Once for the Brains Trust. The battery in Pablo appears to be the original of 2015 vintage so I reckon sheer prudence would dictate a change.
He's off to the House of Regan on Thursday to address a pesky emissions fault that came up just the other day.
The emission fault light and the urea light light came on. Last time this happened I bought a bottle of AdBlue with the clever little spill-proof filler and added it as per spec. Lights went out and all was fine with the world for next 1700 odd kms.
On Friday the urea light again lit up, along with the "emission system fault" indications, so I sourced a 10 litre bottle of the Right Stuff [Penrite Penblue] and carefully added it to the reservoir as prescribed, using the clever bottle to do so.
Started up and was confronted with "Engine fault, have the vehicle repaired", along with check engine lamp on and urea lamp flashing. Car is also now telling me I have 1100 km before I won't be able to start it. I know it's got AdBlue, so I'm assuming a deeper problem, hence the trip to Regan's.
We shall see what transpires, but the question I have for the Trust is, could an aging battery cause this issue?
The Stop & Start hasn't operated for some time, but motor cranks and starts quite normally. I presumed the S & S going out to lunch was because we've been locked down so long the car hasn't had any proper runs other than in a 10-15km radius.
Once the issue is sorted, and I'm being confident that it will be, at least I hope so as the 6 year warranty runs out next week, I'll source a new battery.
I'm reasonably confident at being able to swap the battery over without too much drama. It's not exactly rocket science, but can anyone enlighten me as to whether any resets of BSI or ECU are needed consequent to a battery change? If it's all too hard, I'll get the dealership to fit a new battery, but I'm reluctant to pay their kind of monies for a task I believe I could do myself.
Looking forward to learning more about these electronic beasts!
Cheers, Pottsy.
He's off to the House of Regan on Thursday to address a pesky emissions fault that came up just the other day.
The emission fault light and the urea light light came on. Last time this happened I bought a bottle of AdBlue with the clever little spill-proof filler and added it as per spec. Lights went out and all was fine with the world for next 1700 odd kms.
On Friday the urea light again lit up, along with the "emission system fault" indications, so I sourced a 10 litre bottle of the Right Stuff [Penrite Penblue] and carefully added it to the reservoir as prescribed, using the clever bottle to do so.
Started up and was confronted with "Engine fault, have the vehicle repaired", along with check engine lamp on and urea lamp flashing. Car is also now telling me I have 1100 km before I won't be able to start it. I know it's got AdBlue, so I'm assuming a deeper problem, hence the trip to Regan's.
We shall see what transpires, but the question I have for the Trust is, could an aging battery cause this issue?
The Stop & Start hasn't operated for some time, but motor cranks and starts quite normally. I presumed the S & S going out to lunch was because we've been locked down so long the car hasn't had any proper runs other than in a 10-15km radius.
Once the issue is sorted, and I'm being confident that it will be, at least I hope so as the 6 year warranty runs out next week, I'll source a new battery.
I'm reasonably confident at being able to swap the battery over without too much drama. It's not exactly rocket science, but can anyone enlighten me as to whether any resets of BSI or ECU are needed consequent to a battery change? If it's all too hard, I'll get the dealership to fit a new battery, but I'm reluctant to pay their kind of monies for a task I believe I could do myself.
Looking forward to learning more about these electronic beasts!
Cheers, Pottsy.