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hi,

my wife filled up gas tank yesterday
headed down road... and the check engine light came on.. shortly thereafter

she checked the oil... first
it was down to the lower filler dot on the dipstick she said

so she filled it up
she unscrewed gas cap... and then retightened it

light continues to stay on

any suggestions? or how to reset ?


thanks
aaron goosedown@earthlink.net

goosedown@earthlink.net (Aaron) decided to join the conversation on 24
Oct 2003 with message news:d6491ae.0310240249.65ecfda6
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> so she filled it up
> she unscrewed gas cap... and then retightened it
>
> light continues to stay on
>
> any suggestions? or how to reset ?

Well, from what I've read, it may take a few trips for it to reset (if
it's the gas cap)..

You can find out what codes are stored in your computer by doing this:

On the passenger side, under the glove box on the right side there should
be two connectors, one for connecting a diagnostic computer, and one that
has just two pins.. jumper those two pins (wire, paper clip, whatever)
with the ignition off.. turn the ignition to ON (but don't start car) and
count the number of long flashes and short flashes coming from the Check
Engine light... long flashes indicate 10's, short ones 1's ... example, 4
long + 2 short = error code 42..

Make sure to jumper the plug with only two pins on it, as jumpering
anything on that data link connection would probably screw something up..
Perhaps someone can enlighten you as to what color the connector is .. I
think in my 91 Civic it's blue.

Also, check this site out: http://www.troublecodes.net/honda/


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Aaron wrote:
>
> hi,
>
> my wife filled up gas tank yesterday
> headed down road... and the check engine light came on.. shortly thereafter
>
> she checked the oil... first
> it was down to the lower filler dot on the dipstick she said
>
> so she filled it up
> she unscrewed gas cap... and then retightened it
>
> light continues to stay on
>
> any suggestions? or how to reset ?

Sounds like you want to go a shop and have them plug the
car into the computer and check for Oxygen Senors.

They are EXPENSIVE.

For an Civic they are about $175 and $215 each plus labor.

--


"We should not march into Baghdad. To occupy Iraq would
instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab
world against us and make a broken tyrant into a latter-
day Arab hero. Assigning young soldiers to a fruitless
hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning
them to fight in what would be an unwinable urban guerilla
war, it could only plunge that part of the world into ever
greater instability."
-George H. W. Bush in his 1998 book "A World Transformed"

"There should be limits to freedom."--George W. Bush

"I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation
building."--George W. Bush, 10/11/2000


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what would it have to do with the oxygen sensor? MAYBE after he reads his
error codes...
for now it is only low oil pressure and loose gas tank cap.

dimmi

"MiKe" <gamma@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:3F99EF54.45CF377@nyc.rr.com...
>
>
> Aaron wrote:
> >
> > hi,
> >
> > my wife filled up gas tank yesterday
> > headed down road... and the check engine light came on.. shortly
thereafter
> >
> > she checked the oil... first
> > it was down to the lower filler dot on the dipstick she said
> >
> > so she filled it up
> > she unscrewed gas cap... and then retightened it
> >
> > light continues to stay on
> >
> > any suggestions? or how to reset ?
>
> Sounds like you want to go a shop and have them plug the
> car into the computer and check for Oxygen Senors.
>
> They are EXPENSIVE.
>
> For an Civic they are about $175 and $215 each plus labor.
>
> --
>
>
> "We should not march into Baghdad. To occupy Iraq would
> instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab
> world against us and make a broken tyrant into a latter-
> day Arab hero. Assigning young soldiers to a fruitless
> hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning
> them to fight in what would be an unwinable urban guerilla
> war, it could only plunge that part of the world into ever
> greater instability."
> -George H. W. Bush in his 1998 book "A World Transformed"
>
> "There should be limits to freedom."--George W. Bush
>
> "I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation
> building."--George W. Bush, 10/11/2000
>
>
> http://minime.de/bush/
> http://www.911pi.com/
> http://www.warprofiteers.com/
> http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/
> http://www.mindprod.com/bush911.html

i did the ole paper clip short test.. and got a code 41
replaced oxy sensor... and i'm back in business now !

thanks


goosedown@earthlink.net (Aaron) wrote in message news:<d6491ae.0310240249.65ecfda6@posting.google.c om>...
> hi,
>
> my wife filled up gas tank yesterday
> headed down road... and the check engine light came on.. shortly thereafter
>
> she checked the oil... first
> it was down to the lower filler dot on the dipstick she said
>
> so she filled it up
> she unscrewed gas cap... and then retightened it
>
> light continues to stay on
>
> any suggestions? or how to reset ?
>
>
> thanks
> aaron goosedown@earthlink.net

autozone carried the oxy sensor... $96
and i rented the little open socket (for the wire part) from them..
for $15 and got my money back when i returned the socket...




MiKe <gamma@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message news:<3F99EF54.45CF377@nyc.rr.com>...
> Aaron wrote:
> >
> > hi,
> >
> > my wife filled up gas tank yesterday
> > headed down road... and the check engine light came on.. shortly thereafter
> >
> > she checked the oil... first
> > it was down to the lower filler dot on the dipstick she said
> >
> > so she filled it up
> > she unscrewed gas cap... and then retightened it
> >
> > light continues to stay on
> >
> > any suggestions? or how to reset ?
>
> Sounds like you want to go a shop and have them plug the
> car into the computer and check for Oxygen Senors.
>
> They are EXPENSIVE.
>
> For an Civic they are about $175 and $215 each plus labor.
>
> --
>
>
> "We should not march into Baghdad. To occupy Iraq would
> instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab
> world against us and make a broken tyrant into a latter-
> day Arab hero. Assigning young soldiers to a fruitless
> hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning
> them to fight in what would be an unwinable urban guerilla
> war, it could only plunge that part of the world into ever
> greater instability."
> -George H. W. Bush in his 1998 book "A World Transformed"
>
> "There should be limits to freedom."--George W. Bush
>
> "I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation
> building."--George W. Bush, 10/11/2000
>
>
> http://minime.de/bush/
> http://www.911pi.com/
> http://www.warprofiteers.com/
> http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/
> http://www.mindprod.com/bush911.html