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Random CE Light

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I pulled out of my driveway yesterday and was 2 minutes down the road and the CE light came on...then about 10 seconds later it went off. Sign of a larger problem or something I should ignore?
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Pull the code :P
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Yeah, what is this, a joke?
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vrg3 wrote:Yeah, what is this, a joke?
No, not really. I would be more inclined to pull the code if it stayed. I thought that maybe you or someone else would know or had ever seen something like it before. But, if you're going to treat it like that..fine be that way.
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Post by AWD_addict »

I too have the phantom CEL! It comes and goes by itself, or it can be made to leave if RPMs are raised to about 3500.
[/ghost voice] And there are no codes in memory...ooo. [/ghost voice]
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At least try to pull the code. Jeez. You've been here long enough to know that the CEL usually means the ECU is trying to tell you something.
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I pulled the codes. If they are in chronological order; they came like this:

22 - Knock Sensor
24 - Air Control Valve
32 - O2 sensor (I guess this would be the one that caught me last night)

Now, suggestions? The light doesn't stay on all the time, these are just the stored codes.
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Wait until the light's off and clear the codes, then wait until the light turns on next and pull the codes right away.

You have a 91 non-turbo? What transmission?
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91 Non-Turbo AT.

Which one of those is the sensor that gets affected when it gets wet?
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Knock
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Post by HPP303 »

Im having the same random CE

checked all the sparkpluggs non has burned

and the ligth only goes on when the engien get warm

so my question is how do i pull a code to get a diagons
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Post by 206er »

reset the ecu.
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Post by HPP303 »

its an old legacy 91 DL injector FWD, read somewhere i need a scanner to get any codes out of it , this true ?
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HPP303 wrote:its an old legacy 91 DL injector FWD, read somewhere i need a scanner to get any codes out of it , this true ?

Might want to check the stickies
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Post by HPP303 »

thnkx for the aswers

well i was hoping i wouldent have buy a laptop or a port for a simple car problem ,

guess its just a non oem thing anways ,
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