Check engine light

[sexualbanana]

I was driving down Macleod tonite and just by erlton my check engine light turns on (right after i see u kenny). i pull into the stampede grounds and check my oil. it's dangerously low, though the oil light didn't come on. after calling the only one of my friends that was relatively available, he decides to be a bitch and not help me out. so i decide to chance it and drive to the 7-11 a few blocks down to get some oil and pray that it fixes the problem. it doesn't, so i have no choice to drive my car home with the check engine light on the entire time hoping that the engine doesn't fuck up.

i checked for leaks and there doesn't appear to be any. any suggestions?

[szw]

What kind of rims do you have gavin?

[sexualbanana]

my winters are asa.

[szw]

I mean in your sig

[max_boost]

Maybe its just a sensor!

[sexualbanana]

adr gt sport

[Davetronz]

some of the cars have a check engine light that needs to be programmed out. I know my dads truck has one. If his oil drops or needs changing the light goes on and remains on until his CPU is flashed or there is a sequence of things to do to make it go out without going to the dealer.

[2000impreza]

get the code pulled. a check engine light doesn't mean much if you don't know what is causing it.

[sexualbanana]

found it. cylinder 3 is misfiring.

[sexualbanana]

so i guess my quesiton now is, is it safe to keep driving it? i have to get to school

[buh_buh]

time for a motorswap!

[ancient]

Heck no, do not keep driving if its misfiring....

As buh_buh said, start lookin for a new smart, or if you want to pay some real BLING BLING, you can fix it.

[sexualbanana]

new smart?

[ancient]

ya im on crack.....

I dunno WHAT that was....... But..... Start looking for a new engine....

[sexualbanana]

also just to let u know, just before the light came on i noticed my car doing some putting.

[James]

Originally posted by sexualbanana
also just to let u know, just before the light came on i noticed my car doing some putting.

Its a civic Gavin, the "Putting" should be normal :tongue:

[CLiVE]

Originally posted by 2000impreza
get the code pulled. a check engine light doesn't mean much if you don't know what is causing it.

Glad to hear you found the problem....

you can pull the codes yourself if you have a multimeter...

stupid check engine lights. Mine came on just after I bought my car thanks to a bad O2 sensor....I just kept resetting it by disconnecting the negative battery terminal now and then..

There is also always the "black electrical tape" mod. A lot of stealth guys do this...lol. Or they remove the bulb from the check engine light....lol.

[95TsiAWD]

OBDII is the devil. Those misfire CELs can pop up from anything. I usually get one every couple months, this has been for the last 2 years. I just clear the code with my datalogger. Compression is near factory and the car runs 12s on a good day. So don't worry about the CEL.
Clear it out and if it keeps coming back change your plugs/wires. If that doesn't fix it then it's either your cam angle sensor or your crank angle sensor that has gone bad (the sensors pulses will look more like a shark's fin and less like the square wave it should be). Don't start shitting a brick thinking you need a new engine.

[sexualbanana]

well i checked my plugs and they're completely dry. exhaust color is normal. and i don't see any leaks.

[2000impreza]

check the wires and the rest of the ignition system.

i find the check engine light completly useless. when something serious goes worng like blown headgasket, low oil pressure, or whatever else the light doesn't come on but when nothing is worng it will start throwing codes like o2 sensor but there is nothing worng with the o2 sensors. from my experience anyways.