My car's engine light is also on most times. My car is older and it's not worth spending much money on sensors. It drives fine, the problems is ussually related to sensors and wiring, you could take your car for a computerized inspection where they hook up your car's computer with a electronic device which usually finds a defective sensor. One could check some Chrysler sensor by following codes which were compared with a list of coded sensors/ defects.
Don't worry too much about it. My brother's 2 years old montana had the same problem, He went to the mechanic and after a few days the light was on again. Well, he decided not to do anything about it and got another lease on another van anyways.
rick wrote: yea thanks man . I l l try to do it . i gotta find out what he put under the hood . i don t wanna get any more surprises later on Ya you should man, specially 'cause nowadays it's so popular to just slap on crap at the top end of engines, overlooking the bottom endLike an air intake or stuff like that is not gonna do a whooole lot, but if they tweaked the heads and added compresion to them or even the injectors, without also upgrading the bottom end (crankshaft and rods) the life of your engine will suffer... that's if you get lucky and don't get a rod shooting through your hood :exaggeration:-- Edited by Dogo at 18:27, 2006-03-23
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yea thanks man . I l l try to do it . i gotta find out what he put under the hood . i don t wanna get any more surprises later on
Ya you should man, specially 'cause nowadays it's so popular to just slap on crap at the top end of engines, overlooking the bottom end Like an air intake or stuff like that is not gonna do a whooole lot, but if they tweaked the heads and added compresion to them or even the injectors, without also upgrading the bottom end (crankshaft and rods) the life of your engine will suffer... that's if you get lucky and don't get a rod shooting through your hood :exaggeration:
-- Edited by Dogo at 18:27, 2006-03-23
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yea all is it does is reset the computer . sometimes the light doesn t come back on .. and not ,i bought the car and it had all this inside the hood . the guy who had it before me install a lot of performance stuff in it ( so i m not even sure of all the things the car has ) ...too bad a i bought it at a dealer so i can t even ask the guy who had it before what kind of stuff he put in it .... I know i m gonn ahave to take it to the mechanic sooner or later , but i just wanted to see if it was something obvious that make the light come on .. (like the gas cap , or tire pressure )
Well, I'm not sure the previous owner would be happy that you call him, LOL , BUT..... if you reeeeeally want to find out who the previous owner is, just go to the ministry and buy a sellers package (I'm not sure if thats what its called) and all the previous owners info is in there, not their phone #, but I think their names and addresses are there. You might be able to do a "reverse look up" on a nets phone book and find out the phone # I think the package is only like 20 bucks... ya I know, it's a pain in the balls, but hey..!
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yea all is it does is reset the computer . sometimes the light doesn t come back on .. and not ,i bought the car and it had all this inside the hood . the guy who had it before me install a lot of performance stuff in it ( so i m not even sure of all the things the car has ) ...too bad a i bought it at a dealer so i can t even ask the guy who had it before what kind of stuff he put in it .... I know i m gonn ahave to take it to the mechanic sooner or later , but i just wanted to see if it was something obvious that make the light come on .. (like the gas cap , or tire pressure )
yea i checked the gas cap . it s weird though if i disconnect the baterry the light stays off for a few days .
I'm no mechanic, but if you disconnect the batterie all it does (I think) is reset it, it will just light up again when the computer reads trouble again BTW, did you just install all this aftermarket stuff recently?... 'cause you might need an after market sensor, 'cause now the air intake is not stock anymore, right? As I said, I'm no mechanic, just going on common sense here
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thanks man I didn think of that .. I m going to do it if not i guess i gotta take it to the mechanic . it s still under warranty (some dealer in toronto ) but i m just scared of taking it there , they may just take the light bulb off and say that they fix the problem
AMIGO, I HAVE A CIVIC TOO. DON'T BOTHER TAKING IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP. IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE TO BEGIN WITH (MUERTOS DE HAMBRE...CHILTEROS). JUST TAKE IT TO ANY OTHER MECHANIC AND GET IT LOOKED AT. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT WAS JUST THAT THE SENSOR WAS TOO SENSITIVE. PERO ME COSTO MUCHO MENOS. GO BOY AND TAKE IT TO ANOTHER MECHANIC.
hey whats up guys maybe someone can help .. I got a 2000 honda civic . I have the air intake and the performance mufler install in it ( plus a few other things to make the car faster) , anyways for some reason the engine light comes on in my car (when driving on the highway) . I disconnected the battery terminal to reset the computer . it worked just for 2 days when the engine light came back on . I took it to the dealer but they said my car has stuff that are not street legal so they can t help . The car is dirving fine i don t feel a difference in the way the car drives , its just the stupid engine light . did anyone had this problem before?? is it dangorous to drivi it with the engine light on?
YEP PONCHES IS RIGHT JUST TAKE IT INTO A REGULAR MECHANIC! IT MIGHT JUST BE A SENSOR CAUSE U STRESS BUT BETTER SAFE THEN SORRY!!!
rick wrote: hey whats up guys maybe someone can help .. I got a 2000 honda civic . I have the air intake and the performance mufler install in it ( plus a few other things to make the car faster) , anyways for some reason the engine light comes on in my car (when driving on the highway) . I disconnected the battery terminal to reset the computer . it worked just for 2 days when the engine light came back on . I took it to the dealer but they said my car has stuff that are not street legal so they can t help . The car is dirving fine i don t feel a difference in the way the car drives , its just the stupid engine light . did anyone had this problem before?? is it dangorous to drivi it with the engine light on? Not really unless your scared of fires or possible explosions.
It's true don't drive it might cause an explosion... give the car to me, I will take the risk!
hey whats up guys maybe someone can help .. I got a 2000 honda civic . I have the air intake and the performance mufler install in it ( plus a few other things to make the car faster) , anyways for some reason the engine light comes on in my car (when driving on the highway) . I disconnected the battery terminal to reset the computer . it worked just for 2 days when the engine light came back on . I took it to the dealer but they said my car has stuff that are not street legal so they can t help . The car is dirving fine i don t feel a difference in the way the car drives , its just the stupid engine light . did anyone had this problem before?? is it dangorous to drivi it with the engine light on?
Not really unless your scared of fires or possible explosions.
maybe someone can help .. I got a 2000 honda civic . I have the air intake and the performance mufler install in it ( plus a few other things to make the car faster) , anyways for some reason the engine light comes on in my car (when driving on the highway) . I disconnected the battery terminal to reset the computer . it worked just for 2 days when the engine light came back on . I took it to the dealer but they said my car has stuff that are not street legal so they can t help . The car is dirving fine i don t feel a difference in the way the car drives , its just the stupid engine light . did anyone had this problem before?? is it dangorous to drivi it with the engine light on?
