check engine light
Team Owner
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From: Hartford WI
Racer
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From: Southern Indiana
I have a scanner now for sure. Hope I don’t ever have to use it again. Whatever code I had last time P something. I hope I never see it again. Your think I’d remember but I’m blocking that code out of my mind.
Team Owner
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St. Jude Donor '13
Because:
The car never hiccupped, all the gauges showed normal, and the light went out after a few seconds.
We were on a road trip hundreds of miles from home and no convenient dealership, especially on the weekend it happened.
And we have a 0 deductible extended warranty if something went bad.
Without the ability to work on the car at that point, knowing the code wasn't going to help us much. The dealership checked it after we got home and said all ok.
We have now owned four modern Corvettes over 20 years/250k miles. Every one of them has had occasional weird electronic glitches that fixed themselves in a few minutes. We pay attention, but we don't get excited too quickly.
"Remember that you own the car, the car doesn't own you."
Last edited by Gearhead Jim; Dec 3, 2021 at 10:46 PM.
Team Owner
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 28,422
Likes: 3,275
From: Hartford WI
We didn't even speculate at that time about what caused the light, just kept driving.
Because:
The car never hiccupped, all the gauges showed normal, and the light went out after a few seconds.
We were on a road trip hundreds of miles from home and no convenient dealership, especially on the weekend it happened.
And we have a 0 deductible extended warranty if something went bad.
Without the ability to work on the car at that point, knowing the code wasn't going to help us much. The dealership checked it after we got home and said all ok.
We have now owned four modern Corvettes over 20 years/250k miles. Every one of them has had occasional weird electronic glitches that fixed themselves in a few minutes. We pay attention, but we don't get excited too quickly.
"Remember that you own the car, the car doesn't own you."
Because:
The car never hiccupped, all the gauges showed normal, and the light went out after a few seconds.
We were on a road trip hundreds of miles from home and no convenient dealership, especially on the weekend it happened.
And we have a 0 deductible extended warranty if something went bad.
Without the ability to work on the car at that point, knowing the code wasn't going to help us much. The dealership checked it after we got home and said all ok.
We have now owned four modern Corvettes over 20 years/250k miles. Every one of them has had occasional weird electronic glitches that fixed themselves in a few minutes. We pay attention, but we don't get excited too quickly.
"Remember that you own the car, the car doesn't own you."
Racer
Joined: Aug 2021
Posts: 256
Likes: 17
From: NW Montana
Not that it matters at this point, but my CEL (P0324 - knock sensor) seems to have resolved itself over the course of the last 100mi or so. Had to have been the Techron that threw things off.
Adding a bottle to a nearly empty tank might have left it with a bit of a rich mixture before it had time to slosh around and dilute after filling up (??) ... that's the only thing I can come up with.
Adding a bottle to a nearly empty tank might have left it with a bit of a rich mixture before it had time to slosh around and dilute after filling up (??) ... that's the only thing I can come up with.
Team Owner
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 28,422
Likes: 3,275
From: Hartford WI
Not that it matters at this point, but my CEL (P0324 - knock sensor) seems to have resolved itself over the course of the last 100mi or so. Had to have been the Techron that threw things off.
Adding a bottle to a nearly empty tank might have left it with a bit of a rich mixture before it had time to slosh around and dilute after filling up (??) ... that's the only thing I can come up with.
Adding a bottle to a nearly empty tank might have left it with a bit of a rich mixture before it had time to slosh around and dilute after filling up (??) ... that's the only thing I can come up with.
Team Owner
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 28,422
Likes: 3,275
From: Hartford WI
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