Help 96 Honda Civic "Check Engine light" and "ABS light"

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wangsb@gmail.com - 21 Dec 2006 07:20 GMT

I bought a 96 Honda civic. It runs fine. But sometimes after about 5-10
mins on the road the CEL indicator comes one. Sometimes it doesn't. I
short connected the SCS connector and the CEL flashed one long and one
short which I think should be 1 and 10 not 11. What are the problems?
Are they serious if I continue driving egnore it?

By the way, the ABS light showed 61 at the same time, but it never come
on when drive, strange.

any answers are appreciated!

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Donald Lewis - 21 Dec 2006 13:43 GMT

>I bought a 96 Honda civic. It runs fine. But sometimes after about 5-10
>mins on the road the CEL indicator comes one. Sometimes it doesn't. I
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>By the way, the ABS light showed 61 at the same time, but it never come
>on when drive, strange.

If the vehicle speed sensor drops out -- very common -- both the ABS
and engine management will complain about vehicle speed signal not
making any sense. It might be so brief that you don't notice the
speedometer getting flakey.

Don
www.donsautomotive.com

>any answers are appreciated!

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Tegger - 21 Dec 2006 16:21 GMT

wangsb@gmail.com wrote in news:1166685649.072117.193970@
73g2000cwn.googlegroups.com:

> I bought a 96 Honda civic. It runs fine. But sometimes after about 5-10
> mins on the road the CEL indicator comes one. Sometimes it doesn't. I
> short connected the SCS connector and the CEL flashed one long and one
> short which I think should be 1 and 10 not 11.

If there is a two-second pause between the long and short, then they are
separate codes. But the MIL flash won't give you much information. To get
the more specific OBD-II code behind everything, you need to have it read
with a proper code reader.

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wangsb@gmail.com - 22 Dec 2006 10:21 GMT

yes, it has two senconds between two signals.

today, I reset the computer by pulling out the 7.5A backup fuse. it
looks normal for the first two trips, while the engine light comes on
again when I was happy about my wise.

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Tegger - 23 Dec 2006 15:12 GMT

wangsb@gmail.com wrote in news:1166782919.205925.118540@
79g2000cws.googlegroups.com:

> yes, it has two senconds between two signals.
>
> today, I reset the computer by pulling out the 7.5A backup fuse. it
> looks normal for the first two trips, while the engine light comes on
> again when I was happy about my wise.

Don Lewis has provided good information. Have your VSS checked.

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