[TechAssist] Re: of subject
- From: "tvservice" <tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 15:23:52 -0600
the check engine light came on in my wifes car over the weekend, my son the
mechanic has a OBD reader he said it was the power steering sensor.
after adding about 3 ounces of fluid and driving a couple more trips the
light went out.
he say's sometimes after the light comes on the car my have to be driven in
2-4 cycles for the ECM to recalculate the changes and go back out.
normally if the engine is still running and driving OK it's not serious.
If the light is flashing then it's serious and shouldn'd be driven.
Robert
tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
H & H Electronics Inc
http://supertek.igniteinc.biz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leonard Caillouet" <lcaillo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 10:06 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: of subject
> You can check the ODB codes for free at most Auto Zone stores. They will
> read the code for you. You can also buy a reader for $100 or less and
know
> what the car is doing before taking it to a shop. Lots of guys who do
their
> own maintenence have them...just ask around. I have found it useful and
> avoid having to take the cars to the shop or across town just to see what
> code has been thrown.
>
> Leonard
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 9:55 AM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: of subject
>
>
> That 'check engine' light can be triggered by many things but if the
engine
> isn't overheating, has oil pressure, and isn't making any funny noises,
it's
> probably not a killer virus.
>
> My state just adopted an emissions test program this year that right now
is
> just in the "this is what you would need if we were really doing this"
> phase. But next year, 2006, LOOK OUT, cause we're gonna getcha. Basically
> they hook up the state supplied (at the garage owners expense) computer
> scanner to every vehicle that has the US Government mandated and approved
> plug to hook up the approved scanner to. Which is supposed to be every car
> made after 1996 or something.
>
> The big fighting point is the fact that you fail the test if the dreaded
> 'check engine light' has ever come on, even if it isn't currently on. You
> must take the car to be checked by a mecha -- oops, technician who is
duly
> qualified and certified to test it and sign his name to a repair order
> stating that the car is now OK. He is also required to lie about what he
has
> done (if he is an honest technician) because he's required to say what he
> did to fix it. If he did nothing because it didn't need anything, that's
not
> acceptable because the government theory is that something had to be
wrong,
> therefore something had to be fixed. The light may have come on for
> something as innocuous as removing the gas cap with the engine running. In
> cold weather country, that is a very likely possibility and the peons are
> objecting to having to pay a mec -- err, technician a hundred dollars or
> more, just because they did that. Oh yes, and pay another $45 for a second
> emissions test.
>
> Of course erasing the memory on the computer is one way to fool the tester
> but they will fail the car if the memory has ever been erased and you
don't
> have a get out of jail pass, duly signed by the aforementioned technician,
> stating why it was erased, like due to a dead battery or something. If you
> replace your own battery you are sooooo screwed.
>
> My objection is that I have to pay $45 for the same inspection that used
to
> cost $20, even though I do not own a vehicle that has the computer plug.
> Plus the fact that the whole thing seems to be designed to build an empire
> for the head of the motor vehicle department, who previously had just a
> small kingdom. They even made motorcycle inspection stations purchase the
> computerized test equipment and motorcycles have NEVER had any such
computer
> system on them. So they get entered into the same computerized
recordkeeping
> system as my old 1978 Chrysler New Yorker or I guess I should say
Chevrolet
> New Yorker. That's what their system calls it, a Chevrolet, and we
couldn't
> get it corrected after wasting about an hour tapping on the computer and
> calling the computer gods for advice. Actually we never were allowed to
> speak to the real god up there. We got an angel 2nd class or Clarence, if
> you will.
>
> Do you think we could a system like that for checking emissions from TV
> sets? That would put us all right back in business again.
>
>
> Russ Hoyt
> Hoyt's TV
> Exeter, NH
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J Silverman" <greentron@xxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 4:36 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: of subject
>
>
> > The operations manual for my 2003 dodge says that one of the things that
> > can
> > cause the engine light to be on is bad gas. It says that if the engine
> > seems
> > to be running normally and is not overheating to try a different
gasoline
> > and if that doesnt fix it to bring it in for service. I had looked it up
> > because that light had come on and went off after a couple of days.
> > Jerry Silverman
> > Greentron Inc
> > 4 Newland Ave
> > Greenville SC 29609
> > Fax/Phone 864 232 3889
> > mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Don Gushue" <rybeck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 1:21 PM
> > Subject: [TechAssist] of subject
> >
> >
> >> Have a 2000 cavalier,wonder if anyone knows site with help question,s
> >> engine light on steady cant take car to have scan no insurance.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Don
> >>
>
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