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Check Engine Light Came On
I have a 1999 Mazda Miata. The check engine light came on and stays
on. It's been a year and 8 months since the oil was changed. Would that cause the check engine light to come on? Patricia Macon, GA |
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XS11E wrote:
> Have you checked the oil level? If it's too low the check engine light > will come on but if the level is OK then the problem isn't the oil. > > A year and 8 months is too long to go w/o an oil change. Yes, conventional wisdom has always been 3,000 miles or 3 months, whichever comes first. Now there are endless arguments that you can go much longer, especially when talking about synthetics. I think that Hyundai recommends 7,500 miles with dino oil. Still, 6 months is the longest that I would consider between changes, regardless of miles driven. I watched my mechanic do an oil change on a Chevy van one time. He had checked the oil and it was full but very dirty. When he took the drain plug out, nothing happened. He actually had to punch through a solidified piece of sludge that had formed at the bottom of the oil pan to get the oil that was still fluid dripping, and it dripped out thick and slow. The owner had never replaced the oil in over 5 years, he just topped it off as it seeped from bad seals. Still, with a new filter and oil, the van drove away with no strange sounds or smoke. Pat |
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On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 14:53:21 +0000, pws wrote:
> I watched my mechanic do an oil change on a Chevy van one time. He had > checked the oil and it was full but very dirty. When he took the drain > plug out, nothing happened. > He actually had to punch through a solidified piece of sludge that had > formed at the bottom of the oil pan to get the oil that was still fluid > dripping, and it dripped out thick and slow. The owner had never > replaced the oil in over 5 years, he just topped it off as it seeped > from bad seals. > Still, with a new filter and oil, the van drove away with no strange > sounds or smoke. I had a girlfriend with an old 327 Impala that leaked oil. She understood that gas made the car go but the role of oil seemed more mysterious. So naturally she ran it dry and it threw a rod. That's when I realized there were people who were so ignorant about basic mechanics that if you told them their engines ran on little gerbils they'd probably believe you. |
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Carbon > wrote in
news > That's when I realized there were people who were so ignorant > about basic mechanics that if you told them their engines ran on > little gerbils they'd probably believe you. I think everybody knows it's little hamsters.... http://www.hamsterdance.com/classorig.html |
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> I had a girlfriend with an old 327 Impala that leaked oil. She understood
> that gas made the car go but the role of oil seemed more mysterious. So > naturally she ran it dry and it threw a rod. That's when I realized there > were people who were so ignorant about basic mechanics that if you told > them their engines ran on little gerbils they'd probably believe you. I had a girlfriend who one nice summer day flooded her car, and so plugged the tank heater in because that's what you do when it won't start. Actually overheard last week at Fleet Farm: "Honey, you can't put WD40 in a grease fitting, they don't work like that." miker |
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"XS11E" > wrote in message ... > wrote in > oups.com: > >> I have a 1999 Mazda Miata. The check engine light came on and stays >> on. It's been a year and 8 months since the oil was changed. Would >> that cause the check engine light to come on? > > Have you checked the oil level? If it's too low the check engine light > will come on but if the level is OK then the problem isn't the oil. > > A year and 8 months is too long to go w/o an oil change. There is no CEL for oil level or oil pressure. Apparently Auto-Zone will read, for free, the stored code relvent to the CEL. |
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XS11E wrote: > wrote in > oups.com: > > > I have a 1999 Mazda Miata. The check engine light came on and stays > > on. It's been a year and 8 months since the oil was changed. Would > > that cause the check engine light to come on? > > Have you checked the oil level? If it's too low the check engine light > will come on but if the level is OK then the problem isn't the oil. > > A year and 8 months is too long to go w/o an oil change. Thanks for the responses. I have a feeling that once the oil and filter are changed the check engine light will go off. Patricia |
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pws > wrote in
: > wrote: > >> Thanks for the responses. I have a feeling that once the oil and >> filter are changed the check engine light will go off. >> >> Patricia > > > Patricia, > > I have been driving several miatas for about seven years now and > have had many check engine lights go on, both with my cars and > with my friend's vehicles. > > In almost every single case, removing the gas cap and putting it > back on until it clicks at least 3 times turned the light off. > > Have you tried this yet? I did have to replace one gas cap that > had quit holding pressure, but it was the same common problem > causing the CEL to show up. To Patricia: If the above fixes the check engine light you still need to change the oil and filter. |
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