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Garry
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Check Engine Code Reader
Hola Anyone have a Code Reader in Loreto or know of a Mech. who does??? For a Toyota Check Engine Lite has come on an stays on. THANKS
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Reeljob
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Try disconnecting the Battery for about a half hour, sometimes this will reset.
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Bruce R Leech
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I have one here in Mulege if you can get it up here I can check it out for you.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Reeljob
Try disconnecting the Battery for about a half hour, sometimes this will reset. |
If you do that it will lose the code and you will never now what turned it on.
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Bob and Susan
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try putting the gas cap on tighter....
the light will come on if the cap is off or loose
sometimes it's as simple as that....
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Code Turn On
Did you have any hot Scantily-Clad Babes in the car ? That might have done it.
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comitan
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Have 2 here in La Paz,. one for sale $65.00
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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bancoduo
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It could be a bad tank of gas.
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comitan
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It could be 1 of a 1000 things, Bob is right about the gas cap most often.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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Taco de Baja
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Could be 100's of things.
You can usually buy one for $50-100 on ebay.....and then charge $5-$10 to read codes as a service to the people of Loretto 
Read the code(s), write it (them) down and then go to OBD-Codes.com
This will have a number of solutions on how to fix the reason the code(s) came on in the first place.
If you simply disconnect the battery to clear the code you are like an ostrich sticking your head in the sand. The light came on for a reason....Might
be a lose gas cap but could also be a bad O2 sensor or a dirty MAF, a misfire in cylinder #2, a bad Catalytic converter.....
[Edited on 11-5-2006 by Taco de Baja]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MrBillM
Did you have any hot Scantily-Clad Babes in the car ? That might have done it. |
| Quote: | Originally posted by comitan
Have 2 here in La Paz,. one for sale $65.00 |
    
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FARASHA
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really a
good one -toneart 
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Bruce R Leech
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really a good one FARASHA
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FARASHA
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toneart posted 2 quotes which had originally nothing to do with each other - and now it has a different meaning - a FUNNY one!!
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vandenberg
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Bruce ,check your U2U please
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comitan
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They are OBD2 96 and newer.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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How many miles are on the odometer? I bought a used Toyota, had it for a week, and going down the freeway the check engine light came on. I pulled
over and started reading the owners manual, cars buzzing by, and found the damned light came on at 60000 miles to warm me of a service interval!
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aliibike
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How many miles are on the odometer? I bought a used Toyota, had it for a week, and going down the freeway the check engine light came on. I pulled
over and started reading the owners manual, cars buzzing by, and found the damned light came on at 60000 miles to warm me of a service interval!
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bancoduo
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I remember that happening to me on a Isuzu. I think there is a reset button under the dash. It will tell you in the manual.
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Garry
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Code Reader Help
Thanks to All, I now have several places to start.
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