OH NOOooooooOOOOoooooo!
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From: G35 Land
Dave, why don't you just get an OBDII reader and pull the codes?
I know some of the people here that have already posted are MUCH more knowledgeable than I am, but that might be the best bet before paying the cost of that tow.
Blinking should = misfire
Misfire should hopefully = a bad coil or plug (as already stated)
I once got the dreaded blinking CEL while I was driving. I was only a couple blocks from home so I got there and shut it off.
Long story short, the recall on the spark plugs had never been performed even though I had taken the car to the stealership many many times.
The high compression caused the plug to break into pieces, which eventually fell into the cylinder and scored everything.
Honda paid for me to get a whole new block and internals
I was very very lucky.
Good luck brother man!!!
I know some of the people here that have already posted are MUCH more knowledgeable than I am, but that might be the best bet before paying the cost of that tow.
Blinking should = misfire
Misfire should hopefully = a bad coil or plug (as already stated)
I once got the dreaded blinking CEL while I was driving. I was only a couple blocks from home so I got there and shut it off.
Long story short, the recall on the spark plugs had never been performed even though I had taken the car to the stealership many many times.
The high compression caused the plug to break into pieces, which eventually fell into the cylinder and scored everything.
Honda paid for me to get a whole new block and internals
I was very very lucky.
Good luck brother man!!!
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Originally Posted by S2KSandy' date='Jan 22 2009, 10:26 AM
OH SNAP! maaaan... that scares me just thinking about it...
maybe an ap2 swap? ...says it hauls ass on the ap1 body...
maybe an ap2 swap? ...says it hauls ass on the ap1 body...
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From: springfield, va
the f22 long block can be swapped right in, and can be treated like an f20. But at minimum a VAFC will be needed to tune. and its faasst! But I hope it doens't come to that, unless you want it to
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Originally Posted by nightcrawler7188' date='Jan 22 2009, 11:35 AM
because we all know that AP1 body is so different
On topic: Dave, there are some coil packs FS: in the swap meet forum.
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oh and when i had the blinking CEL, i drove it for an entire day because i had absolutely no choice. it was running on 2 cylinders so it was painfully slow but it sounded SICK...like a true muscle car, lol
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From: Lewisville, TX
Originally Posted by w1ngman' date='Jan 22 2009, 10:42 AM
As for coils...agreed. There are easily a number of non-high-$ possibilities. Just the idea of flatbedding the car 'into town' (40+ miles) to diagnose makes me shudder.
But then again, moparacker probably wins the 'long haul' award
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Originally Posted by nightcrawler7188' date='Jan 22 2009, 12:59 PM
oh and when i had the blinking CEL, i drove it for an entire day because i had absolutely no choice. it was running on 2 cylinders so it was painfully slow but it sounded SICK...like a true muscle car, lol
