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YOUR RESEARCHHELP: Check engine light
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oxygen sensors
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The shop changed positions of the coils and for the last 5,000 miles haven't had the light again!
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Waiting for a red light and the check engine light came on.
Seems to run fine.
Checked the gas cap when I got home__OK
Guess I'm Mot going for a ride tomorrow...
Suggestions anyone?
If it was a temporary issue, the light will go off after 15 start/stop cycles without the problem reoccurring (It will be logged in fault memory for later review). Could be many things, but without an OBDC II reader or the Porsche reader you don't know what happened. The light only alerts you that an out of specification event has happened.
Go for your ride, It won't be like the car is going to explode or leave you stranded.
If it isn't flashing you can still drive it.
Mine was an electrical transient in one of the coils. The shop changed positions of the coils and for the last 5,000 miles haven't had the light again!
Only the shop computer can tell.
My check engine light comes up every so often (3 times/year), and usually goes away within 2 days each time. I took it to the dealer the first time (they couldn't find anything wrong with the car) and have been ignoring the light since. IMO the check engine light is simply TOO sensitive. Funny thing is that the one time something broke (RMS), the light didn't come on =P
O2 sensors are easy to replace, you may have to get a special socket to to it, but that is about it (the sockets are a standard size, and any auto parts store has them). Was it the upstream or downstream sensors that were setting off the light?
