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[HGV mechanic]

there should be a single wire coming out of the box which then bolts onto the wing or similar earth return, check the connection for rust etc

Thanks mate.   Will check it out and come back here if i need any more advice.

My EML has been playing up with me. Coming on and blinking a few times at me and then going off. It came on a second time and stayed on till I turned off the car when i got back home. Performance of the car is not at all affected. Anyway, when i started the car yesterday morning, it did not come on again (except during the normal starting sequence as it should) and today also it did not come back on again. But i did the paperclip test as i was worried it would say it's not happy about something! Hope this does not develop into something serious  :-/

hope not, im not to sure what else it could be if the thats the only relivant code its giving you, hope its not the ECU cooked with all thoses sun rays  

[Ziad]

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 the temperature is already reaching up to 37 degrees celcius here in Bahrain. I expect it to reach up to 50 in mid July - August!

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 ......and you're an even bigger show off!  

No, no, Not showing off at all mate. My car will be working harder - fans will be cutting in a LOT as well as the AC working real hard! You should come around and visit me Andy. Am sure you'll be very happy about the temperature here. It's ALWAYS sunny - a big change from the type of weather you're used in the UK. Ah! before i forget - you'll enjoy the sandstorms too.  

Closest I've been to your place is Abu Dabi (sp?) & Sharja when we went shore side after escorting tankers through the Straits of Hormuz!         That was a loooong time ago though.  

It's actually Abu Dhabi. But anyway, it sounds the same.  

Escorting tankers, eh?? Sounds like you're in the navy then!   I guess Abu Dhabi and Sharja will have about the same kind of weather as Bahrain. But mind you, I'm not a Bahrain native. I come from Mauritius (if you know where it is) originally! Only moved here like 8 months ago. So I wouldn't be able to say anything about the kind of temperature they had here when you were escorting tankers  

[Ziad]

there should be a single wire coming out of the box which then bolts onto the wing or similar earth return, check the connection for rust etc

Thanks mate.   Will check it out and come back here if i need any more advice.

My EML has been playing up with me. Coming on and blinking a few times at me and then going off. It came on a second time and stayed on till I turned off the car when i got back home. Performance of the car is not at all affected. Anyway, when i started the car yesterday morning, it did not come on again (except during the normal starting sequence as it should) and today also it did not come back on again. But i did the paperclip test as i was worried it would say it's not happy about something! Hope this does not develop into something serious  :-/

hope not, im not to sure what else it could be if the thats the only relivant code its giving you, hope its not the ECU cooked with all thoses sun rays  

Well, as you said, I hope the ECU did not cook. Speaking of which, it reminds me of something: I had a burnt fuse -it was the one responsible for the radiator cooling fan - (it cooked up and melt into its housing) in the ECU box some time back! It has been repaired by a guy knowing his way around german cars who actually did the major service for me, and since then, it has been fine!

[Andy B]

..... Sounds like you're in the navy then!    .......

Was! As I say, that was many many moons ago!