Check Engine Light, Horrible Mileage

dieselgeek · banned Joined: 10 Jul 2009 Posts: 970

woo hoo! first post.

Dude if it has a light, it has a code. DON't ever go back to anyone who can't read the code. Maybe find the local Autozone, or car parts place, that'll scan your codes for free. Then post them up here so someone can help you debug them.

The Toad · Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 2:23 pm Post subject:

too old, they won't scan her for me
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TransAmLvr · I'm sPesHul Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 8885 Location: VA

Go buy a cheap scanner. AutoZone, Advance, etc ought to have them. We have one lying around somewhere.
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bowtie6872 · Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 3:00 pm Post subject:

dieselgeek · banned Joined: 10 Jul 2009 Posts: 970

there are scanners for $60.

But it takes the $200+ ones, especially on a Ford, to get accurate descriptions of the codes.

Ford is one of the big offenders of deviating from the standard OBD messages. So the more generic scanners that don't have the Ford (and import) databases, only give you a number. Still, you can google that (or just post it up here) and someone with a background in EFI stuff will be able to point you in the right direction.

bowtie6872 · Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 3:32 pm Post subject:

it's a 95..
thats still ob 1 I think..
or is it obII
thought ob II was 1996 up

spidergearsman · Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:47 pm Post subject:

some gm cars had obd2 in 1994
caddy used the obd2 system since 1985
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The Toad · Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:57 pm Post subject:

95 last year for obd1 on my truck

dads problem now
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"If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."- Ronald Reagan
1981 AMC Eagle Kammback Iron Duke
1983 AMC Eagle Wagon 258
1976 AMF Crestliner Crusader 770 135HP Johnson 2 Stroke V4
1984 Honda V65 Saber VF1100
1995 Ford F150 XLT 302

spidergearsman · Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:46 am Post subject:

did you sell it ?
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The Toad · Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:26 am Post subject:

No, I'm driving the Eagle again, dad gets his truck back
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"If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."- Ronald Reagan
1981 AMC Eagle Kammback Iron Duke
1983 AMC Eagle Wagon 258
1976 AMF Crestliner Crusader 770 135HP Johnson 2 Stroke V4
1984 Honda V65 Saber VF1100
1995 Ford F150 XLT 302