I drive like a q-tip these days.
BS. OBDI retains codes, just in a different manner. There are still lots of codes that don't throw cel.The CEL has to be on in the first place to pull one, and constant on, OBDI doesn't have a memory like OBDII so it won't retain past codes
started up my car today coming back from a meeting, massive engine shakes, blinking CEL, holy shit my engine is going to explode moments.
Made it to a safe parking lot, took a look to see what was misfiring so badly. One of my spark plug wires (which are less two years old, decided to break off at a distributor cap. Fun fun. We'll see if i can make it home to get some new wires or if the misfire blows up my cat on the way home.
Misfire won't blow up the cat on the way home. If you can reach the injector plugs, just unplug the connector that activates the injector so the cylinder with the fudged wire doesn't get fuel. It already won't be burning fuel, so there's no need to dump fuel into the cylinder.started up my car today coming back from a meeting, massive engine shakes, blinking CEL, holy shit my engine is going to explode moments.
Made it to a safe parking lot, took a look to see what was misfiring so badly. One of my spark plug wires (which are less two years old, decided to break off at a distributor cap. Fun fun. We'll see if i can make it home to get some new wires or if the misfire blows up my cat on the way home.
Misfire won't blow up the cat on the way home. If you can reach the injector plugs, just unplug the connector that activates the injector so the cylinder with the fudged wire doesn't get fuel. It already won't be burning fuel, so there's no need to dump fuel into the cylinder.
Doesn't retain them indefinitely, and each system is different in how long they retain them, add in the fact that the code might not trip the CEL and it can be reset after enough start/shut-down cycles and it's almost a useless system for troubleshooting.BS. OBDI retains codes, just in a different manner. There are still lots of codes that don't throw cel.
Just backprobe the pins on the sensor with the car running & warmed up. You should see it flip flop almost constantly. There's a way to test resistance without blowing the thing but it escapes me right now.
Just be careful when doing it, if the connector's have never been disconnected you might have issues disconnecting them.Thanks duder. Id have to look up where to find those connectors, but ill keep that in mind if i ever have a misfire situation again.
Car related:
I picked up an EZ Pass RFID token today, so the gov't can track me more easily. Or should I say the quasi-gov't since the Maine Turnpike Authority is a Quasi-State Agency.
Also I probably drove close to 200mi today, and got around 23.85MPG. Not bad with burning oil engine.
Not a lot, really...I'm still trying to figure out what's so great about a rotary engine..
I'm still trying to figure out what's so great about a rotary engine..
They've been saying that the next rotary will be awesome for forever...The next gen RX is supposed to get well over 300hp and be north of 30mpg.