engine management light

[saxoclarke]

driving home from college in the lanes earlier and there was a hedge trimming tractor spray bits of stick onto the road and i ended up going through it and all of a sudden eml came on car still runs and sounds fine. dunno what to check first no clear sighns of any problems :S where should i start looking

[Bondi]

Error Codes?

[Cam]

After cat sensor if your car has one, get a code reader on it

[saxoclarke]

i cant atm because i got no money to take it into the garage and mums still in work but is there anything that you lot think could be the reason ?

[saxoclarke]

car backfired earlier and kicked out a load of black shit thats all around my exit pipe on the back box and lights gone off

[Brettles1986]

car backfired earlier and kicked out a load of black shit thats all around my exit pipe on the back box and lights gone off

Sounds like the cat to me, mine did this the other day but its back on again now due to the absence of a cat

[stevo67]

car backfired earlier and kicked out a load of black shit thats all around my exit pipe on the back box and lights gone off

CAT or faulty lambda sensor mate.:drink: