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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 01:31 PM
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Question check engin lite

On my 1997 F250 5.4 v8 the check engin light came on. I can find nothing wrong. oil is fine, Radiator is fine. any sugestions on what it might be and how to get it to go out?

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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 01:38 PM
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you can disconnect the batteries for about 1/2 an hour that should clear the codes, if the light comes back on you can take it to autozone or checker auto parts and they will normaly scan it for free and tell you what the code is. make sure your gas cap is on tight, that can through a code
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Old Oct 2, 2004 | 10:03 AM
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Thanks, that worked, now lets see if it stays off. If not I'll take it to the Auto Zone....
 
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