93sc400 Code 25
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93sc400 Code 25
Replaced battery last Friday (ordered alternator)
Limped home from work on Saturday on a couple jumps from a hwy patrolman & my wife after breaking down on the hwy 30 miles from the house.
Changed the alternator soon as I got back home (refurb from O'Reilly's)
3rd battery I've had to replace (35,000 miles)
3rd alternator I've had to replace (35,000 miles)
But that's not even why I started this thread.... (Feel free to chime in on why you might think Im having to do this what seems like every 18 months though.)
I drive for Pepsi, so this is my daily driver. I took off for work Sunday morning and within 25 miles my check engine / trac off dummy lights illuminate. (Just my luck) We had snow! What a pain in the a$$ it is to drive the sc4 in snow with no trac. especially on the hwy.
Anyways.. Took it to O'Reilly's this afternoon my lunch break and the fella hooked it up to the code reader. Mixture Control continuously lean DTC: 25
Please help.. Thank you in advance.
Limped home from work on Saturday on a couple jumps from a hwy patrolman & my wife after breaking down on the hwy 30 miles from the house.
Changed the alternator soon as I got back home (refurb from O'Reilly's)
3rd battery I've had to replace (35,000 miles)
3rd alternator I've had to replace (35,000 miles)
But that's not even why I started this thread.... (Feel free to chime in on why you might think Im having to do this what seems like every 18 months though.)
I drive for Pepsi, so this is my daily driver. I took off for work Sunday morning and within 25 miles my check engine / trac off dummy lights illuminate. (Just my luck) We had snow! What a pain in the a$$ it is to drive the sc4 in snow with no trac. especially on the hwy.
Anyways.. Took it to O'Reilly's this afternoon my lunch break and the fella hooked it up to the code reader. Mixture Control continuously lean DTC: 25
Please help.. Thank you in advance.
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Your power steering pump is leaking onto your alternator.
Fix leak. Fix alternator. In that order.
reset the ecu those lean codes come and go sometimes. if it keeps coming back then there is probably something up. could have also lost a coil pack or something. does it idle well and feel strong or half strength?
Your power steering pump is leaking onto your alternator.
Fix leak. Fix alternator. In that order.
reset the ecu those lean codes come and go sometimes. if it keeps coming back then there is probably something up. could have also lost a coil pack or something. does it idle well and feel strong or half strength?
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Welcome to CL, Please post in the proper sub forum. Thread moved to maintenance.
Your power steering pump is leaking onto your alternator.
Fix leak. Fix alternator. In that order.
reset the ecu those lean codes come and go sometimes. if it keeps coming back then there is probably something up. could have also lost a coil pack or something. does it idle well and feel strong or half strength?
Your power steering pump is leaking onto your alternator.
Fix leak. Fix alternator. In that order.
reset the ecu those lean codes come and go sometimes. if it keeps coming back then there is probably something up. could have also lost a coil pack or something. does it idle well and feel strong or half strength?
My apologies on putting the thread in the wrong location.
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Could be a loose connection in your intake piping or a vac leak as well. I would grab the intake and see if it moves easily (it shouldn't) also the stock according coupling tends to crack over time. These things would cause a lean mixture. As far as the alternator and batteries, check the alternator for evidence of fluid hitting it, chances are the ps fluid is dripping onto it. I still don't see how you could have gone through three alternators without noticing fluid on it. I'm also very confused as to why a salesman would sell you a third battery in a shrt time. For example my battery was made in 2003 and although it needs jumping from time to time, it still holds up.
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Could be a loose connection in your intake piping or a vac leak as well. I would grab the intake and see if it moves easily (it shouldn't) also the stock according coupling tends to crack over time. These things would cause a lean mixture. As far as the alternator and batteries, check the alternator for evidence of fluid hitting it, chances are the ps fluid is dripping onto it. I still don't see how you could have gone through three alternators without noticing fluid on it. I'm also very confused as to why a salesman would sell you a third battery in a shrt time. For example my battery was made in 2003 and although it needs jumping from time to time, it still holds up.
I have a pretty good feeling though, based on the things I've read on the CL forum that is more than likely the case regarding the alternator issues I've been having. I just would love to see it running good again that way I can invest my time into other areas such as.. getting my LCD climate control screen fixed. sending the needles to Lex Tech to be upgraded, changing the dash cluster bulbs to LED's & getting the leather on my seats replaced, then eventually painting it.
Thats the long term plan.. With only 131k miles, having bought it in 2006 with only 96k it has plenty of life left, not to mention I've always wanted this car since I was in High School.
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Just like Ali mentioned, as to the alternator issue, fix the power steering leak first. That is what is burning up your alternator. PS fluid drips onto the alternator and fries it over time.
As to the code 25, that would be your o2 sensors. Bank 1 if I'm not mistakes, but just replace all of them.
As to the code 25, that would be your o2 sensors. Bank 1 if I'm not mistakes, but just replace all of them.
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Just like Ali mentioned, as to the alternator issue, fix the power steering leak first. That is what is burning up your alternator. PS fluid drips onto the alternator and fries it over time.
As to the code 25, that would be your o2 sensors. Bank 1 if I'm not mistakes, but just replace all of them.
As to the code 25, that would be your o2 sensors. Bank 1 if I'm not mistakes, but just replace all of them.
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i may or may not have taken a former car I owned in to the shop for a check engine light that had came on only to be told I had to buy a 14 dollar gas cap and getting charged 170 dollars for the examination..
Thanks Slide on the feedback.. and forgive me for my ignorance.. having changed the alternator before, I've gotten somewhat 'good' at doing that.. but the o2 sensors.. not so much ... How many are there, and where are they located? Any advice on the price friendliest place to pick up them?
Keep updated.
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