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Old May 19, 2008 | 09:27 PM
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I just turned 40,000 miles on my C6 and on comes the check engine light. I looked it up in the manual and it appears it has to do with emissions mostly.

Has anyone had any problems with this? Any thoughts?

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Old May 19, 2008 | 09:36 PM
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I would advise you to take it to an automotive parts seller that will hook up a electronic scanner to the car and they will tell you what part is malfunctioning. Then you can repair it. Most likely it is usually the oxygen sensor or the spark plug is not firing on one of the cylinders.
It doesn't cost anything to diagnose the problem. If it is the oxygen sensor, it will tell you either bank 1 or 2 , which means either the left or right sde header pipe, closest to the engine is where you will find the oxygen sensor.
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Originally Posted by themacs
I just turned 40,000 miles on my C6 and on comes the check engine light. I looked it up in the manual and it appears it has to do with emissions mostly.

Has anyone had any problems with this? Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Scott
Check out this thread...I had to replace the gas cap on my C5 just short of 30,000 miles.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...post1565088935
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Check your gas cap.
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Mine just came on last week, it turned out to be the gas cap. If you have OnStar they can run a diagnostic for you.
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