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Car Forum / Honda Cars / January 200998 Civic Check Engine Light
My brother gave me his 98 Civic with the check engine light on- here is the story: He told me the check engine light reading was "high catalyst", and he was using a cheap little handheld diagnostic from AutoZone. So, he took it to a shop with a bigger diagnostic machine and the code read "misfire." The mechanics said that a new distributor, cap and rotor needed to be put in, and they did it. It was over $300 because they said that for this part the generics are shoddy and unreliable. The light was off when the car came out of the shop. Then I received the car after this and the light came back on. Next I replaced the plugs&wires myself (since they didn't do that at the shop) and one of the plugs looked a little more burnt and browned than the other three. The light remains on. What should I do? Is it catalytic converter or oxygen sensor? >>>THANKS! BiGGie <kobsef@gmail.com> wrote in news:767e281b-9f42-42d4-88f8- dafc0161f1e8@q30g2000prq.googlegroups.com: > My brother gave me his 98 Civic with the check engine light on- here > is the story: [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > What should I do? Is it catalytic converter or oxygen sensor? >>>>THANKS! The text descriptions you received are utterly and totally meaningless. Worse than that, even, since they may be leading you in completely the wrong direction. You need to give the CODE NUMBER, which will look like "Pxxx", where the x'es are numbers. There are about a hundred possible codes, so it's critical that you be accurate in your reportage.  SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > BiGGie <kob...@gmail.com> wrote in news:767e281b-9f42-42d4-88f8- > dafc0161f...@q30g2000prq.googlegroups.com: [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQwww.tegger.com/hondafaq/ OK here is what the invoice says from the mechanic >>>>>> CHK ENGINE LIGHT - P1362- MISFIRE CODE - REPLACE DISTRIBUTOR, CAP AND ROTOR - CLEARED CODES BiGGie <kobsef@gmail.com> wrote in news:300bb86d-f773-4241-b888- 8fa2fa812391@i20g2000prf.googlegroups.com: <snip> >> The text descriptions you received are utterly and totally meaningless. >> Worse than that, even, since they may be leading you in completely the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > LIGHT - P1362- MISFIRE CODE - REPLACE DISTRIBUTOR, CAP AND ROTOR - > CLEARED CODES P1362 is Camshaft Position Sensor "A", which is the TDC sensor. That's inside the distributor. Since the light has come back on again, you need the codes that are stored THIS TIME. We already know the P1362 was erased from last time. SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > My brother gave me his 98 Civic with the check engine light on- here > is the story: [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > What should I do? Is it catalytic converter or oxygen sensor? >>>>THANKS! We don't know, but you can find out. The code (from a cheap reader or an expensive one, it makes no difference) will tell the reason the light is on. There may be a story behind the code, but without that code we are stuck. With it you can learn what it really means at http://www.actron.com/code_lookup.php We can also give you some background about what often causes the code once we know what it is. Mike > .. >> My brother gave me his 98 Civic with the check engine light on- here [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > http://www.actron.com/code_lookup.php We can also give you some > background about what often causes the code once we know what it is. You do need to be extremely suspicious of any text descriptions supplied by aftermarket sources. I've found them to be incorrect as often as correct. Actron has no definition for Honda's P1362. Many of Actron's text descriptions do not quite match Honda's descriptions. An example: P0712 Honda: Short in ATF Temperature Sensor Circuit P0712 Actron: Transmission Fluid Temperature Sensor Circuit Low Input The ONLY thing that counts is the alphanumeric code. SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > You do need to be extremely suspicious of any text descriptions supplied > by [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > The ONLY thing that counts is the alphanumeric code. True - the code will almost certainly be correct but the meaning can be "off." >> You do need to be extremely suspicious of any text descriptions >> supplied by [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > True - the code will almost certainly be correct but the meaning can > be "off." FYI;a "short" -is- a "low input".(can't go any lower...) SignatureJim Yanik jyanik at kua.net Jim Yanik <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in news:Xns9BA1559BCB72Fjyanikkuanet@ 74.209.136.83: >>> You do need to be extremely suspicious of any text descriptions >>> supplied by [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > FYI;a "short" -is- a "low input".(can't go any lower...) But Honda's official code text descriptions make a distinction between "short" and "low input". SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > Jim Yanik <jya...@abuse.gov> wrote in news:Xns9BA1559BCB72Fjyanikkuanet@ > 74.209.136.83: [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQwww.tegger.com/hondafaq/ I will be re-reading the codes this weekend, I'll post them as soon as possible! Thank you guys. |
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