Removed carbon canister.....How to turn the toxic fume light off?

[Fantom]

Ok so I've been stupid and thrown the carbon canister away so I can't plug the solenoid back in.
Anyone know what resistors I can use to fix this? Or is there another way?
Thanks
Steve

 

[Willo40]

Hello mate, you need to fit an inline resistor between the wires, from memory its something like 23ohms, but you need to make sure its a decent size otherwise they overheat, I got mine from maplins, its like a long rectangular type, as the normal bulb types get too hot, mines soldered in and cable tied to the aircon pipe.

Oh and do yourself a favour, don't sign your name on the bottom of each post, It seems to send some people on here into orbit.....

 

[mattjk]

Im sure when i removed the carbon canister from mine it didnt put the light on can you read the codes to make sure it is actually that?

Regards
Matt

 

[Fantom]

It's too much of a coincidence considering the light came on straight after removing the thing.

Thanks @Willo40 I'll have a look at Maplin

 

[Fantom]

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/wirewound-10-watt-22-ohm-resistor-h22r

This kind of thing?

 

[Willo40]

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/wirewound-10-watt-22-ohm-resistor-h22r

This kind of thing?

Yep, that's the one fitted to mine mate, that did the trick......:up:

 

[Fantom]

Yep, that's the one fitted to mine mate, that did the trick......:up:

I just got round to fitting this resistor today and it didn't turn the light off. Any ideas why?

 

[Fantom]

Does it need to be 23ohm rather than 22?

 

[Strettman]

does the light need to be reset before it stays off? it might have logged a fault which won't go off until the fault has been erased.

i took my carbon canister off ages ago and replaced it with a resistor from maplins and my engine management light has never come on but i do always get a fault code saying that the charcoal canister is not working.

 

[Fantom]

How do I reset it?

 

[Strettman]

do you have any access to code reading equipment? you can buy super cheap ones of ebay for like £15-20 which would do the job of resetting the light and is cheaper than pretty much all garages i know off would charge for a code read and fault erase. like i said i don't know if it is a fault where when it is logged on the ECU it just keeps the light on until it's erased.

i also don't know if this works on a clio but some cars if you leave the battery disconnected over night they will reset the engine management and forget any fault code memory. i would have though it should work so it's worth a try.

 

[Willo40]

I just got round to fitting this resistor today and it didn't turn the light off. Any ideas why?

I got a local Auto elec to fit mine, and from memory the light just went out mate, but he could well have reset the fault code....

 

[Fantom]

Anyone near Wickford that can reset this for me? I assume it's an mot failure? I tried turning the ignition on with the info button held but it didn't come up with any faults