Eml Came On

[btmaldon]

Well my EML came on after 165 miles of a 215 mile journey from Essex to Shropshire when I was decelerating from around 80 mph. Car did not run any differently and was still as smooth as always.

I pulled up at the Telford Services for a bit but light was still on when I started her up again all the way to Oswestry.

I figured it may have something to do with the Asda petrol I have been using. It's the only petrol available where I live. So I put in a bottle of STP Complete Fuel System Cleaner and filled her up with a tank of Esso Supreme and the light has now gone out.

Let's see how long it stays off.

[btmaldon]

Light is still off after doing the return journey today.

[Ben A]

Crazy. Didn't realise cheaper fuels made so much difference,

[btmaldon]

Cheaper fuels shouldn't make any difference so I am told, however experience suggests otherwise. Always had issues with my wife's old SportKA especially if you left the car for a week. The injectors used to block up regularly despite me fitting new fuel filters regularly.

[btmaldon]

EML came on again on Monday night. I was decellerating from Motorway speeds to 40mph when it came up. Again no running problems. Got home, put scanner on it and turned the light off. My universal scanner doesn't read the BMW codes so have ordered a BMW specific one so I can see what the issue is. When I restarted the car the light did not return so am wondering if it is just an over sensitive sensor or one is on the way out.

Car has only done 40k miles.