Question for the Hive Mind: Auto Motives
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athelind... when the "Service Engine Soon" light comes on, how badly is one's wallet about to get raped?
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Date: 2010-03-31 06:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-31 06:53 am (UTC)So where do I go?
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Date: 2010-03-31 06:59 am (UTC)Usually you can reset that notification light fairly easy. Know in some cars like Hondas, you just press and hold down the trip reset button while you turn on the car and that'll reset the counter for the service reminder light for another couple thousand miles.
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Date: 2010-03-31 07:11 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-03-31 03:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-31 01:42 pm (UTC)If your service engine soon light = check engine light, it could be as simple as one spark plug misfiring and in need of replacement, to a faulty oxygen sensor in the exhaust system, to a problem in the transmission. There are a lot of items that will cause the light to come on.
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Date: 2010-03-31 03:34 pm (UTC)According to my manual (a used car that came with the original manual! Amazing!), the "Service Engine Soon" light is indeed the "Check Engine" light.
Modifications made to the engine, transaxle, exhaust or fuel system of your vehicle, or the replacement of the original tires with other than those of the same Tire Performance criteria (TPC) can affect your vehicle's emission controls and may cause the "Service Engine Soon" light to come on.
Obviously, I just changed a tire -- it's the same kind as the other three, but there are differences in wear patterns, and I don't know if they checked and filled the pressure in the old ones, so there might be enough difference there to freak the chip out.
Rewiring the fuel pump might also count as "modifications to the fuel system".
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Date: 2010-03-31 05:52 pm (UTC)One of my cars always brings up the "check engine" light if I fill the gas tank a little too full. It's due to gas tank level affecting the return line to the gas tank, and the engine management detecting the problem.
On another, driving through a puddle that causes water to splash on the spark plugs will cause the light to come on due to a spark plug misfire (or in the case of the code it brought up ... random/multiple cylinder misfire detected - catalyst damaging level of misfire on more than one cylinder).
I've had the light come on showing a transmission fault after the battery went flat and I started the car after insufficient recharge time to fully charge the battery. The system detected that the battery voltage was too low for reliable operation of the auto transmission, and put the transmission in "limp home" mode.
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Date: 2010-03-31 06:29 pm (UTC)I'm gonna open the gas cap and re-seal it, then go check the tire pressure, and see where that leaves me. EVERYTHING, including the manual, suggests that a) It's Nothing Urgent Or Critical and b) It May Just Go Away By Itself In A Few Days, esp. if I do those little things.
Hmmm. The manual mentions that the light might come on if you're low on fuel, as small amounts of air can get into the fuel line and cause a misfire. Sounds like trying to start the engine with a nonfunctioning fuel pump would cause the same effect—though it's odd that it would hit 50 miles later.
Consensus: If it's still shining merrily on Monday, then I'll worry.
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Date: 2010-03-31 06:47 pm (UTC)While some vehicles will auto reset some of the "check engine" codes if the problem goes away, on many cars, even if the fault condition is no longer there, the "check engine" light will stay on until the end of time unless it is reset with an OBD tool/reader.
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Date: 2010-03-31 04:18 pm (UTC)I've been told by my mechanic that the check-engine-light can be something as silly as that and usually involves the exhaust system.
And yes, messing with the fuel pump wiring could mean it needs to be reset.
Generally (no promises) it's non-urgent, especially if it's the exhaust system.