Yeah. They just replace the purge valve. No big deal. Still a hassle though.

 

RuhRoh. Here we go agin with the CEL. I'm running around 2500miles now and can feel no problems at all. CEL came on after about a five minute idle from literally frozen, and having babied it onto the interstate. My fear of the turbo (being my first, and on a car i don't want to lose) convinces me i have'nt made any pilot errors. I'll take it in monday morning and they'll surely have an idea by that evening. I'm betting it's the PurgeValve again. With so many going bad it's almost recall worthy. But if it goes bad and they draw the replacment from the same pool of parts.... could'nt they be getting in new but malfunctioning parts for us. That's just a thought. But yep I'll post back hope you guys and gals can avoid a second run in with the YellowMeanie.

 

The CEL can be any one of a 100 things. I don't know of anyone on here that has had the purge valve replaced twice, but that doesn't mean it can't happen.

 

Hey Hey, I noticed today on the way home that I could hear the turbo spooling up under normal conditions. THis is odd because before i could'nt pick it out at all. This in conjunction with the 2nd CEL is above my turbo knowlege without having the CEL codes to go by. Any thoughts on a more audible turbo?

 

that is a new one on me. better get her in for service asap

 

Are most people finding that the CEL comes on before 1000 miles or after? I don't like beating on cars, especially turbos, and even more so the MS3. I always let my cars run a few mins before I drive and even now that I am "broken in" I don't run her hard till about 15min of driving or longer if it's colder out. (I'd like an oil temp gauge.) I also let her wind down before I turn her off.

 

Going in monday morning. They told me over the phone after a hesitation in speech that the turbo sound could have something to do with the CEL. Made me feel weird. I am starting to fear having gotten the bad one. Having never gotten over 21.9 mpg and other things i feel like my bad luck has stuck again. Only time will tell though.

As for the Check engine light yea i've seen mostly pre 1k i believe. Mine was 800ish. PurgeValve.

 

Mine happened at about 350 miles. I now have about 800 miles, so it is too early to know if it will happen again. There is another guy here in town that has one. He has over 3k miles, and never had the CEL come on.

 

CEL is gone. Weird. I don't think anything can be done unless it's throwing a code or exhibiting other problems.

 

I am only averaging 22.9 But I do love to zoom zoom