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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?

[identity profile] razorjak.livejournal.com 2006-03-30 10:58 am (UTC)(link)
1997 Buick LeSabre

Checked the gas cap after I got prompted to do so. Nope it was on tight.

[identity profile] siani-hedgehog.livejournal.com 2006-03-30 11:59 am (UTC)(link)
i'm going for O2 sensor in that case. is the car running fine? do you do lots of short trips (under 20 miles)?
get yerself a manual for the car - you've got a logical mind. you can almost certainly google to find out a way of reading fault codes from light flashes. [livejournal.com profile] edwardscissors managed with my '98 ford scorpio. pick his brains, for he is a car fault-finding god.