Engine Light On And Off
09-24-2008
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Engine Light On And Off i have a 1996 civic hatch with a d16y8 vtec and a obd1 harness and the p28 ecu. every time i hit a bump the check engine light comes on and goes off. what is worng? if the engine light comes on does it disable vtec?
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Re: Engine Light On And Off
somethings messed with the wiring then. its prolly hitting metal and shorting out. i would recheck everything.
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I found out the problem. After my car was serviced. I checked the Obd1 plug and they left the paper clip in when they check the engine code. It would make a connection when i hit a bump so it was flashing the code. something that easy>
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