Grand Vitara warning light

Hello all,I have a warning light on that says I've a problem with my
emission system on my GV V6. Have had no joy when trying to get advice
from the dealership and am loathe to shell out loads of cash if it's
something straightforward.Any advice greatly appreciated.Cheers. Mark

On 27 Sep 2006 01:13:00 -0700, [email protected] wrote:

>Hello all,I have a warning light on that says I've a problem with my
>emission system on my GV V6. Have had no joy when trying to get advice
>from the dealership and am loathe to shell out loads of cash if it's
>something straightforward.Any advice greatly appreciated.Cheers. Mark

What year? How many miles?

There is a meter you can plug into the port and get the error code.
Then you look up the error code in a book and it tells you what the
car's computer thinks is wrong. Usually it is a sensor (oxygen sensor,
throttle sensor, knock sensor). Then you replace that part. It
certainly isn't expensive to troubleshoot this. That can be done in a
couple of minutes by someone with the meter and the book. Repair is
whatever it costs to replace the part.

If you really want to work on the car yourself, invest in the shop
manual made by the manufacturer. It's not cheap, but it has a WEALTH of
information.

PeterD wrote:
> On 27 Sep 2006 01:13:00 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>
> >Hello all,I have a warning light on that says I've a problem with my
> >emission system on my GV V6. Have had no joy when trying to get advice
> >from the dealership and am loathe to shell out loads of cash if it's
> >something straightforward.Any advice greatly appreciated.Cheers. Mark
>
> What year? How many miles?

If you really want to work on the car yourself, invest in the shop
manual made by the manufacturer. It's not cheap, but it has a WEALTH of
information.


This is one case where Evil bay.com can actually be your friend.Its pretty much normal to get a manual for 1/2 or even a 1/3 off the dealers new price.I got one for a S10 Blazer for $40 plus $20 shipping.It had a few grease stained pages,nothing I could`nt read though.
As far as meters go , JCWhitney.com sells them...Has anyone here tried one? If there any good I would like to get one my self , there pretty cheap .Or figure out which one you want and then try Froogle.com .

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[email protected] wrote:
>
> There is a meter you can plug into the port and get the error code.
> Then you look up the error code in a book and it tells you what the
> car's computer thinks is wrong. Usually it is a sensor (oxygen sensor,
> throttle sensor, knock sensor). Then you replace that part. It
> certainly isn't expensive to troubleshoot this. That can be done in a
> couple of minutes by someone with the meter and the book. Repair is
> whatever it costs to replace the part.
>
> If you really want to work on the car yourself, invest in the shop
> manual made by the manufacturer. It's not cheap, but it has a WEALTH of
> information.

And an OBD-II reader.


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