service engine soon
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service engine soon
My service engine soon light comes on every time I turn the key to the on position and will go out as soon as I turn the ignition... so far so good, but when I try to read the trouble codes by putting a wire from the 6 to 12 terminal on the ALDL port it just stays on and does not blink at all to give me the trouble code….
The car is running good except for a little power loss above 3500rpms (but that might be because of a problem with the cat) so I don't think the ECM or prom is messed up. What's the problem?
Thanks
Alex
The car is running good except for a little power loss above 3500rpms (but that might be because of a problem with the cat) so I don't think the ECM or prom is messed up. What's the problem?
Thanks
Alex
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Thanks..... are you sure that if the SES goes out after the start of the engine that there is no fault code possible to be there ?
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The SES light with the key in 'run' (but engine not running) position is normal.
As far as code retrieval (code 12 is normal as well)....
As far as code retrieval (code 12 is normal as well)....
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i think its a to b, ..but some were A to M for some reason...i forgot what year that was on ...im not much help here....but the light is supposed to come on, and when you chekc the trouble codes , its supposed to have one long bling...pause.. the n two short blink....three times in a row....then after that, the trouble codes should blink
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Originally posted by SlowMaro
i think its a to b, ..but some were A to M for some reason...i forgot what year that was on ...im not much help here....but the light is supposed to come on, and when you chekc the trouble codes , its supposed to have one long bling...pause.. the n two short blink....three times in a row....then after that, the trouble codes should blink
i think its a to b, ..but some were A to M for some reason...i forgot what year that was on ...im not much help here....but the light is supposed to come on, and when you chekc the trouble codes , its supposed to have one long bling...pause.. the n two short blink....three times in a row....then after that, the trouble codes should blink
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I thought that was normal ... in every car I've ever driven the SES light is always on until it's started. This is true for my '87 Camaro and my stepfather's brand new Ford F-250. Since the engine isn't *on* the sensors think something's up, unless the ECM just isn't running, I'm not sure how that works.
But like I said, I'm pretty sure that's normal.
But like I said, I'm pretty sure that's normal.
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its a check position. if the ignition is on, without the engine running, expect to see the SES light, and the choke light (carb)
as long as the SES light goes out when the engine starts yer in the clear. the reason you have no fault codes, is that you have no faults!!!!
as long as the SES light goes out when the engine starts yer in the clear. the reason you have no fault codes, is that you have no faults!!!!
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