Check Engine
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Check Engine.. a little update i was drivin the ta yesterday cruisin at about 30, when i romped it pretty hard... kicked down a couple gears and took off. seconds later, the "service engine soon" light went on.
it has continued to stay on since.
wonderin if anyone has any suggestions, or if i ought to just find somebody with a code reader and go from there.
it has continued to stay on since.
wonderin if anyone has any suggestions, or if i ought to just find somebody with a code reader and go from there.
Last edited by muffin man; Mar 20, 2007 at 08:48 PM. Reason: update
mine does that once in a while. it goes away eventully. i never had it checked only because it went away. id have it checked tho. autozone will check them for free.
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Originally Posted by bww3588
mine does that once in a while. it goes away eventully. i never had it checked only because it went away. id have it checked tho. autozone will check them for free.
just curious, how long does yours generally take to go off?
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Originally Posted by muddmanWS6
did u fill up with gas just before all this happened. if u didnt put the gas cap on right it will throw a code. so just try to rescrew that on. if thats the problem it should go off within like 20 miles.
damn, good point, i hadnt even thought of that. i filled her up several hours before... seems like the light would have come on earlier, but you never know. i'll be sure to make sure the cap is on right before i go out again.
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Originally Posted by bww3588
like 20 minutes of driving.
oh ****.. well i drove it home last night plus to and from work today, and its still on. i'll head to autozone tomorrow i guess, if its not something stupid like the gas cap.
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Mine always came on from the 02 sensor. Autozone will check it for free and delete the code but if the issue isn't fixed or deleted by a tune the check engine light will keep coming on! My tune now has mine deleted...no more engine light! 
Mine was always an O2 sensor had it checked by Autozone and both banks were showing low voltage, put my loud mouth 1 exhaust on and it went away...wierd, definatly go to autozone, don't think they'll delete it but at least you can get an idea of what it is
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so i got it checked and i guess BOTH cats are throwing codes. maybe that little WOT pull shot something out into my cats? if so, thats a good thing i suppose, shows it wasnt really driven too hard before i bought it.
i just want to cut those damn cats out, and weld in some piping, since emissions arent an issue where im at... but then im guessing the check engine light will stay on? hmm what should i do
i just want to cut those damn cats out, and weld in some piping, since emissions arent an issue where im at... but then im guessing the check engine light will stay on? hmm what should i do
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Originally Posted by muffin man
so i got it checked and i guess BOTH cats are throwing codes. maybe that little WOT pull shot something out into my cats? if so, thats a good thing i suppose, shows it wasnt really driven too hard before i bought it.
i just want to cut those damn cats out, and weld in some piping, since emissions arent an issue where im at... but then im guessing the check engine light will stay on? hmm what should i do
i just want to cut those damn cats out, and weld in some piping, since emissions arent an issue where im at... but then im guessing the check engine light will stay on? hmm what should i do
Cats! What are those LOL EGR! What's that LOL Muffler! What's that LOL
Originally Posted by muffin man
so i got it checked and i guess BOTH cats are throwing codes. maybe that little WOT pull shot something out into my cats? if so, thats a good thing i suppose, shows it wasnt really driven too hard before i bought it.
i just want to cut those damn cats out, and weld in some piping, since emissions arent an issue where im at... but then im guessing the check engine light will stay on? hmm what should i do
i just want to cut those damn cats out, and weld in some piping, since emissions arent an issue where im at... but then im guessing the check engine light will stay on? hmm what should i do