ma check engine light came on
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So this morning when I was driving to work, after a couple minutes on the road, bing! The light comes on (and stays on). Temperature and oil pressure guages looked OK, only things I noticed were a change in the exhaust note (didn't sound as burbley/bassy) and at idle the engine was revving higher - around 1500rpm. I haven't owned the car that long or driven it that much (too much snow) so I can't really say whether it feels much out of the ordinary, apart from those things.
Anybody got any suggestions? Should I try and pick up a code reader from somewhere?
Anybody got any suggestions? Should I try and pick up a code reader from somewhere?
Edited by mezzy on Tuesday 11th January 11:25
Thanks for suggestions, ordered a code reader today and should get it by Thursday so I'll see what's up then hopefully. On the drive home from work tonight the MIL was still illuminated, but the idle and exhaust note were OK at the beginning of the journey - went weird again after about 10 minutes driving. I'll be leaving it at home until I get a code to point me in the direction of the problem and then see about a solution 
Edited by mezzy on Tuesday 11th January 22:57
you may be able to read the trouble code using the following procedure, someone did clam that it doesn't work on later cars but it works on my 97 and 2009, just on the 09 it puts the code in the display rather than flashing the mil. have a go you have nothing to lose.
Cycle the ignition as follows within 5 seconds (nb on is just before start)
on - off - on - off - on
now count the number of times the MIL flashes, there will be a pause between each number of the code, and a longer pause between each trouble code.
once you have your trouble codes you can post them back on here or use google as up to a certain range odbII codes are standard.
Cycle the ignition as follows within 5 seconds (nb on is just before start)
on - off - on - off - on
now count the number of times the MIL flashes, there will be a pause between each number of the code, and a longer pause between each trouble code.
once you have your trouble codes you can post them back on here or use google as up to a certain range odbII codes are standard.
mezzy said:
Thanks for the tip Dave, fortunately the code reader has just arrived at the office so I should be able to check it out with that when I get home this evening and report back!
It will be a lot easier with a reader, one blink or take too long switching hands and you miss a light, you are then dismantling the exhaust when you should have been looking at the ignition. With a reader it will just tell you the code and the reader should be able to clear the code also, so worth having.email Chuck in New York, we all get parts from him flown in really quick
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Viper said:
That looks like fun for $90 
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