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Old Feb 28, 2005 | 06:43 AM
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check engine?

yesterday morning on the way home from work it was raining something fierce and i was taking my time minding my own business and out of the blue moo my check engine light comes on. i was wondering what do i need to check or replace to rectify this problem. the truck dosent act any diffrent . it is a 97 f150 with the 4.6 and 174000 miles. is this a "wet weather " sort of problem? hopefully it is something simple. thanks for any help you guys could offer.
 
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Old Feb 28, 2005 | 08:23 AM
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Just take it to a auto zone or advance, they'll pull the trouble code for free. Write it, or them down and do a search of the forum.
 
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 09:58 AM
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just came back fom advance having the code scanned. it came up p1450 unable to bleed fuel tank vacuum. i replaced the gas cap while i was there and the darn light is still on. how to get it to go off? unplug the battery?
 
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 10:04 AM
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unplug battery for 10- 20 minutes to reset the computer

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