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Check Engine Light - What was your Problem?

Old 05-24-07, 06:32 AM
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my was either o2 sensor or alternator
Old 05-24-07, 06:48 AM
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Default Check Engine Light - What was your Problem?

My check engine light came on at 106k miles...My dad said he thinks it's the o2 sensor...

Whats the common problem everyone get when that light of deception comes on?


btw, ill follow these steps today: http://www.troublecodes.net/Lexus/
or bring it to advance auto..

Thanks!
Old 05-24-07, 06:51 AM
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my sc 300 light came on 5 days for the month ,i never ran a diagnostic but i removed my egr and that fixed the problem
Old 05-24-07, 07:39 AM
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I forgot what mine was......It had something to do with a Cat or o2 sensor I think.
I borrowed my friends code reader, looked up the code (it wasnt serious) so I just cleared it.

It came on at 28,000 miles.

Anyway.....it never came back.....
Old 05-24-07, 09:05 AM
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O2 sensors for me twice.
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Code 13 RPM Signal

Cause of it?
Passenger Bank Cam Sensor wire was cut
Old 05-24-07, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by contentryd
My check engine light came on at 106k miles...My dad said he thinks it's the o2 sensor...

Whats the common problem everyone get when that light of deception comes on?


btw, ill follow these steps today: http://www.troublecodes.net/Lexus/
or bring it to advance auto..

Thanks!
on an OBD2 car, it is rarely a light of deception... in fact, there are reasons that the light comes on that are extremely dangerous to the engine, cats, etc. on obd-2 cars, if the light comes on, something is wrong - sometimes minor, sometimes major... find out asap, theres a few hundred reasons the light could be on...
Old 05-24-07, 10:14 AM
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code 12... rpm signal knock sensor control...

basically it was my distributor.... made my car not run at all.

then i had the fuel pump ecu code... 78 or something like that... never fixed it... i changed out to 3 different ones and none worked so i just did the constant 12v wiring thing to it
Old 05-25-07, 12:49 PM
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well...oddly my check engine light is not on anymore...something must have been loose?
Old 05-25-07, 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by contentryd
well...oddly my check engine light is not on anymore...something must have been loose?
potentially...

lots of times, even the gas cap being loose will cause this... obd2 cars have a pressurized fuel system (EVAP), to keep gas fumes from just going into the atmosphere... if the car senses an EVAP leak (such as a loose gas cap), it will set a code - if after two or three "trip cycles" the problem has fixed itself, the light will go off....

there are lots of other reasons, but this is the most common...
Old 05-25-07, 11:09 PM
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Im almost at 300k and no check engine light yet.
Old 05-26-07, 07:58 AM
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almost a 300k as well and only came on a few times for the same reason, the maf sensor but it never came back on ever since i've installed an cold air intake...
Old 05-26-07, 09:19 AM
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i got code 72? i beleave, it was EGR TEMP Sensor
Old 05-26-07, 10:50 PM
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When my engine light came on I had a friend (mechanic) look at it, he said it might of been a leak on the intake part of the motor. Several intake hoses were cracked. I disconnected the batterie making the light come off, a week later it was back on. Haven't taken care of it.

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Old 05-30-07, 06:39 PM
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came back from advance auto...scanned with OBDII ...two problems came up:

P0441
EVAP Emission
Control System
Purge Flow Fault

P0446
EVAP Emission
Control System
Vent Circuit Malfunction

anybody happen to know what these mean?

from www.troublecodes.net/Lexus/
P0441 EVAP Emission Control System Improper Purge Flow
P0446 EVAP Emission Control System Vent Control Malfunction

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