Engine warning light after running out of fuel?

tres · 28 Oct 2013 at 20:23

Hi all,

Ford Focus 1.6 LX (2000) - almost ran out of fuel this evening, pretty much lost all power and just managed to get to a fuel station. Since that's happened, the engine warning light has been on.

Now she's full, no issues or noises or power issues - but engine warning light is on.

Any ideas?

sovietspybob · 28 Oct 2013 at 20:34

I've had this before when i ran out of fuel in my Yaris, the fault code was for 'low fuel pressure' and it threw the light for that, you'll just need to get it cleared. You can get someone to do that with a £10 OBD2 bluetooth adaptor from eBay and an phone/laptop.

Also usually good practice to change your fuel filter now as well.

tres · 28 Oct 2013 at 20:52

Much appreciated, thank you. I'll have a look on the net to find a local OBD2 guy who can help, I hear Ford dealerships charge £80ish to plug it in! Fuel filter will be done as well, not by me though!

sovietspybob · 28 Oct 2013 at 21:03

If you've got an Android phone it'll probably be cheaper to buy a dongle yourself and download the torquepro app and do it yourself!

tres · 28 Oct 2013 at 21:07

I'm afraid of pressing the wrong button and activating the engine self destruct, or limiting power to 5%.

ci_newman · 28 Oct 2013 at 21:16

Just disconnect the battery for 5mins and dont bother changing the fiilter

miniyazz · 28 Oct 2013 at 23:29

Watch out for all the crud in the tank being dragged through the engine

There is no button for engine self-destruct (or in fact to do anything other than read codes and clear them) - it's not possible to break anything with Torque!

Seriously though, if you don't want to do that, unless you want to find out what's going on, don't take it to a garage. if the problem's gone away it'll turn off by itself within a few hundred miles.

MooMoo444 · 29 Oct 2013 at 14:17

miniyazz said:
Watch out for all the crud in the tank being dragged through the engine

I was expecting this to be the first reply, although without winkyface.

TheVoice · 29 Oct 2013 at 15:11

sovietspybob said:
If you've got an Android phone it'll probably be cheaper to buy a dongle yourself and download the torquepro app and do it yourself!

Is there an easy way to find out if your car is compatible with that app/dongle?

Amos91 · 29 Oct 2013 at 15:24

If you've got an android phone (for b.tooth version) and an OBDII port it should be compatible.