check engine light and blinking overdrive light
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check engine light and blinking overdrive light
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I have a 1997 f350 crew cab 4x4 deisel. The check engine light keeps coming on and also noticed last time the overdrive light blinking. The truck will looose power and shift hard, then the lights turn off after driving awhile or turning the truck off and restarting. went to autozone and no code found using a acton autoscanner plus reader.
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I have a 1997 f350 crew cab 4x4 deisel. The check engine light keeps coming on and also noticed last time the overdrive light blinking. The truck will looose power and shift hard, then the lights turn off after driving awhile or turning the truck off and restarting. went to autozone and no code found using a acton autoscanner plus reader.
Any help would be great
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Rest assured there are fault codes stored in your pcm. theres only a few scanners that can read the codes on your truck, and the one you mentioned isnt one of them. snap on makes one that will work, also the aeroforce scangauge does it too. theres a computer program called autoenginuity thats the one I use. theres a few others that I dont remember the names of. if all else fails and you dont want to cough up the money for one of the sacanners Ive mentioned the dealership can retreve your trouble codes for a price.
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