I MAY NOT BE THE ONE TO HELP YOU HERE WITH .......I'M SORTA A PRE-COMPUTER KINDA VEHICLE GUY (JEEP CJs)
THE OLE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS THERE TO ALERT YOU THAT THE COMPUTER HAS SENSED A PROBLEM THE ENGINE AND SOMETIMES OTHER STUFF
IT IS CAPABLE OF SENSING MAYBE HUNDREDS OF PROBLEMS!
SO LETS SAY MAYBE 2 MONTHS AGO IT SENSED YOUR GAS CAP WAS LOOSE (JUST AN EXAMPLE)
WHO'S TO SAY IT DIDN'T PICK UP ON A MAJOR ENGINE PROBLEM A WEEK AGO?........THE LIGHT IS ON, RIGHT?
THERE IS ONLY ONE LIGHT........BUT MANY, MANY CODES THAT COULD BE MAKING IT LIGHT UP
FOR INSTANCE, A FELLER WAS HAVING PROBLEMS, I ASKED IF HIS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON.......HIS RESPONSE WAS IT HAD BEEN ON FOREVER BECAUSE OF THE GAS CAP.....I CODED HIM ANYWAY.........THERE WERE 9 ADDITIONAL CODES, WHEN THEY WERE ADDRESSED, HIS CAR RAN FINE
HERE'S WHAT YOU DO EXACTLY!
MOST POPULAR AUTO PARTS STORES WILL SCAN YOU SYSTEM.....USUALLY IT'S A FREE SERVICE!
TAKE PEN AND PAPER.......THE CODE NUMBERS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE EXPLANATIONS
WRITE DOWN EXACTLY WHAT THE CODE NUMBERS ARE...DUMB EXAMPLES ARE P0442, P0167
GET 'EM ALL
THE PARTS STORE GUY MAY GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS OR HIS OPINION AS TO WHAT MAY BE WRONG (HE MAY BE RIGHT) CODES CAN BE INTERPRETED IN DIFFERENT WAYS. THIS IS THE REASON FOR WANTING THE EXACT NUMBERS...NOT WHAT "HE" THINKS COULD BE WRONG
YOU CAN TAKE EACH CODE, ONE AT A TIME, AND TACK IT ON THE END OF THIS
OBD-CODES.COM/
MOST OF THE TIME A GOOD EXPLANATION IS GIVEN ALONG WITH "POSSIBLE CAUSES" AND "POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS"
GET CODED...NOW!...WHILE IT WILL DRIVE
YOUR TURN
THE MEDIC
Aug 4, 2013 at 8:44 PM
