my check engine light is flashing while i drive , and my engine has a bad miss in it , should i go have the codes ran or is it something simple ?
i have a 97 cavalier ls 2.2 litre
Reason Check engine lite is flashing is because of the misfire problem it is letting u know there is a problem and it need's fixed ASAP before u destroy your converter. Hope this helps out
Mine was an injector...did the same thing, missed like heck, CEL flashed all the time...I got 5 dollars worth of muddy gas and it cost me $454....get it checked out..
It's a four banger, you gotta bang it four times to get it goin'....
thanks alot , i just put a set of spark plugs in last night it helped some but still has a small miss but the check engine light is still on but it doesnt flash anymore , should i try some plug wires and what kind do you suggest ?
Find out what code its throwing so you can find out what to inspect/replace before you go spending money on anything.
flashing is a miss like they previously stated. i just wanted to chime in.
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mine happend to be the that plastic coil housing happened to be arcing onto the engine on my 2000 z24 and we thought it was a motor mounts so look on the coil housing to see if you have a black spot on it and if it is that its a dealer part and its about 85bucks
Like above, go to Autozone, or any other car parts place, and have the code pulled, this way you know for sure what it is. For the two CEL's ive had (one was a gas cap, the other the IAC plug came unplugged) the OBD II scanner told me what they were.
thanks alot guys , i went to auto zone and the scanner said misfire / inadeqeute spark i replaced the plug wires and presto problem solved !
I portant thing if the light flases you should pull over. You could cause more damage.
FU Tuning
my car is missing bad as well, i dont mean to jack this thread but i got the crank sensor , cam sensor and 02 sensor. dealership changed crank sensor and i changed the 02 last night it still does it.
maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow....... but some day
try your plugs and wires that finally fixed mine , it runs like new again !
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stock gt wrote:my car is missing bad as well, i dont mean to jack this thread but i got the crank sensor , cam sensor and 02 sensor. dealership changed crank sensor and i changed the 02 last night it still does it.
Why did you replace those parts? What lead yout o them? Probably spark plug boots, or coil packs.
FU Tuning
those are the codes the gm dealer gave me and thats where i started. any help?
maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow....... but some day
john skalak wrote:mine happend to be the that plastic coil housing happened to be arcing onto the engine on my 2000 z24 and we thought it was a motor mounts so look on the coil housing to see if you have a black spot on it and if it is that its a dealer part and its about 85bucks
You should be able to get that part at any parts store, I know for a fact that murray's can get it. If all else fails, most parts stores can order parts directly from gm using their part number, usually for cheaper.
stock gt, stick to one thread man
stock gt wrote:those are the codes the gm dealer gave me and thats where i started. any help?
hmmmm. Do you stuill have a CEL on?
FU Tuning
nope !
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