>Took it to an autocross, and some time during my first run, the light >went
out
It must have been wanting you to "check the engine" and make sure it was
still there. Common problem, you've just been driving it like a grandma. A
good flogging, lets the car know you still love it for what it is.
Greg Reno
Mazda MX-3 GS V6
#36 ES
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Walker" <david.walker@lonemustang.com>
To: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 10:58 PM
Subject: RE: Street car - Taurus Question
> > > << Wife's '97 Taurus has the 'check engine soon' light on. Otherwise
the
> > > car has no visible symptoms or low fluids. >>
> > >
> > > I had the same thing happen on F-150 Ford pickup.
>
> Same thing happened to my '97 SVT Cobra about four months ago. Car ran
> fine, but the light came on one day and stayed on steady for about a week.
> Took it to an autocross, and some time during my first run, the light went
> out and hasn't come back on since (except during the test sequence on
> startup, of course).
>
> My 92 Explorer's Check Engine light came on recently, though, and resulted
> in some repair work at the Ford dealer. At first they thought it was some
> kind of a bad cam timing sensor expensive thingy, but it turned out to be
a
> bad plenum gasket (cheap, except for the labor to figure it out). There
had
> been other symptoms, though, including rough idle on hot restarts and a
> tendency to ping under load, all of which went away after the gasket was
> replaced.
>
> dw
>
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