Maint Reqrd light
05-29-2004, 03:18 PM
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Re: Maint Reqrd light
In message <0vVtc.4128$Lq1.3210@nwrddc03.gnilink.net>, "DaveW" wrote:
>Rich wrote:
>> Is there anything else that is hooked to the light except the O2
>> sensor, shruly there is??? I really dont want to just toss the bulb
>> incase someting else happens and it needs to tell me "Maintenance
>> Required"
>>
>> Rich.
>
>
>There isn't on my 91 XJ. I ran into the same thing, not at a multiple of
>82,500 miles, either, although it is possible that he odometer was
>messed with before I got this Jeep. Note that the O2 sensor had just
>been replaced about a month prior.
That would be 82,500 miles since the last reset. If you didn't reset it when
you replaced the O2, it's still counting from the last reset.
>
>Anyway, I pulled the bulb (it is a grain of wheat type) and put it
>accross 120 volts AC, just to blow the filiment, and put it back. That
>way I can always plede innocent with the smog *****.
Speaking California, the maintenance reminder is not tested for functionality
during a smog test. An illuminated maintenance reminder is also not a reason to
fail a smog test.
>
>"Gee, the light was on for a second then went out!"
>
>Grin,
>
>DAve
>Rich wrote:
>> Is there anything else that is hooked to the light except the O2
>> sensor, shruly there is??? I really dont want to just toss the bulb
>> incase someting else happens and it needs to tell me "Maintenance
>> Required"
>>
>> Rich.
>
>
>There isn't on my 91 XJ. I ran into the same thing, not at a multiple of
>82,500 miles, either, although it is possible that he odometer was
>messed with before I got this Jeep. Note that the O2 sensor had just
>been replaced about a month prior.
That would be 82,500 miles since the last reset. If you didn't reset it when
you replaced the O2, it's still counting from the last reset.
>
>Anyway, I pulled the bulb (it is a grain of wheat type) and put it
>accross 120 volts AC, just to blow the filiment, and put it back. That
>way I can always plede innocent with the smog *****.
Speaking California, the maintenance reminder is not tested for functionality
during a smog test. An illuminated maintenance reminder is also not a reason to
fail a smog test.
>
>"Gee, the light was on for a second then went out!"
>
>Grin,
>
>DAve
05-29-2004, 03:18 PM
#52
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Re: Maint Reqrd light
In message <0vVtc.4128$Lq1.3210@nwrddc03.gnilink.net>, "DaveW" wrote:
>Rich wrote:
>> Is there anything else that is hooked to the light except the O2
>> sensor, shruly there is??? I really dont want to just toss the bulb
>> incase someting else happens and it needs to tell me "Maintenance
>> Required"
>>
>> Rich.
>
>
>There isn't on my 91 XJ. I ran into the same thing, not at a multiple of
>82,500 miles, either, although it is possible that he odometer was
>messed with before I got this Jeep. Note that the O2 sensor had just
>been replaced about a month prior.
That would be 82,500 miles since the last reset. If you didn't reset it when
you replaced the O2, it's still counting from the last reset.
>
>Anyway, I pulled the bulb (it is a grain of wheat type) and put it
>accross 120 volts AC, just to blow the filiment, and put it back. That
>way I can always plede innocent with the smog *****.
Speaking California, the maintenance reminder is not tested for functionality
during a smog test. An illuminated maintenance reminder is also not a reason to
fail a smog test.
>
>"Gee, the light was on for a second then went out!"
>
>Grin,
>
>DAve
>Rich wrote:
>> Is there anything else that is hooked to the light except the O2
>> sensor, shruly there is??? I really dont want to just toss the bulb
>> incase someting else happens and it needs to tell me "Maintenance
>> Required"
>>
>> Rich.
>
>
>There isn't on my 91 XJ. I ran into the same thing, not at a multiple of
>82,500 miles, either, although it is possible that he odometer was
>messed with before I got this Jeep. Note that the O2 sensor had just
>been replaced about a month prior.
That would be 82,500 miles since the last reset. If you didn't reset it when
you replaced the O2, it's still counting from the last reset.
>
>Anyway, I pulled the bulb (it is a grain of wheat type) and put it
>accross 120 volts AC, just to blow the filiment, and put it back. That
>way I can always plede innocent with the smog *****.
Speaking California, the maintenance reminder is not tested for functionality
during a smog test. An illuminated maintenance reminder is also not a reason to
fail a smog test.
>
>"Gee, the light was on for a second then went out!"
>
>Grin,
>
>DAve
05-29-2004, 03:18 PM
#53
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Re: Maint Reqrd light
In message <0vVtc.4128$Lq1.3210@nwrddc03.gnilink.net>, "DaveW" wrote:
>Rich wrote:
>> Is there anything else that is hooked to the light except the O2
>> sensor, shruly there is??? I really dont want to just toss the bulb
>> incase someting else happens and it needs to tell me "Maintenance
>> Required"
>>
>> Rich.
>
>
>There isn't on my 91 XJ. I ran into the same thing, not at a multiple of
>82,500 miles, either, although it is possible that he odometer was
>messed with before I got this Jeep. Note that the O2 sensor had just
>been replaced about a month prior.
That would be 82,500 miles since the last reset. If you didn't reset it when
you replaced the O2, it's still counting from the last reset.
>
>Anyway, I pulled the bulb (it is a grain of wheat type) and put it
>accross 120 volts AC, just to blow the filiment, and put it back. That
>way I can always plede innocent with the smog *****.
Speaking California, the maintenance reminder is not tested for functionality
during a smog test. An illuminated maintenance reminder is also not a reason to
fail a smog test.
>
>"Gee, the light was on for a second then went out!"
>
>Grin,
>
>DAve
>Rich wrote:
>> Is there anything else that is hooked to the light except the O2
>> sensor, shruly there is??? I really dont want to just toss the bulb
>> incase someting else happens and it needs to tell me "Maintenance
>> Required"
>>
>> Rich.
>
>
>There isn't on my 91 XJ. I ran into the same thing, not at a multiple of
>82,500 miles, either, although it is possible that he odometer was
>messed with before I got this Jeep. Note that the O2 sensor had just
>been replaced about a month prior.
That would be 82,500 miles since the last reset. If you didn't reset it when
you replaced the O2, it's still counting from the last reset.
>
>Anyway, I pulled the bulb (it is a grain of wheat type) and put it
>accross 120 volts AC, just to blow the filiment, and put it back. That
>way I can always plede innocent with the smog *****.
Speaking California, the maintenance reminder is not tested for functionality
during a smog test. An illuminated maintenance reminder is also not a reason to
fail a smog test.
>
>"Gee, the light was on for a second then went out!"
>
>Grin,
>
>DAve
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