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Check engine light???
Monday, May 23, 2005 12:44 PM
Can anyone give me ideas??

I was driving on the autoroute... it was raining quite a bit.. and all of sudden, my engine light came on....????
what could it be.. I haven't done any mods to the car...
what should I check as fast checks before I ask my mechanic to check it out???
LET ME KNOW PLEASE

Re: Check engine light???
Monday, May 23, 2005 7:17 PM
take it to autozone if there is one near you they will plug it in and tell you for free
Re: Check engine light???
Monday, May 23, 2005 7:39 PM
Did it just come on and stay on, or flash, or what? Also, did you turn the car off, wait a few or overnight, then turn it back on the light is still on?

Sam


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Re: Check engine light???
Tuesday, May 24, 2005 6:15 AM
I'm really tired of post like this.

Your check engine light can mean thousands of things, us guessing what the problem is is like guessing the weather two weeks in advance in Michiagn, its freaking impossible.




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Re: Check engine light???
Tuesday, May 24, 2005 8:45 PM
Im sorry about the post.. but I didn't know who to ask...
anyhow..
i was just driving and all of a sudden it came on... now it's the 2nd full day that it's been on... constantly....
all fluids are ok... power steering/transmission oil/oil change/brake fluid...
what could it be??
i live in Montreal, Canada...
not sure if there is autozone up here????
Re: Check engine light???
Tuesday, May 24, 2005 10:31 PM
angeloflight85 wrote:take it to autozone if there is one near you they will plug it in and tell you for free




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Re: Check engine light???
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 9:09 AM
great news... for some reason.. I go in my car today and the CHECK ENGINE LIGHT went off... it doesn't stay on anymore...
could it have been due to doing an oil change.... i even made the mechanic check all the fluids too...everything was ok...
any ideas?
Re: Check engine light???
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 9:44 AM
No, you most likely have an intermittent problem.




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Re: Check engine light???
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 1:57 PM
Carletto Russo wrote:great news... for some reason.. I go in my car today and the CHECK ENGINE LIGHT went off... it doesn't stay on anymore...
could it have been due to doing an oil change.... i even made the mechanic check all the fluids too...everything was ok...
any ideas?


that doesnt mean its ok. go get it check asap.



Re: Check engine light???
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 2:00 PM
^^ yeah there's probably a code stored in the computer


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Re: Check engine light???
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 2:05 PM
Or his gas cap wasn't tight enough and the code reset after enough error-free startups.






Re: Check engine light???
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 2:45 PM
DUDE,

how many people does it take to tell you to go to auto zone and have them hook it up to a scan tool for free..... BEFORE YOU DO IT! lol..

no one here will be able to just guess and guess correctly what's wrong with your car.

That's why they make it so easy for autozone to do it for free. just go and get it hooked up. then if you want come back and tell us what was wrong..... cause we don't know!



Re: Check engine light???
Friday, May 27, 2005 8:17 AM
^^^ He happens to live where there are no Autozones offering free code scans.





Re: Check engine light???
Friday, May 27, 2005 9:09 PM
BUY A CODE SCANNER!!!!!! www.autoenginuity.com




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