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BrickJAK ([personal profile] razorjak) wrote2006-03-29 06:57 pm
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I'll be the first to admit I know jackshit about cars. I know how to drive. I know how to change the oil and keep the fluids topped off, etc etc etc.

But to actually know what's wrong with a car? Nope, not a chance.

Sooo, I'm driving home from the grocery store and I notice the "Check Engine" light starts to flicker and then go solid. There's no weird noises. No whines or wurrs or whathaveyou. I just had the oil changed.

Seriously? What good is the "check engine" light if you really don't have the money to take it into a shoppe to have it looked at?
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[identity profile] ladycelest.livejournal.com 2006-03-30 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
I can tell you that!! Over 100,000.

[identity profile] prgrmr.livejournal.com 2006-03-30 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
Ouch!

You wouldn't also happen to know if the catalytic converter or any of the oxygen senors have been replaced?

[identity profile] ladycelest.livejournal.com 2006-03-30 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
No idea.

[identity profile] siani-hedgehog.livejournal.com 2006-03-30 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
voice of experience speaks, eh?

[identity profile] prgrmr.livejournal.com 2006-03-30 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. All too recent, all too expensive experience.

[identity profile] edwards.livejournal.com 2006-03-30 08:31 am (UTC)(link)
JUST over 100,000? Some cars (Subaru, probably GM) will put the check engine light on around 100K just to prompt you to take it in to a garage and have the cat checked out.

[identity profile] edwards.livejournal.com 2006-03-30 11:57 am (UTC)(link)
Look up the reset procedure for your car (can either be "short these pins" or "press gas 20 times with ignition on" - stuff like that) and see if it comes back on.

If it is just the 100K "take me to a dealer", you probably won't be bothered by it again.
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