OK I know people hate these post.

I know I need to go get the code.

BUT....the light is on and its NOT blinking. Ive had my car in my garage. Its winter here in Michigan. Very cold and snowy. I start it once a week sometimes twice and let it run for a while. 20-30 minutes with some lite revving. Ive been doing this since the beginning of December and haven't had any issues till today. Last time I started it had a little trouble starting. I figure it was due to the cold( Its been 0-10 as the highs this past week) So I rev it to 3-3.5 for like a min so it can run on its own with out dieing.

Well today I started it and did the same thing but when I put it to about 3.5 it just struggled and choked and the CEL light came on. I then turned it on again and got it running. I just let it idle for 20 mins.

Now Is what I want to know is if you think its ok for it to idle in the garage with the CEL light on or not? Im not driving it around. I dont' really wanna take it in until the snow and salt goes away. Should I just deal with it and say screw the snow and salt? Im only 2 mins from an Autozone.

I also noticed that theres some type of fluid in the muffler. Its slowly spitting it out when I rev it a little. Very black color.

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

Not good to keep running with a CEL code thrown. While usually benign (until flashing) "continued use can cause some damage to the emission system not covered by warranty".....to quote the Owners Manual. Have been around for awhile the most likely cause of your code is the Seoondary Air Pump. It helps pump some extra air in when your warming up to keep emissions down. When you rev up a cold engine it can easily set a code, and I've seen it many times. Note that when you sit and rev up and down the OBD-II system sees that as a fluctuation and adjusts the Secondary Air Pump. Changes in temp and air pressure make it easy to exceed he bounds in OBD-II and trip the code. If it were me I'd have it checked (i.e. borrow a scan tool from Autozone). My bet is DTC P0410 Air Pump Circuit Malfunction. If that's the case then reset your ECU an move on.

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