CEL on
Well, I have the Check Engine Light on with a message about service being required. I ordered a Foxwell scanner the same day to find out more, but is there any way to extinguish the CEL? I was able to remove the message by pressing the 1/2 buttons on the stack, but the CEL stays on. The light came on after an extended period of idling and stop and go at low speed, I checked fluids and oil was a small bit high so I am not sure if that is related. I sucked out the surplus to the top line on the dip stick. Car is idling and driving fine, so I don't suspect a misfire yet. Any advice would be helpful!
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I always keep a basic bluetooth OBD2 scanner in my cars so I can check the codes and such at any time. The ELM327 knockoffs are 6 bucks on Ebay and work okay for this purpose.
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Foxwell will be able to read and clear codes. Nothing you can do in the meantime without the tool I'm afraid.
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Good to know, thanks! I guess I will avoid driving it in that case.
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You can get them read at autozone? They should be able to clear them too.
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Autozone had occurred to me but for whatever reason I figured that they could not read A.M. codes or clear them. They can for BMW, Land Rover, Jaguar etc. so I am not sure why I concluded that. I may stop by in the interim while I wait for the Foxwell to show up and see if they can help. Thanks!
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They should be able to read the generic OBD codes. There are 2 OBD plugs on an AM though, so they need to read from the correct one. (left side if I remember correctly - they are labeled).
matt |
Originally Posted by Marmot
(Post 4879566)
Well, I have the Check Engine Light on with a message about service being required. I ordered a Foxwell scanner the same day to find out more, but is there any way to extinguish the CEL? I was able to remove the message by pressing the 1/2 buttons on the stack, but the CEL stays on. The light came on after an extended period of idling and stop and go at low speed, I checked fluids and oil was a small bit high so I am not sure if that is related. I sucked out the surplus to the top line on the dip stick. Car is idling and driving fine, so I don't suspect a misfire yet. Any advice would be helpful!
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Went to Advance Auto Parts and bought a pump that screwed to a quart and gallon container and eyeballed the dipstick how high over it was and pumped out roughly that much on the dipstick. It wasn't much, maybe 2 cups at most. Total cost $7.99 and an almost empty 1/2 gallon of milk about to turn...
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Autozone did indeed work. Code P0174, Left bank lean OR rich...that is as specific as they could get. They were able to clear the code. The 5 miles back home did not get the light to come on again so I assume it is intermittent...
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Once you have your own reader you can watch the fuel trims while driving and see for yourself if any of them are particularly high.
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