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YOUR RESEARCHCEL came on last night :( - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
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Check gas cap and made sure it was tight
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I checked the gas cap and made sure it was tight, so that's one variable checked off the list.
CEL came on last night :( - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
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I checked the gas cap and made sure it was tight, so that's one variable checked off the list.
CEL came on last night :( - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Recommend buying an actron scanner
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Recommend buying an Actron scanner for $40, most auto stores, and you will have one for when these thing happen….you can also reset the CEL with these inexpensive scanners….
CEL came on last night :( - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Replace 4 sensors
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CEL came on last night :( - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Reset cel
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Recommend buying an Actron scanner for $40, most auto stores, and you will have one for when these thing happen….you can also reset the CEL with these inexpensive scanners….
CEL came on last night :( - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Recommend buying an actron scanner
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Recommend buying an Actron scanner for $40, most auto stores, and you will have one for when these thing happen….you can also reset the CEL with these inexpensive scanners….
CEL came on last night :( - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Reset cel
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Recommend buying an Actron scanner for $40, most auto stores, and you will have one for when these thing happen….you can also reset the CEL with these inexpensive scanners….
CEL came on last night :( - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
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Later on it turns out that my passenger side O2 sensor was bad, and replacing it solved one of the issues that was causing the CEL (the heating was bad on that sensor)
So, I am driving through Manhattan last night, my 2003 tiptronic base box hit 74,250 and my CEL came on
. Don't know what it is, I'll get my local autozone to diag it. Problem is I won't be able to get to it as I am going to Oklahoma for a week.
Car drove fine on the way home, I took it easy. Hopefully it's just some stupid sensor somewhere. I checked the gas cap and made sure it was tight, so that's one variable checked off the list.
If the light is just on, then safe to drive. If blinking, then stop and see what it is. Mine has blinked one time, it was misfires because I had overfilled the oil and it overwhelmed the AOS and sent some oil back through the intake. Once I let some oil out it was all fine.
I remember my first CEL, I had the car only a week or so, and I had just filled up with gas at Costco. On the way home, idling at a light, it came out. My heart sank. I felt sure that the car was about to implode. I got the code read and it was O2 value something or other. I immediately planned to replace all 4 sensors... $$$. Luckily I came to my senses, as it is rarely the sensors themselves; they are just what indicate the fault condition.
Later on it turns out that my passenger side O2 sensor was bad, and replacing it solved one of the issues that was causing the CEL (the heating was bad on that sensor)
Here's a good article on sensors, with part numbers (I got mine from amazon) but keep in mind it usually is not the sensors.
https://sites.google.com/site/mikefocke2/oxygensensors
Here's a good article on CEL:
https://sites.google.com/site/mikefocke2/acheckenginelight%28cel%29
Good luck. Once you get the code read, come back to the forum and search on it, and you will most likely find tons of info.
Steve
Thanks for the support all. Yes my heart sank as well. The CEL was steady freddy so looks like its safe to drive. I won't be touching it until I get back anyway...
Recommend buying an Actron scanner for $40, most auto stores, and you will have one for when these thing happen….you can also reset the CEL with these inexpensive scanners….
