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07-14-2005, 11:50 PM

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Tomes

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Re: Check Engine Light Gone: Engine Code P 0442

..... and I love it when it actually happens.

"J Strickland" <spam@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:5d6dnSPw1dFcOEvfRVn-oQ@ez2.net...
> Just proves that if you ignore a problem long enough, it'll go away.
>
> > "Tomes" <XXtomanml@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:EShBe.9934$aY6.5005@newsread1.news.atl.earthl ink.net...
> > Well the check engine light went away all by itself after maybe 20
> > restarts
> > or so, not counting the on-off-on-off-on sequences to check. This is
the
> > old Tomes way of fixing things - wait a while and it goes away.....
> >
> > Thanks for your help here folks.
> > Tomes
> >
> > "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:2u-dnUfSjrPijEnfRVn-jA@ez2.net...
> >>
> >> "Tomes" <XXtomanml@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> >> news:2hFAe.21431$eM6.9449@newsread3.news.atl.earth link.net...
> >> > "Jeff Strickland" <spamcatcher@yahoo.net> wrote in message
> >> > news:Cu6dnSi8IvSdLU_fRVn-vQ@ez2.net...
> >> >>
> >> >> "Tomes" <XXtomanml@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> >> >> news:zOkAe.8121$aY6.5232@newsread1.news.atl.earthl ink.net...
> >> >> > OK, so it has been a couple of days now [all dried out - went to
> > Black
> >> >> > Potatoe folk music festival today] put the gas cap on and off a
few
> >> > times,
> >> >> > still get the code. I looked around in a cursory manner under the
> >> >> > hood,
> >> >> not
> >> >> > really knowing what to look for, and see nothing out of the
ordinary
> > in
> >> >> the
> >> >> > way of vacuum lines that I find in there.
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> You have to physically reset the code, or wait for several (I think
> >> >> the
> >> >> number is in the range of ~40) start-cycles for it to go out on it's
> > own.
> >> > It
> >> >> will not have gone out by now, even if the gas cap was not secured
> >> >> when
> >> > the
> >> >> code came up.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > Well I guess that is where I am then, off to the land of the 40. I'm
> >> > up
> >> > to
> >> > maybe 10 now....
> >> > Thanks.
> >> > I suppose physically setting the code is something I am not to do?
> >> >
> >>
> >> That is a false assumption. There is no reason you can't reset the
code.
> >> I
> >> am not sure, but I think you can do it by unplugging the battery for
> >> something like 5 minutes. <I'm sure somebody will tell us the actual
> >> duration.> Or, you can get your hands on the code reader tool, and
press
> >> a
> >> button. In California, AutoZone stores, and others I would guess, will
> > allow
> >> you to use a code reader tool that they keep on hand for customers. The
> > idea
> >> is that a customer will come in with the Check light on, or recently on
> > but
> >> now off, and they can use the code reader to get the code(s) and reset
> >> it(them), then come in and buy a shopping cart full of parts worth
> > hundreds
> >> of dollars, or one part worth about $20. Either way, the store gets
youir
> >> car parts dollars if they let you use the code reader.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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07-14-2005, 11:50 PM

#92

Tomes

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Re: Check Engine Light Gone: Engine Code P 0442

..... and I love it when it actually happens.

"J Strickland" <spam@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:5d6dnSPw1dFcOEvfRVn-oQ@ez2.net...
> Just proves that if you ignore a problem long enough, it'll go away.
>
> > "Tomes" <XXtomanml@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:EShBe.9934$aY6.5005@newsread1.news.atl.earthl ink.net...
> > Well the check engine light went away all by itself after maybe 20
> > restarts
> > or so, not counting the on-off-on-off-on sequences to check. This is
the
> > old Tomes way of fixing things - wait a while and it goes away.....
> >
> > Thanks for your help here folks.
> > Tomes
> >
> > "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:2u-dnUfSjrPijEnfRVn-jA@ez2.net...
> >>
> >> "Tomes" <XXtomanml@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> >> news:2hFAe.21431$eM6.9449@newsread3.news.atl.earth link.net...
> >> > "Jeff Strickland" <spamcatcher@yahoo.net> wrote in message
> >> > news:Cu6dnSi8IvSdLU_fRVn-vQ@ez2.net...
> >> >>
> >> >> "Tomes" <XXtomanml@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> >> >> news:zOkAe.8121$aY6.5232@newsread1.news.atl.earthl ink.net...
> >> >> > OK, so it has been a couple of days now [all dried out - went to
> > Black
> >> >> > Potatoe folk music festival today] put the gas cap on and off a
few
> >> > times,
> >> >> > still get the code. I looked around in a cursory manner under the
> >> >> > hood,
> >> >> not
> >> >> > really knowing what to look for, and see nothing out of the
ordinary
> > in
> >> >> the
> >> >> > way of vacuum lines that I find in there.
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> You have to physically reset the code, or wait for several (I think
> >> >> the
> >> >> number is in the range of ~40) start-cycles for it to go out on it's
> > own.
> >> > It
> >> >> will not have gone out by now, even if the gas cap was not secured
> >> >> when
> >> > the
> >> >> code came up.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > Well I guess that is where I am then, off to the land of the 40. I'm
> >> > up
> >> > to
> >> > maybe 10 now....
> >> > Thanks.
> >> > I suppose physically setting the code is something I am not to do?
> >> >
> >>
> >> That is a false assumption. There is no reason you can't reset the
code.
> >> I
> >> am not sure, but I think you can do it by unplugging the battery for
> >> something like 5 minutes. <I'm sure somebody will tell us the actual
> >> duration.> Or, you can get your hands on the code reader tool, and
press
> >> a
> >> button. In California, AutoZone stores, and others I would guess, will
> > allow
> >> you to use a code reader tool that they keep on hand for customers. The
> > idea
> >> is that a customer will come in with the Check light on, or recently on
> > but
> >> now off, and they can use the code reader to get the code(s) and reset
> >> it(them), then come in and buy a shopping cart full of parts worth
> > hundreds
> >> of dollars, or one part worth about $20. Either way, the store gets
youir
> >> car parts dollars if they let you use the code reader.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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07-14-2005, 11:50 PM

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Tomes

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Re: Check Engine Light Gone: Engine Code P 0442

..... and I love it when it actually happens.

"J Strickland" <spam@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:5d6dnSPw1dFcOEvfRVn-oQ@ez2.net...
> Just proves that if you ignore a problem long enough, it'll go away.
>
> > "Tomes" <XXtomanml@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:EShBe.9934$aY6.5005@newsread1.news.atl.earthl ink.net...
> > Well the check engine light went away all by itself after maybe 20
> > restarts
> > or so, not counting the on-off-on-off-on sequences to check. This is
the
> > old Tomes way of fixing things - wait a while and it goes away.....
> >
> > Thanks for your help here folks.
> > Tomes
> >
> > "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:2u-dnUfSjrPijEnfRVn-jA@ez2.net...
> >>
> >> "Tomes" <XXtomanml@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> >> news:2hFAe.21431$eM6.9449@newsread3.news.atl.earth link.net...
> >> > "Jeff Strickland" <spamcatcher@yahoo.net> wrote in message
> >> > news:Cu6dnSi8IvSdLU_fRVn-vQ@ez2.net...
> >> >>
> >> >> "Tomes" <XXtomanml@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> >> >> news:zOkAe.8121$aY6.5232@newsread1.news.atl.earthl ink.net...
> >> >> > OK, so it has been a couple of days now [all dried out - went to
> > Black
> >> >> > Potatoe folk music festival today] put the gas cap on and off a
few
> >> > times,
> >> >> > still get the code. I looked around in a cursory manner under the
> >> >> > hood,
> >> >> not
> >> >> > really knowing what to look for, and see nothing out of the
ordinary
> > in
> >> >> the
> >> >> > way of vacuum lines that I find in there.
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> You have to physically reset the code, or wait for several (I think
> >> >> the
> >> >> number is in the range of ~40) start-cycles for it to go out on it's
> > own.
> >> > It
> >> >> will not have gone out by now, even if the gas cap was not secured
> >> >> when
> >> > the
> >> >> code came up.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > Well I guess that is where I am then, off to the land of the 40. I'm
> >> > up
> >> > to
> >> > maybe 10 now....
> >> > Thanks.
> >> > I suppose physically setting the code is something I am not to do?
> >> >
> >>
> >> That is a false assumption. There is no reason you can't reset the
code.
> >> I
> >> am not sure, but I think you can do it by unplugging the battery for
> >> something like 5 minutes. <I'm sure somebody will tell us the actual
> >> duration.> Or, you can get your hands on the code reader tool, and
press
> >> a
> >> button. In California, AutoZone stores, and others I would guess, will
> > allow
> >> you to use a code reader tool that they keep on hand for customers. The
> > idea
> >> is that a customer will come in with the Check light on, or recently on
> > but
> >> now off, and they can use the code reader to get the code(s) and reset
> >> it(them), then come in and buy a shopping cart full of parts worth
> > hundreds
> >> of dollars, or one part worth about $20. Either way, the store gets
youir
> >> car parts dollars if they let you use the code reader.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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