OBD-II light...
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OBD-II light...
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The OBD-II indicator light (engine icon on lower left-hand of dash...) has come on. My truck has 8700miles on it and is about 2000k overdue on an oil change (which I'm getting resolved this week, finally)
At any rate, the truck seems to run fine...Would "old oil" trigger the OBD stuff, and throw a malfunction code? Or is there something else I really oughta be looking into?
btw - My truck is a 2wd crew w/6.0 and 5sp trans...jan '04 build.
Thanks for the help. I appreciate the collective wisdom here.
Cheers
Thom Kuby
'04 350 2wd crew
The OBD-II indicator light (engine icon on lower left-hand of dash...) has come on. My truck has 8700miles on it and is about 2000k overdue on an oil change (which I'm getting resolved this week, finally)
At any rate, the truck seems to run fine...Would "old oil" trigger the OBD stuff, and throw a malfunction code? Or is there something else I really oughta be looking into?
btw - My truck is a 2wd crew w/6.0 and 5sp trans...jan '04 build.
Thanks for the help. I appreciate the collective wisdom here.
Cheers
Thom Kuby
'04 350 2wd crew
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More on the OBD-II light...
Skip it...the light has turned itself off.
I suspect it (the OBD-II setup) reacted to a loose gas cap or something. I had just put a full tank in it, and noticed that the light had stayed on. I've since figured out that sometimes it takes a couple of "start it, on-off" cycles for the computer to get it's bearings...now, had it stayed ON any longer, I'd be worrying. But, "if it ain't broke..." (well, you know the rest)
Thanks for listening.
Cheers
Thom Kuby
'04 F350
Skip it...the light has turned itself off.
I suspect it (the OBD-II setup) reacted to a loose gas cap or something. I had just put a full tank in it, and noticed that the light had stayed on. I've since figured out that sometimes it takes a couple of "start it, on-off" cycles for the computer to get it's bearings...now, had it stayed ON any longer, I'd be worrying. But, "if it ain't broke..." (well, you know the rest)
Thanks for listening.
Cheers
Thom Kuby
'04 F350
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Yep - same thing happened to me - first fillup after getting it back from the shop the night b4 and it came on...
Called my svc writer while still at the pumps and he said check your gas cap...
OOPS, shure nuff !!! that was it !
*********************************888
Got a Diablo Predator shortly after that so I can read those codes now !
At least that was my reasoning to the wife to get that go-fast toy !!!
And it worked
Called my svc writer while still at the pumps and he said check your gas cap...
OOPS, shure nuff !!! that was it !
*********************************888
Got a Diablo Predator shortly after that so I can read those codes now !
At least that was my reasoning to the wife to get that go-fast toy !!!
And it worked
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That's scary! That's the same excuse I used. I don't think she bought it.
It will never fly, however if we stick together, we have plausible deniability.
Safety in numbers, if they ever find out, or a nick in our armor of thought.......we are hosed.
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You are aware of the dangers of using a cellphone at the pumps, are you not? May not apply if they're all diesel. But I'd be careful about that.
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Originally Posted by Lnd Svyr
You are aware of the dangers of using a cellphone at the pumps, are you not? May not apply if they're all diesel. But I'd be careful about that.
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Originally Posted by Lnd Svyr
You are aware of the dangers of using a cellphone at the pumps, are you not? May not apply if they're all diesel. But I'd be careful about that.
I went out on the internet and did a search on that subject. I even came up with some organization that compiled the data. There are billions of fueling operations a year. The few that were attributed to electrostatic discharge (ESD) were all gasoline pumping operations.
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Originally Posted by Lnd Svyr
You are aware of the dangers of using a cellphone at the pumps, are you not? May not apply if they're all diesel. But I'd be careful about that.
Maybe if you were to spill some diesel on a flint surface and the repeatedly strike that with an exposed steel edge on the cell phone if you can find one. Baring that, you could remove the cell phone battery and get some wire and try to create some sparks next to the splilled diesel.
If you are surrounded by gasoline pumps and vapors then the odds of ignition are improved, but you'd still be better off buying a lottery ticket. The chance of the radio signal igniting anything is zero, but the ringer of a poorly designed phone might have some capability to be an ignition source. The same would be true for a pager.
ESD is a far far bigger worry than the above. When traveling away from San Diego, I routinely see some big sparks when getting out of the car depending the rental car's seat material and my cloths.
