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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 10:13 PM
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How many of you do not have your check engine lights on?

Just curious how many fc drivers do not have their check engine light on?
Mine had always been on since I bought the car two years ago, but I finally fixed the last code.
From what I've seen and heard most people have check engine lights on; so I was very proud of myself because I fixed all eight codes my car was throwing before the engine swap.




(Okay, I really just wanted to brag about finally fixing my codes; you guys caught me.)
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 10:14 PM
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Cool story.
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 10:20 PM
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Bro.
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 10:43 PM
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Seriously though, I have no lights on
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 11:29 PM
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I've never owned a running RX7 with a check engine light.
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 01:23 AM
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Dont have a check engine light, but I'm not throwing any codes. And if I did throw codes, I probably wouldn't let it stay on for 2yrs.
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 01:33 AM
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Out of the 10 fc's i've had, none of them had a check engine light on.
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 01:43 AM
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Why in the **** would you even make a thread about this
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 02:56 AM
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do s4 owners get to chime in on this?
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 03:24 AM
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If you have a CEL, fix your ****.
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 05:52 AM
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do s4 owners get to chime in on this?
My S4 doesn't have a CEL! It doesn't have a battery or alternator in her either.
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 07:49 AM
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Couldn't ever get mine to go off so i just unplugged the idiot lights. Ripped the buzzer out of the cluster too.
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by g14novak
Couldn't ever get mine to go off so i just unplugged the idiot lights. Ripped the buzzer out of the cluster too.
I did it to hear responses like this.
In my redneck family having a vehicle without a check engine light on is rare.
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 01:15 PM
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i got 2 CEL on my s4. one in the engine bay and a second set of LEDs in the dashboard. on the rare times that i do get a code i fix it. odd concept there huh?

Last edited by 3vil; Mar 23, 2011 at 01:15 PM. Reason: i can't type good
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 02:08 PM
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S4 FTW, Screw S5 limp mode crap
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 03:00 PM
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So that way you don't know if your omp is out til your engine blows? Good call
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 03:10 PM
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Why in the **** would you even make a thread about this
You know when you do someything you shouldn't and you just need that validation from someone else that its an acceptable thing to do.


Originally Posted by Tyler [S5 FC]
So that way you don't know if your omp is out til your engine blows? Good call
Meh, I've never heard of a mechanical OMP failure. All they every do is leak.
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Tyler [S5 FC]
So that way you don't know if your omp is out til your engine blows? Good call
gotta live dangerously brah
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 03:19 PM
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Lol straight g
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 03:22 PM
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No light, but also no compression so yea.......
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 04:43 PM
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no lights on my fcs
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 05:43 PM
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It's not a check engine light. It's a CHANGE engine light.
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 09:48 PM
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i usually dont have a check engine light. more like this
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 10:45 PM
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Lol...
Both of my fc's had low compression when I bought them and had been ran that way for a long time.
I was really never worried about when something was going to go out on them.
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 01:45 AM
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Originally Posted by slitherz90gxl
Lol...
Both of my fc's had low compression when I bought them and had been ran that way for a long time.
I was really never worried about when something was going to go out on them.

my fc has low compression too,
but im driving it anyways because its my daily.
how long did yours go for?>
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