Check Engine light came on this morning on way to work. 95 80k
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Check Engine light came on this morning on way to work. 95 80k
I recently swapped the battery on my car cos the old one died over the weekend. The car sat for day maybe with a completely dead battery. I just had the carpet replaced. These are the only things that have changed in the last few months. I was driving along and the car felt good when the check engine light came on. I wasn't driving hard. It just turned on. It turned itself off again when off the gas but would light up when power was applied at anything more than a tickle.
I was fortunate that my specialists place is close to where I was going anyway so I just drove it there instead and left it with them.
My car is a 95 with 80k on the clock.
I was fortunate that my specialists place is close to where I was going anyway so I just drove it there instead and left it with them.
My car is a 95 with 80k on the clock.
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SAI Cleaning in your future ..... . . . . .. . scan will tell all
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The one time this happened in my 95 I didn't tighten the gas cap enough. Took it off, make sure it clicked a few times and the light went off. Worth checking- easy and free
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re-check battery connection, maybe give the wire terminal insides a quick clean before reconnecting them to their battery terminals.
Also check fluid level of new battery & top up if necessary.
Also check fluid level of new battery & top up if necessary.
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^ Worth a check. I had a loose connection at the battery cause some odd symptoms once.
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All of what I read above is guessing...
Hook up even a generic OBD1 scan tool and see what code(s) are thrown, and now you can move forward with some real information rather than a guess.
A check engine light can be thrown for any myriad of reasons.
Hook up even a generic OBD1 scan tool and see what code(s) are thrown, and now you can move forward with some real information rather than a guess.
A check engine light can be thrown for any myriad of reasons.
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Check and replace (if needed) the seal on the gas cap. They go bad. And yes, they are available separately from the $130 gas cap, which I found out after the fact ....
I never got a code, but it failed emissions as the cap would not seal.
I never got a code, but it failed emissions as the cap would not seal.
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This one fits, already replaced mine about a month back:
Volkswagen OEM 191201557 WASHER
Volkswagen OEM 191201557 WASHER
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O2 Sensor - easy to change. Mine would come on for a minute and then go off never to be seen again. Until, maybe, I drove it again, but not every time.
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And apart from that the correlation between low battery fluid level and CEL is a real longshot! But I have seen stranger things passing!