check engine...no mods??

by **krook** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 2:12 pm

okay, my check engine light came on today...but i don't have anything under the hood! anybody else have this problem??? fellow co-workers tell me it might be a problem with emissions.

Website · by **DavPak** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 2:17 pm

might also be something dumb like a loose gas cap. check that, it might solve your problem (in a day or so anyway).

by **happy_aggies** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 2:19 pm

Go to AutoZone and get the OBD II to read the error code.

by **Yanks0114** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 4:37 pm

Get the code read or reset the car by disconnecting the negative lead to the battery for like 15 minutes

by **Flipside909** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 4:53 pm

krooked Solara wrote:okay, my check engine light came on today...but i don't have anything under the hood! anybody else have this problem??? fellow co-workers tell me it might be a problem with emissions.

It's usually emissions system related. Most likely a faulty O2 sensor, EGR equipment or something as simple as the loose gas cap like aformentioned. As for resetting the ECU, you disconnect the positive terminal for 5 mins. Or if you don't want to lose your time settings, remove the EFI fuse for 5 mins then replace. More than likely the code will pop back up. It would be best to get the code read in any case.

by **krook** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:04 pm

happy_aggies wrote:Go to AutoZone and get the OBD II to read the error code.

how much would that cost? ya think checkers might have that equipment? i don't have an autozone here. i think.

by **Flipside909** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:10 pm

krooked Solara wrote:how much would that cost? ya think checkers might have that equipment? i don't have an autozone here. i think.

Yeah...Checkers/Kragen/Schucks should have it. Some places don't check that for free anymore though...so it's probably best to call around.

by **Yanks0114** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:14 pm

Flipside909 wrote:
you disconnect the positive terminal for 5 mins.

You sure its the positive terminal? I always thought it was the negative lead, and on my K & N filter it said to remove the negative lead to reset the ECU

by **Flipside909** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:15 pm

Yanks0114 wrote:
Flipside909 wrote:
you disconnect the positive terminal for 5 mins.

You sure its the positive terminal? I always thought it was the negative lead, and on my K & N filter it said to remove the negative lead to reset the ECU

If I wasn't sure, I wouldn't be making the correction.

by **Yanks0114** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 7:17 pm

When you think about it, removing either terminal will reset the ECU

by **krook** » Tue Apr 01, 2003 8:13 pm

UPDATE:

it's the o2 sensor that is bad. they might be able to replace it under my manufacturer's warranty pending on when the ACTUAL date it was released from the factory. (damn Hertz said the car was released in april 2000, but records show it may have been released in march 2000, making today JUST out of the warranty!)

replacing one is under two bills. no prob. grrrrr :evilbat:

my next question is:

will it blow again if i install the s/c with 2.7 pulley even if i tune it correctly with safc II?

by **Flipside909** » Tue Apr 01, 2003 9:47 pm

krooked Solara wrote:UPDATE:

my next question is:

will it blow again if i install the s/c with 2.7 pulley even if i tune it correctly with safc II?

no. but there are chances your knock sensors will blow.

by **Yanks0114** » Wed Apr 02, 2003 6:00 pm

Flipside909 wrote:
krooked Solara wrote:UPDATE:

my next question is:

will it blow again if i install the s/c with 2.7 pulley even if i tune it correctly with safc II?

no. but there are chances your knock sensors will blow.

One advantage to the Safc II is that it has a knocking monitor. What exactly causes a knock sensor to blow?

by **Flipside909** » Wed Apr 02, 2003 9:53 pm

Yanks0114 wrote:What exactly causes a knock sensor to blow?

Excessive premature pinging/knocking.

by **Yanks0114** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:45 am

Flipside909 wrote:
Yanks0114 wrote:What exactly causes a knock sensor to blow?

Excessive premature pinging/knocking.

So theorhetically if you dynotune properly and you arent knock then you don't have to worry about them.

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