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Old Dec 29, 2007 | 03:22 PM
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My check engine light comes on and off, and when it does stay on it goes away as long as i keep giving it gas? What could the problem be?
Oh and I'm also having an oil problem. I keep having to put oil in it every week cause the oil light and buzzer goes off. But there are no puddles of oil anywhere when the car is sitting.
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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 03:15 PM
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Dump the CEL codes and see what caused the light to come on in the first place. Dumping the CEL codes is a bit of a PITA for an S4, but it can be done. The OMP injects crank case oil into the combustion chamber in normal operations, but a quart a week is too much. Normal engines under normal operations require at most a quart in 1000 miles. Check your compression. Sounds like a blown seal.
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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 03:23 PM
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If the blue vert in your profile is the same as your car in real life, then dump the CEL codes.

http://www.johnr.com/cpucodes.htm

Thats how you do it.
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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 04:23 PM
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if the engine light stays off when you're on the throttle then it is caused by the tps.see if it's adjusted to spec.if it still stays on when you lift off/off the throttle,replace it.
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Old Dec 31, 2007 | 09:08 AM
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blown seal already?! I just had the engine rebuilt maybe 3-4000 miles ago. the guy that rebuilt it does rotary performance so im sure he knows what he's doing...I hope that's not a seal....it was 1800 for the rebuild
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Old Dec 31, 2007 | 02:28 PM
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If you recently had it rebuilt, then it's probably not a blown seal. You didn't mention the rebuild in your original post. Still, a quart a week is too much. Something is loose or broken in the oil/lube system. No oil puddles you say. How about smoke when the car is running. A bit of smoke at startup is normal. But then again, I wouldn't expect to see a recent rebuild smoking.
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