Sweepstake guesses at the fault

Is "MIL light" the Mother-In-Law light?

That'd be an improvement, surely?

"Gets up to 50". Hmm. So first things first - is it really speed/rev dependent, or do they mean "gets up to temperature"?

If umpteen people have tried umpteen things, has anybody tried to actually read fault codes?

I doubt it, even mechanics with code readers often just seem to guess at the fault, I once had a Golf V5 in with the light on and running badly, the garage that it had gone to had not known what the fault was and sent him away, a few seconds with the code reader showed it was the MAF.

I took it that when the car reaches about 50mph...etc.

I quite like a mystery, usually.

I had similar symptoms on a Chysler PT Cruiser CRD Even the aeroplane noise The Turbo air pipe had partly blown off. Refitted pipe and tightened jubilee clip Reset the engine management light All worked fine

Bob

Small problem with that theory. Apart from a Direwoo Kalos not being a turbo diesel, it'd go whoosh every time once the hose was off.

Running on 3cyl, duff injector.

Scott

I like that one, fits the description well.

Mind you, is the Kalos three cylinder to start with? I looked at a Matiz once and that seemed to be a few parts short of a full engine.

I'm wondering what a Focus EcoBoost would sound like on two cylinders. ;-)

I had an old ex-police senator 3L (the Opel Monza shaped one). The viscous coupling on the cooling fan seized up and that sounded like an aircraft propellor at higher revs. Crucified the economy too, which wasn't specatacular to begin with. Lovely old motor though with pleanty of character. Really miss that one now.

JB

TBH, I wouldn't know a Kalos from a hole in the ground, it just reminded me of a Daewoo Flobblybob that came my way once! According to Wikipedia they're all 4-cyl tho.

Scott

I agree, a car that I enjoyed driving. I have had viscous couplings lock up, squeal at speed (56mph almost precisely, which made the journey home very long) and even one that fell off completely, but in general nothing modern has one.