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 Jan 26, 2006 - 10:23 AM
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Enthusiast  Joined Nov 22, '05 From Mississauga, Ontario Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
what basically is the problem when your engine light appears on your dash? mine is weird, it turns off and on bi-weekly. one week its off one week its on again (usually turns on after my dad uses it to run to the store, it has happened 3 times "coincidence?", but he drives with caution, so it cant be him). maybe my car has feelings whenever someone else uses it other then me..lol..?. its been doin this for the past month and a few. just changed oil and havent done anything else to it. other then the engine light problem it seems to run fine. any clues on what is causing this..
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Jan 26, 2006 - 10:35 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 30, '02 From Michigan Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
could be a bad O2 sensor
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Jan 26, 2006 - 10:47 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 26, '05 From Sweden Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
you might wanna check if you got a check engine light code, and if my check engine light was on i wouldn't drive it before i figured out what's wrong
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Jan 26, 2006 - 10:48 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 4, '02 From Hecho en la Republica Dominicana/Living in NJ Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
got to a shop or a parts store and have them fun the code for you ... but sounds like it could be an EGR problem... but go to a shop an have it checked out..
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Jan 26, 2006 - 12:11 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 9, '03 From St. Louis Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I was also going to say egr problem, it will hurt your gas milage and zap a little performance. If you have a local advance or autozone, they have a code reader for your car since it's 96+ (obd2)
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Jan 26, 2006 - 12:46 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 22, '05 From Mississauga, Ontario Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
if it is the egr or the o2 sensors would i need to replace them with new ones? or can i just clean them?
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Feb 1, 2006 - 6:55 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 22, '05 From Mississauga, Ontario Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE(Predator @ Jan 26, 2006 - 10:47 AM) [snapback]384680[/snapback] you might wanna check if you got a check engine light code, and if my check engine light was on i wouldn't drive it before i figured out what's wrong i tried this but it didnt work for me.. not even a flash....hopefully i can get time to go get it fixed on the weekend..damn light is getting me annoyed....cant help it if i work 7 days a week...."sigh" |
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