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#1
09-14-2002, 01:10 AM
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Help my hatchie
The other day i started my car and the check engine light came on. it was way screwed up cuz it was idling at 2,000 and whenever i got over 3,500 it wouldnt push any farther. I drove it down the road, shut it off, then started it back up and it was fine. It did it once more since then so i restarted it and it was fine again. Whats going on with it??? Please help me. The engine has 200,000 miles on it but i cant afford a swap just yet. Is this the beginning of the end of my engine?
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#2
09-14-2002, 01:19 AM
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did u check the ecu to see what code its flashing?
http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/s...5/ecucode.html
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#3
09-14-2002, 01:23 AM
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no not yet. Do i have to check that while the check engine light is on? cuz it only does it every once in a while
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09-14-2002, 01:27 AM
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pull the carpet back and look how many times the LED blinks
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#5
09-14-2002, 01:38 AM
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what carpet? i mean, wheres the LED
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#6
09-14-2002, 01:46 AM
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pull back the passenger carpet, where you feet rest. under the carpet there is a metal cover, idk if you can see the ecu light from there, if you cannto the you gotta take off the 4 bolts that hold the metal cover on. once the cover is removed, youll be albe to see the ecu light
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#7
09-14-2002, 01:53 AM
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only once. does that mean that it doesnt detect anything wrong?
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#8
09-14-2002, 01:59 AM
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well, it blinks once when the key goes to the on position. is that it just turning on or is that an oxygen sensor code
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#9
09-14-2002, 12:33 PM
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Have you ever changed the timing belt? I has the same problem and ignored it since all I would have to do was turn the car off and then on again and it would run fine. Of course a month later 'snap' the timing belt broke.... No bent valves which I was lucky but you should change the belt every 100,000 kms...
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#10
09-15-2002, 01:40 AM
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just replaced it 900 miles ago
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#11
09-15-2002, 07:09 PM
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This sounds to me like a timing or distributor issue. Maybe your timing belt has slipped a tooth or something. Maybe your distro is fried.
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