out and now the car turns over wont wont stay on idle??? any suggestions anyone

[Rhinoman]

You've cleared the codes and the learned settings, the ECU will probably retune after a while but you still need to fix the fault. You can get a cheap EOBD reader from eBay for a lot less than you are being charged for a diagnostic, get one that shows live data as those are much more useful than a simple code reader.

[suzzie]

Thanks a million your advise has been great engine is now running fine just needed to go for a long run i guess but i will change the EOBD reader hopefully fault has gone love my suzzie