Buffaloed
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CEL is the check engine light. Some of us call it the CELOB (check engine light of bankruptcy).
My vehicle, a 2002 Dodge Dakota 3.9L V6. When the CEL comes on the best thing you can do is find out the cause. A lot of repair shops will scan it for free, hoping soften you up and stick the knife into you later. I use a bluetooth dongle on the OBDII port along with an app on my phone to read the codes.
CEL
My vehicle passed inspection in February and the CEL came on at the beginning of this month. It's currently showing 2 codes.
P0456 code - fix was simply a matter of putting the gas cap on tight. It wasn't tightened at all. I remembered getting distracted with a gas can for the lawnmower last time I filled the truck up.
P0305 code - So far I have replaced the wires, plugs, pcv valve, distributor cap & rotor, and dumped a bottle of Techron fuel injector cleaner in the tank. I did the cap and rotor today, so it'll will be awhile for the light to go out if that did the trick. Tuneup parts cost about $60. If took it to my mechanic to solve the CEL he would have tuned it up as a first step and charged twice as much for parts and $98hr/labor. If your CEL is on, there's people here than can help you fix it.
My vehicle, a 2002 Dodge Dakota 3.9L V6. When the CEL comes on the best thing you can do is find out the cause. A lot of repair shops will scan it for free, hoping soften you up and stick the knife into you later. I use a bluetooth dongle on the OBDII port along with an app on my phone to read the codes.
CEL
My vehicle passed inspection in February and the CEL came on at the beginning of this month. It's currently showing 2 codes.
P0456 code - fix was simply a matter of putting the gas cap on tight. It wasn't tightened at all. I remembered getting distracted with a gas can for the lawnmower last time I filled the truck up.
P0305 code - So far I have replaced the wires, plugs, pcv valve, distributor cap & rotor, and dumped a bottle of Techron fuel injector cleaner in the tank. I did the cap and rotor today, so it'll will be awhile for the light to go out if that did the trick. Tuneup parts cost about $60. If took it to my mechanic to solve the CEL he would have tuned it up as a first step and charged twice as much for parts and $98hr/labor. If your CEL is on, there's people here than can help you fix it.