Engine management light

Chiefmechanic

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My brothers 2003 1.6 fsi is up for mot. The eml is never on even when you turn the key on and before you start it. I swapped the dash for another one and it puts the eml on on that dash but obviously won’t start as it’s not coded. The eml is an led not a bulb so any ideas how I can fix this one.
 
How are your soldering skills? Have you dismantled the original cluster yet? Hopefully eml has been carefully disabled as opposed to ripped out.
 
Unfortunately it sounds like your FSI EML light has been covered in blue tac or the bulb has been removed

This is a very common thing with FSI’s and normally people do it because they want to hide something

My advice is get the car scanned ASAP :)

If you have recently brought the car of a trader my advice would be ask for your money back or ask him to sort the fault

Thanks :)
 
When was it registered? Apparently 'petrol cars registered before 1st July 2003 are except from this test'(diesel is 2008).
 
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