Check Engine - Why 3 Trips?
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From: Sheridan
Originally posted by GTI 20v
Isn't there something similar available for Hondas?
Isn't there something similar available for Hondas?
I bought mine a year or so on this board with a group buy. I think it was about $100 for the cable and software. I thought the gizmo was standard for OBDII.
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From: South Jersey
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Rick Hesel
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Sure there's a scan tool, but sometimes the simple step, in this case taking 15 seconds to pull a fuse and put it back in, is a far more elegant solution.
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Sure there's a scan tool, but sometimes the simple step, in this case taking 15 seconds to pull a fuse and put it back in, is a far more elegant solution.
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From: Timonium
Elegance has only to do with simplicty. How long did it take you to hook up your tool and take the measurment? That's a far more complex approach to a simple problem, somewhat akin to using a computer to add 2+2. I'm as big a tehcnology junkie as the next guy, but I think you made that comment to dump on some S2000 owners, frankly.
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From: Brussels, Belgium
*slap* *slap* 
Okay... Back to the original question.
The MIL (check engine or rather malfunction indicator lamp) is required by EU and US EPA requirements. One of the requirements is that the MIL is allowed to be switched off, only if the error is not present anymore "after three subsequent sequential driving cycles"
Okay... Back to the original question.
The MIL (check engine or rather malfunction indicator lamp) is required by EU and US EPA requirements. One of the requirements is that the MIL is allowed to be switched off, only if the error is not present anymore "after three subsequent sequential driving cycles"
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From: Myrtle Beach, SC
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Siepel
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Okay... Back to the original question.
The MIL (check engine or rather malfunction indicator lamp) is required by EU and US EPA requirements. One of the requirements is that the MIL is allowed to be switched off, only if the error is not present anymore "after three subsequent sequential driving cycles"
[B]*slap* *slap*
Okay... Back to the original question.
The MIL (check engine or rather malfunction indicator lamp) is required by EU and US EPA requirements. One of the requirements is that the MIL is allowed to be switched off, only if the error is not present anymore "after three subsequent sequential driving cycles"
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From: 8400
On my ITR, there is a plug by the ECU. I just short the plug with a paper clip and the check engine light blinks the ECU code (ie code 23). Then I just look on the chart to see what code 23 means.
Easy as that and free.
Easy as that and free.
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