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Old Jun 17, 1999 | 07:37 PM
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Old Jun 20, 2001 | 06:47 PM
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Lately the "check engine" light on my Ford has been coming on periodically. It seems to only come on when I let off of the gas - when i accelerate again it will go off. As far as I can tell the truck is running great. Only other odd thing the engine does is that it will stall sometimes right after I start it when its cold, but even that only happens maybe once every 10 starts. Any ideas out there about the check engine light?

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Old Jun 21, 2001 | 09:35 AM
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You cant start off by checking the Ecu for any stored trouble codes & go from there .
 
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Old Jun 22, 2001 | 03:21 AM
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I agree w/ Paul. Try http://www.dalidesign.com/hbook/eectest.html for a quick primer on the code retrieval process.

From your description, it sounds like an EGR problem. Get the codes & let us know.
 
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Old Jun 22, 2001 | 06:55 PM
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Thanks for the help guys, I'll get back to you with the codes as soon as I figure out how to do it - hopefully won't be too long. Thanks again.
 
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Old May 3, 2002 | 10:34 PM
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Another option, yank the bulb???
 
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