question concerning reading codes.....

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Gerry Pierce - 30 Jan 2006 00:11 GMT

93LX with the 2.3 has intermittent CEL. Runs fine, good though. Does the
light have to be on to read the code or does the computer store a history?
Afriend has a reader, I just need to go borrow it (he has a T-bird of same
vintage).

Sorry about all the questions lately, bought the car for 700.00 and am
slowly trying to fix all the little things I find wrong so my daughter can
have it.

For those that replied to my vibration issue after I changed plugs and wires
(about 30 miles later), I believe it is just bad motor mounts causing all
the ruckus. Now I have to find some, but that was another post.

Thanks to all who have helped so far.....

Gerry

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Big Al - 30 Jan 2006 06:26 GMT

> 93LX with the 2.3 has intermittent CEL. Runs fine, good though. Does the
> light have to be on to read the code or does the computer store a history?
> A friend has a reader, I just need to go borrow it (he has a T-bird of

same

> vintage).

The codes are stored. Just borrow the reader and write them down.

Al

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Ironrod - 01 Feb 2006 06:49 GMT

Borrow a code reader and read the instructions carefully. In a nutshell
when the car is put onto test mode it will cycle the CPU controlled
solenoids, measure the potentiometers and the like, then give you a read out
of everything it finds wrong at the time, then it will pause and then give
you a readout of everything it has detected bad in the last 40 startups.
(actually the last 40 closed loop cycles.)

> > 93LX with the 2.3 has intermittent CEL. Runs fine, good though. Does the
> > light have to be on to read the code or does the computer store a history?
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>
> Al

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Gerry Pierce - 01 Feb 2006 20:45 GMT

Thanks Ironrod and Al.... will do so this weekend, I hope.

GP

> Borrow a code reader and read the instructions carefully. In a nutshell
> when the car is put onto test mode it will cycle the CPU controlled
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>> Al

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android32 - 14 Feb 2006 06:23 GMT

I have same car and couldn't find a port for the code reader. There is a
port under the hood that you have to put jumpers in and use a multimeter
to read the no. of sweeps. Its rather awkward and you end up redoing it to
confirm it. I have a haynes book for it the outlined the proceadure and
code intrpretations.you could copy the relevant pages at the library.the
book said the port was on passenger side but mine was on driver side

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