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Dan224
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Aaaahhh!

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After just bragging about what a bargain I have just bought, I went out to the car, covered in ice as usual, (the car, not me :wink: ) started it up and what do you know, I've contracted the dreaded Anti Pollution Warning !!! :evil:

I've done a search and the concensus seems to be to just leave it and see what happens.

Now the question. On 'er indoors' Mondeo, instead of buying an OBD reader you could jump 2 pins to read the code and dissable the light. Can you do this on a 406?

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You can on the D8's ('96-99) but I'm not sure about the D9.
What year is yours Dan?

Edit: Scrub that, I've just looked through your other posts :lol:
1996 406 1.8LX Got a bad case of hydro lock!
1996 406 Executive 2.0 Turbo XU10J2TE No longer hangin' on in there :(
1997 Honda CB500V
2003 Volvo V40 1.8 GDi SE killed by a nutter in a beemer 5 series
2008 Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Titanium X

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Hi Dan,

If it's just the warning message on the mfd screen, and it doesn't happen every time you start the car, I'd ignore it (in fact I do ignore it :cheesy: ). If the engine management light is on too and/or you're seeing the message every time you start it then you need to be getting it checked out.
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teamster1975 wrote:You can on the D8's ('96-99) but I'm not sure about the D9.
What year is yours Dan?

Edit: Scrub that, I've just looked through your other posts :lol:


Which pins do you bridge out, or does that depend on what the fault is.
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mark21TD wrote:Which pins do you bridge out, or does that depend on what the fault is.
What, to reset a D8's ECU? Just unplug it...
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mark21TD wrote:Which pins do you bridge out, or does that depend on what the fault is.
Have a look here.
1996 406 1.8LX Got a bad case of hydro lock!
1996 406 Executive 2.0 Turbo XU10J2TE No longer hangin' on in there :(
1997 Honda CB500V
2003 Volvo V40 1.8 GDi SE killed by a nutter in a beemer 5 series
2008 Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Titanium X

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