Check Engine Light HELP!!!!
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Check Engine Light HELP!!!!
my car has 39,689 miles on it and i have a aem cai and tanabe exhuast and a aem cam gear retarded 2 degrees had those mods for over 6 months now and today on my way to work my check engine light comes on can someone please give me any ideas as to why it came on and any things i can do to try and get it to go off? my car isnt under warranty anymore and really i dont see why there should be something wrong for the light to come on.... well anything would help thanks..
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Rep Power: 0 Mine just came on as well. Try resetting your ecu.
1. Disconnect negative plug on battery(black) for a few minutes.
2. Reconnect negative plug.
3. start car let run for about 10-15 minutes(do not apply gas while car is idling.)
4. Done(light should go away, but may return later. If so you may need to check it out at the dealer. I believe the check engine like is warranted for 3years or 60,000km or 3years 37500miles
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1. Disconnect negative plug on battery(black) for a few minutes.
2. Reconnect negative plug.
3. start car let run for about 10-15 minutes(do not apply gas while car is idling.)
4. Done(light should go away, but may return later. If so you may need to check it out at the dealer. I believe the check engine like is warranted for 3years or 60,000km or 3years 37500miles
good luck
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Rep Power: 0 My light went off, but the next day i drove it and it came back on. My car has 79,000km or 49375miles. Gonna go into honda tomorrow, they charge 1hour labour to check if your over the warranty. Will keep you updated.
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why don't you read the little message on the gaas cap 
But to save you time I'll tell ya what it says.
Ya know how the gas cap clicks when you screw it on??
Well on the cap it says if it doesn't click 5 or more times then the check engine light will come on. (i think its 5 but it could be 3 but better safe than sorry) just to be safe i click it oh around 20 times
But to save you time I'll tell ya what it says.
Ya know how the gas cap clicks when you screw it on??
Well on the cap it says if it doesn't click 5 or more times then the check engine light will come on. (i think its 5 but it could be 3 but better safe than sorry) just to be safe i click it oh around 20 times
Originally posted by ak
Maybe you have a bad oxygen sensor.
Maybe you have a bad oxygen sensor.
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Rep Power: 468 i know mine came one when i had my alarm installed and my TV"S installed in my car!!! cause it was spliced into the gear shifting something!!!
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Yeah my CEL came on out of the blue one day... took it to autozone and used their code reader.. turns out one of my 02 sensors were bad, so I replaced them both. Now my cars been running great, not to mention my gas mileage improved about 50 miles per tank!!!
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Yeah my CEL came on out of the blue one day... took it to autozone and used their code reader.. turns out one of my 02 sensors were bad, so I replaced them both. Now my cars been running great, not to mention my gas mileage improved about 50 miles per tank!!!
Yeah my CEL came on out of the blue one day... took it to autozone and used their code reader.. turns out one of my 02 sensors were bad, so I replaced them both. Now my cars been running great, not to mention my gas mileage improved about 50 miles per tank!!!
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Rep Power: 0 I just got the same OEM ones... I think they were 37 a piece... I got them at www.hondaautomotiveparts.com
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