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 Post subject: check engine lite
PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:36 am 
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I split this out from the "ignition question" thread.
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Charlie, I am pretty sure. My '87 was my first vehicle, and it and my 2000 Ram are the only two vehicles I have ever owned. :?
I remember when I first read about obtaining trouble codes (from a Haynes manual of all places :oops: ) and being amazed my truck was able to do such a thing. If I still had the factory instrument cluster, I would look to see which light it was that flashed. It was not a 'check engine' light, there was no such animal. All I recall is it was a red light in teh middle/left of the cluster.
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Ah, that's the problem, a "Haynes" manual. Those manuals are too "typical". They do not split years/engines, well enough. They were talking about the 2nd generation computers. I think the light you are refering to is the"service EGR" or "service Emission" light.

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:44 am 
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No, the 'eng maint' light was seperate animal. I discovered that lovely little item about 1 week after the engine was first rebuilt, and reset the button and replaced the 9 volt battery.

I remember cycling the ignition and having codes flashed at me, I just do not remember which light in the cluster it was. It was nearly 10 years ago. :?


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No, the 'eng maint' light was seperate animal. I discovered that lovely little item about 1 week after the engine was first rebuilt, and reset the button and replaced the 9 volt battery.
that is correct for the egr service reminder. It is timed to illuminate every 50,000 miles.
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I remember cycling the ignition and having codes flashed at me, I just do not remember which light in the cluster it was. It was nearly 10 years ago. :?
I knoe it was not computer codes on a "lean burn" vehicle. I will look into this further

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I have a friend with access to many different years of FSM's looking into this as well. When I hear something back I will let you know.

From what he has told me, calling a Spark Control Computer "Lean Burn" is somewhat of a misnomer, as they are slightly different animals. :?


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I posted additional info on the matter, but I found the other post first. :oops:

http://slantsix.org/forum/viewtopic.php ... 7&start=15


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