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"Check Engine" light: is it scheduled?
I have a 2000 Honda Civic DX. It is close to 109,000 miles. I had
the timing belt done at 75,000 miles and the 105,000 mile service done at a garage that specializes in Hondas, but is not affiliated with any dealership. Yesterday, the "Check Engine" light came on when I started it. It is running at the usual temperature, there is oil in the engine, it seems to be running fine. Is the "Check Engine" light scheduled to come on at some point, just to make you go to a dealer? -- Please reply to: | "Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is pciszek at panix dot com | indistinguishable from malice." Autoreply is disabled | |
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"Check Engine" light: is it scheduled?
Paul Ciszek wrote:
> I have a 2000 Honda Civic DX. It is close to 109,000 miles. I had > the timing belt done at 75,000 miles and the 105,000 mile service > done at a garage that specializes in Hondas, but is not affiliated > with any dealership. Yesterday, the "Check Engine" light came on > when I started it. It is running at the usual temperature, there > is oil in the engine, it seems to be running fine. Is the "Check > Engine" light scheduled to come on at some point, just to make you go > to a dealer? > > no, it means the ecu's detected a fault that you need to rectify. buy/borrow a code reader and find out what the ecu thinks is wrong. then fix it! |
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"Check Engine" light: is it scheduled?
Paul Ciszek wrote:
> > I have a 2000 Honda Civic DX. It is close to 109,000 miles. I had > the timing belt done at 75,000 miles and the 105,000 mile service > done at a garage that specializes in Hondas, but is not affiliated > with any dealership. Yesterday, the "Check Engine" light came on > when I started it. It is running at the usual temperature, there > is oil in the engine, it seems to be running fine. Is the "Check > Engine" light scheduled to come on at some point, just to make you go > to a dealer? > ------------------------------------- There's a handy reference book in the glove compartment. 'Curly' |
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"Check Engine" light: is it scheduled?
If it is the "check engine" light and not the "maintenance" light, then no,
it does not come on at a specified interval. It means some sensor has signaled an out-of-spec condition to the engine computer and you will have to get the stored trouble code retrieved from it to find out what the problem is. If you are in the US, most Autozone stores will read the code for free and tell you what it says. On 9/5/06 10:29 PM, in article , "Paul Ciszek" > wrote: > I have a 2000 Honda Civic DX. It is close to 109,000 miles. I had > the timing belt done at 75,000 miles and the 105,000 mile service > done at a garage that specializes in Hondas, but is not affiliated > with any dealership. Yesterday, the "Check Engine" light came on > when I started it. It is running at the usual temperature, there > is oil in the engine, it seems to be running fine. Is the "Check > Engine" light scheduled to come on at some point, just to make you go > to a dealer? > |
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