About to ruin your whole day
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Grostleton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I cast mend butt crack followed by diarrhea
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I drive an EV. I have no engine.
Nurgus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Engine and motor are synonyms. Broadly speaking, newer technology gets called motor to differentiate it from older technology.
See steam engine. Motor car. Etc.
And yeah, electric motors have fuck all to go wrong. Love my EV.
(Sorry for being a pedant)
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I have a Lexus and a Toyota, both 9 years old. Do they even have a check engine light? I hope so, because I forgot where the dealer is.
Doom@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
HA! Jeep drivers will tell you that light just means everything is functioning as normal.
myyass@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yep. Now when the fuel light turns on. Tears
MBech@feddit.dk 3 weeks ago
Had a car, that got like 5 yellow engine lights in 6 months… I had the car so I could get to work, in the end I had the work so I could pay for repairs on the car…
dismay3915@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Literaly happened to me tonight. I’m supposed to sell the car tomorrow. Peak comedy.
HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Marker pen over the light and they won’t know any difference.
87Six@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Eh I’d just clear it. Should be enough for a day lol
josephc@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Joke’s on you. The porch pirate that stole my replacement GPU ruined my day before you even got here!
Matrix6664@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If you own a used car or is getting ready to purchase one, buy yourself an obd2 scanner. You can avoid making a bad purchase or getting scammed by a mechanic when it is something you can easily fix yourself.
And if you are truly broke, you can at least determine if the check engine is something you should addressed immediately or wait a couple weeks.
Okokimup@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It never occurred to me I could just buy my own in lieu of the weekly trips to auto zone. Do you have any brand recommendations (only what to stay away from)?
RustyLog@fedinsfw.app 3 weeks ago
I bought a OBDLink Mx a long time ago and it has worked on every car i have had to diagnose. (Mercedes, Skoda, VW, SAAB, Porsche)
boonhet@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Veepeak and obdlink are good generic ones in my experience, BimmerLink even recommends a specific obdlink one for example, think it has an STN2120 rather than the usual ELM327 clone chips and thus is a bit higher quality, but for most cars and most apps, the ELM based ones work.
If you use or might one day want to use IOS, get one with BT LE support and connect via app, not the Bluetooth menu. If you do, you’ll have to restart the phone to get it to show up again, stupid iOS thing.
0ops@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
I’ve had a couple of these (with different branding): https://ebay.io/m/UJMLDM
Despite the name they’re not that durable, the first one I had rattled apart after a few years, but at that price idgaf. It’s Bluetooth so you need to install a companion app. It’s only obd2 though, it won’t read any fancy proprietary make-specific codes.
Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
My 2013 Volvo gets angery when I plug in my cheapo Bluetooth OBD2 thingy. Like “ESD service required” angery and I have to restart the car to clear it.
Is my Bluetooth thingy too cheapo?
My previous car didn’t care at all. It also didn’t have ESD.
elgordino@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
Or if your car is old enough, and you don’t mind investing some cash, you might find the official diagnostics equipment available on eBay.
With a bit of hacking about you can program new keys, train in new parts etc etc.
Monument@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
My dog cast that today.
She had bloody poop and couldn’t stand.
So I’m here.
Waiting on a phone call from the emergency vet.GoodStuffEh@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
That sucks big time, emergency vet visits are always rough. Best of luck to you and your pup. Hope you can get in and get things figured out safe and quick.
Monument@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
Thank you. It looks like she’s going to be okay.
Ate one of those plastic cups that you put on chair legs to prevent it from scraping the floor. And a cat toy. But they could pull it out endoscopy.
She’s 15, and a big girl that’s already survived a softball sized tumor that caused her spleen to burst about 5 years ago. She’s a tough girl.
An older brown and white pitbull sleeping on a fluffy blanket with her tongue out.
HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
My bike is immune
87Six@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I cast run over by self driving car
(Hope n ot)
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Thar be what the 2nd is for
Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Buy an OBD reader from China. They’re cheap and allow you to read what is wrong with your car. Afterwards you can decide if you fix the issue yourself or let an expensive garage do it.
87Six@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I got one, swapped a part myself, realized that wasn’t it, went to my mechanic, and he fixed it just by guessing lol
But yea they are useful so you at least know the exact codes that you fixed
TootTootComingThru@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Your local library may also have one you can borrow if it has a library of things. It a pretty cool.
Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio 3 weeks ago
I cast: Electrical tape over the fucking light 🖕🏻
Anosyn@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Bro casted counterspell and won the duel (until next long rest)
Rhaedas@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
That's not a bad one. Make it blinking, then your day is ruined. Or make the oil or alternator light flicker or come on. Most of the engine lights I ever got were from older cars and basically a hiccup from old emissions. I did get a flashing one once, that was scary, pulled over immediately. Never figured out why, it didn't reoccur after starting again. I hate those kinds.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Flashing is a misfire event detected. Your engine may have managed to cough out whatever was causing that cylinder not to fire. A blockage in the fuel injector most likely, at least if it managed to cure itself.
RustyLog@fedinsfw.app 3 weeks ago
My wife got the flashing one with very rough idling, I checked the fault codes and it was misfire on multiple cylinders. I replaced the ignition coil and now it purrs like a kitten again.
AmyAye@nord.pub 3 weeks ago
I had flashing once, it wouldn’t get up over like 50mph anymore suddenly. I found a shop and they replaced the…. I keep forgetting the name… It was a bar that sits across the spark plugs, it fires the plugs, it was getting oil and shorting.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Laugh as I drive 100,000 more miles with the check engine light on.
boonhet@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Yeah wouldn’t fly here. Instant failure on the annual safety and emissions check
But if it’s an intermittent code you can just clear it and hope it doesn’t come back lol
umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
me: wow some money left over, finally.
the steed:
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
My grandfather (a small plane mechanic and gadget guy since the 1930s) was always weirdly enamored by dashboard warning lights because, “In my day, you’d take the car for a drive on Sunday and spend the rest of the week fixing it. Problem lights would have been redundant.”
I’ve been thinking about nuggets like from him ever since acollierastro posted her spark plug video.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
What’s wild is that edge in the eighties when we were getting around to fuel injection. If you had a carb, you had to know a little bit about maintenance. But by like 87/88 everything is fuel injected and it’s awesome. Especially if you have port injection cause you’re cleaning your valves too. Worked with a WW2 vet who was explaining to me about when they first started adding sodium to valves and how revolutionary that was because they used to have to get their valves ground and reworked periodically. When have you ever heard anyone talk about their valves? But that’s like something people needed to know about back then.
EpicFailGuy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Fuck you … I got a misfire on cylinder 8 this morning … I’m hoping it was just shitty fuel cause I can NOT afford a head job right now.
Ydna@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Happened to me last month :( cylinder misfire ended up being a bad injector, they pulled the whole fuel rail to get it. Cost like $2k. I hope not you too!
The_Jit@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ve been driving with a P302 code for almost 3 years now, miss fire on piston 2. Mechanic scoped it and the valve was off by less then a hairs width. Him and another mechanic agreed not worth fixing.
5in1k@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
As long as its not flashing just run it.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
my 330000 mile tacoma has had that on since the first of the year. investigation with my scantool says its a failed transmission temp sensor #2. it is a known issue that the a340 transmission in the truck has a corrosion problem with two pins on the harness connector for the tranny to the ecu. so rather than open it up to replace a maybe bad sensor, i just clear the code and let it pop back on once the truck is up to operating temp. winters keep it cool enough most times not to throw the code at all
Dozzi92@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is the way. You open it up and you’re introducing more chaos. Guess you’ll just need to be a little vigilant when the light comes on to make sure you’re not running into any other issues.
That being said, you can usually feel if there’s a problem. Or smell, but if you smell the problem it’s usually too late.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
yeah when it first popped up i hooked in my scantool, reset/cleared and went on to work. came on again halfway home, so jacked in, reset/cleared, then drove around with live data active to see at what temp the tranny was running when the code popped. 158° f to code on, so continued to watch it live as i was driving for the next couple days and it never exceeded 178°. optimal temp for the a340 is specced to 175°, so im assuming the cooler is working ok and just got a bad sensor/harness. aisin states that the usefull life cycle of the tranny is 400000, and mine sits at 330 right now, so am not gonna dink around with it until rebuild time
e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
So what happens if you cast it on a bicycle; does it just break the legs of the owner?
skeevy_scallops@feddit.online 3 weeks ago
I bypassed part of the vacuum system on my 25 y.o. audi and intentionally gave it a check engine light so it runs better. checkmate
tmyakal@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
My state won’t let you register a car that has a check engine light on. So, yeah, checkmate.
HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Don’t you only register it when its new?
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I would panic and cry if that showed up on my Ioniq.
ClockworkN@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Zink@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
I have cleared my own check engine lights for long enough that I usually don’t worry when I see it come on, unless it is flashing.
With a cheap Bluetooth OBD reader and your phone in a mount, in addition to clearing codes you can do fun things like add gauges and graphs of values you are curious about.
wookiepedia@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is me with Torque. I know I have a blown head gasket (yay wrx owner problems), but I don’t care about cylinder bank two rich conditions because it’s one hundred and ten plus fucking degrees here, which makes one of my injectors become an overachiever.
Rubanski@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
I am quite deep into repairing Oldtimer motorcycles, what could be the reason for this warning to appear? Blown out head gaskets? Stuck valves? Broken sync chain? What sensors are responsible for triggering that warning?
bl4ckp1xx13@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
For moderm cars, when the manufacturer wants a little extra for this month’s performance review so you you gotta take it to the first-party garage as everything is VIN locked.
Rubanski@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
VIN locked, means the actual problem is behind proprietary software that is only readable via company issued computers?
boonhet@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Anything that affects emissions has to trigger it. Even a loose gas tank cap I believe. Other than that, the manufacturer may choose to trigger it on any number of powertrain issues, depending on what they have sensors for.
Blaster_M@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The un-conspiracy-pilled response:
The CEL (Check Engine Light) comes on when the engine computer detects an error in the data from one or more of the engine’s sensors. It can be something as simple as the engine is stalled, or you forgot to tighten your fuel cap, and it can be something as severe as engine knock/misfire (typically the light flashes at that time), catalytic converter meltdown, or some other major hardware failure. Use any scan tool to check the codes, then lookup the codes to see what they are. It’ll give you a good idea of what is wrong with the car. Sometimes its a corroded sensor wire, sometimes the sensor has gone and disintegrated itself, sometimes there is a hardware failure in the engine and the sensor data is abnormal because of it. Use the Torque app and a cheap obd2 reader compatible with your car, or a dedicated code reader / scan tool from the auto parts store. You can also reset the light with the tool, but if there is an actual problem it will show up again after a bit.
Rubanski@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Thanks for the insight! Makes a lot of sense, especially the sensor wire degradation. Salty snow slushy gnawing through the wire assembly. And if the sensor data is freely readable, that’s pretty useful to have error codes. I know I intentionally bought a motherboard with the little error code indicator for exactly that reason
Kintarian@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Bad gas cap
affenlehrer@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
I love the symbols where you don’t even know what it’s supposed to display.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
As an auto tech, thank you for $$$$$$.
expatriado@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
i hope your cast removes it, cuz been on for years
snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Jokes on u I can’t afford a car
peaceful_world_view@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Mines been on for years, I find comfort in it now.
TootTootComingThru@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Mine straight up burned out several years ago. Still runs and passes inspection. I ain’t no coward.
SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Scary pumpkins Image
Hubi@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
The oil pressure light is by far the scariest one.
TheRealKuni@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
100%. Check engine light can mean a bunch of pretty minor things. Oil pressure? Stop the car. Stop the car NOW. You’re gonna have to pay for a tow and repair, but if you don’t stop RIGHT NOW you’re going to need a new car. Or at least a new engine.