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Old Jun 22, 2009, 07:33 PM
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SES light on, and then off again?

Today I was driving and my SES light came on, and then about 10 minutes later after I had shut the car off and turned it back on, the light was gone and didn't come back on all the way home. Should I be concerned or was it just a fluke?
Old Jun 22, 2009, 09:38 PM
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did you just get a high flow cat or anything like that?that will usually turn it on and off like that.
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Go to AutoZone and get the code scanned. Could be bad gas could be phantom knock, could be a major problem you proactively fixed before it cost you $$$. Or you just installed a exhaust component and now your back O2 thinks you are running without emissions control.
Old Jun 23, 2009, 04:31 AM
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Originally Posted by hayden81
Go to AutoZone and get the code scanned. Could be bad gas could be phantom knock, could be a major problem you proactively fixed before it cost you $$$. Or you just installed a exhaust component and now your back O2 thinks you are running without emissions control.
How am I supposed to do that if the light is off again? I don't have any new exhaust components.
Old Jun 23, 2009, 05:08 AM
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I've had that a few times. Shows up and disappears. I'm guessing p300 cause of Cosworth M2's, never managed to get it scanned before it went away.
Old Jun 23, 2009, 05:21 AM
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The code is stored in the ECU... So although its no longer popping a CEL you can still see what it popped it for.
Old Jun 23, 2009, 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted by whitegalant
The code is stored in the ECU... So although its no longer popping a CEL you can still see what it popped it for.
+1 , more than likely it's the p0300 code.
Old Jun 23, 2009, 05:42 AM
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Could be a fluke... happens to me sometimes, I have catless and installed the extension for the o2 sensor
Old Jun 23, 2009, 05:51 AM
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hope you dont have the water leak problem like i did and like 20 other people. you better search for that thread.
Old Jun 23, 2009, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Silver06evo9mr
hope you dont have the water leak problem like i did and like 20 other people. you better search for that thread.
Water leak? FML.
Old Jun 23, 2009, 12:49 PM
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my problem with my SES light = https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...ml#post5609105

stickey - https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/in...lins-rain.html
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I'll check that out but I highly doubt that's what the problem is, my car is rarely in the rain anyway. I drove the car today, no light. Think it was just a fluke.
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random misfire
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Pretty sure thats all that it was.




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