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Meaning of Cel Flashing?

So I randomly get a CEL while driving and with the paper clip in the cel just does a short flash once over and over I thought this meant code 1 02 sensor A and I replaced that, but the code still comes back. Can somebody tell me what this code means if I was wrong?
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Re: Meaning of Cel Flashing?

Does it flash without the paperclip in? Flashing normally indicates a misfire.
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Re: Meaning of Cel Flashing?

no it doesnt flash without the paper clip in when the cel comes on while driving it just stays solid and when you turn the car off and back on it usually doesnt come on untill a little later on. With the paper clip in then it just flashes quickly once over and over
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Re: Meaning of Cel Flashing?

also u helped me with the last problem I had lmao, you guessed it it came back so im trying to investigate the cel it gives to see if thats pointing me in the right direction.
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Re: Meaning of Cel Flashing?

Go buy a scanner for $20 and post the actual code number
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Re: Meaning of Cel Flashing?

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no it doesnt flash without the paper clip in when the cel comes on while driving it just stays solid and when you turn the car off and back on it usually doesnt come on untill a little later on. With the paper clip in then it just flashes quickly once over and over
It'll do something like a series of slow flashes, followed by a series of quick flashes. You need to count them which will correspond to a code (i.e 4-3, 4 being slow flashes and 3 being quick flashes)
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Re: Meaning of Cel Flashing?

yeah I did that all it flashes is once quickly over and over
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Re: Meaning of Cel Flashing?

didnt know they even made those for obd1 that would be a big help ill pick one up
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Re: Meaning of Cel Flashing?

I feel like it has something to do with the connection the 02 sensor has to the ecu but I have no idea how to even check that. Ive tried going to the ecu and pushing the wires down to make sure there in all the way lmao but im not sure how to check if my ground or something like that is bad.
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