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Orange Immortal [62287]
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I actually made my "Check Engine" light go away. By myself.
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Nov 5, 2024, 9:37 AM
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I have had Check Engine light on my vehicle for at least 120K of the 150K miles I have owned it.
And like 95% of the population, I have ignored it. Never even tried to figure out what/why. No code search or whatever.
Since it turned 150K, decided to flush my radiator and replace antifreeze last weekend. And changed thermostat while I was doing that just as a PM and was only $15. It was working fine but it was time to do this according to the manual.
Amazingly, light went off. And has stayed off for a week+.
I'm calling the Pope, as I truly believe performed a certified miracle.
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Ultimate Clemson Legend [103645]
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On a Yota you push the trip reset button and hold it while cranking the car
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Nov 5, 2024, 9:39 AM
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Turns it off, no matter the reason.
Oh, also, on a Yota the ONLY reason you get a check engine light is because of mileage. It is simply on a mileage timer for oil changes, etc. I've already turned mine off once on the new car (different mechanism)
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TigerNet Immortal [169168]
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Uhhh
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Nov 5, 2024, 10:06 AM
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No, you get CEL’s for a number of issues, all emissions related.
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Re: Uhhh
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Nov 5, 2024, 10:08 AM
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Heisman Winner [86978]
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Was gonna say...
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Nov 5, 2024, 10:11 AM
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I get a check engine light, a traction control light, the abs brake light and another light when the gas cap goes bad every 20K miles in my 4runner. Looks like a christmas tree on the dash.
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The ridiculous amount of dash lights on is why I didn't buy a Tundra
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Nov 5, 2024, 10:14 AM
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Of course, I just replaced an injector, have a pretty bad exhaust leak, and the paint on my A-pillars is peeling so maybe I should have dealt with the lights.
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Those stupid lights stay ON when the fwd collision stuff is working
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Nov 5, 2024, 10:18 AM
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correctly.
What idiot thought that a mandatory anti-collision system should have light ON when its working?
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The Japanese do things their way no matter how ridiculous it may be.***
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Nov 5, 2024, 10:19 AM
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woah, my 4Runner does that. It goes of by itself after a certain # of on-offs.
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Nov 5, 2024, 11:30 AM
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I can sit and do about 20 and it goes off, or just let it go off on it's own.
So you say it's the gas cap? Thanks!
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Just read the check engine code in the 2000 Tundra and it came back as...
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Nov 5, 2024, 10:23 AM
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02 sensor.
BIG SHOCK.
Every check engine light I've had in the last 2 decades has been a faulty 02 sensor.
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Heisman Winner [86978]
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Toyotas seem very susceptible to those.
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Nov 5, 2024, 10:24 AM
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And gas caps.
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actually, my '12 has just over 200K miles, and this just started about a yr ago.
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Nov 5, 2024, 11:37 AM
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I've never replaced the gas cap on it, nor my '03 2wd Tacoma.
By the way, the '12 had the rear camera not working intermittently for a couple yrs, finally successfully googled it, and turns out it was a wiring harness that was tied down too tight from the factory. Snipped a zip tie, made sure the plug was tight, put the rear door panel back on, and it's worked great ever since.
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Heisman Winner [86978]
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I have no idea whats up with the gas caps on this car.
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Nov 5, 2024, 11:45 AM
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They go bad pretty regularly.
And it seems to eat o2 sensors as well, but not as much.
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Tiger Titan [51799]
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Just ordered one from Amazon, $15.
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Nov 5, 2024, 11:56 AM
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I haven't replaced the O2 sensors ever. Put one on that '03 Tacoma, 129K miles, not long after I bought it yrs ago w/ maybe 50K miles on it. No troubles with it since.
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Bad news: That won't work.
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Nov 5, 2024, 2:09 PM
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Unless you get an OEM cap from Toyota (Not Amazon, because nothing is really OEM on there), it won't work.
Pony up the $30 for the cap from a dealer.
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Not on a 2014 Toyota Camry. Or a 2006 Camry. Or a 1996 Camry.
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Nov 5, 2024, 10:52 AM
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I know in other cars they make the CEL for a bunch of things. I only know this because a Toyota mechanic told me this. And for 235K miles, it was true. And once I did have an emissions issue, and that's another light that comes up.
It may be different on different cars. It's probably different on my car now, since I now get a "maintenance reminder" instead of a CEL. But for 20ish years, on Toyota Camry's, and ona 4Runner a relative had, the CEL came on every 3,000 miles. To the mile. And emissions issues were another light.
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2003-2009 4runner maintenance reminders are a "MAINT" light.
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Nov 5, 2024, 11:25 AM
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They can come on at 3,000 or 5000 miles.
2010 and up 4runners have a "MAINTENANCE REQUIRED" message comes up on the dash digital screen.
CEL's are different for both.
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Probably was a code for engine not getting up to temp
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Nov 5, 2024, 9:59 AM
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Due to a stuck open thermostat.
You’ll likely notice the heat actually working this winter as well.
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Been watching some youtubes that are saying all those "bulletproof"
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Toyota 5.7l with around 6 /7 years old, ~120K+ miles are becoming not so bulletproof when the head gaskets blow between #5 and #7 cylinders. Owners aren't changing their antifreeze, its becoming acidic, and if the owner is lucky it only attacks the 3 layer steel head gasket. But there have been some that have corroded the block.
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A Check Engine light-sized piece of electrical tape would have been faster.***
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Are you Click or Clack?***
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"Don't drive like MY brudda!"***
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my SIL did that on her old Ford Fiesta, did a perfectly cut piece of black duct
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tape, stayed on for years, I sold it for her, and the guy that bought it never noticed. He lives near me, I still see it occasionally, like 10 yrs later. He bought it cause he couldn't afford to drive his monster 4WD truck everywhere.
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Re: my SIL did that on her old Ford Fiesta, did a perfectly cut piece of black duct
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Bro has to buy a car because he can't afford to drive another car? Is that not a clue to get rid of the truck?
Is this guy a coot?
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best investment I've made with family with older cars is buying a scanner
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saved me a bunch of $ on diagnostic fees etc and identified many things can do myself
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