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Old May 28, 2007 | 06:47 PM
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check engine on after header install need help

I have a 2000 expedition with a 5.4 and ithe check engine light came on after I installed a set of header to the stock exhaust and installed a magna flow muffler. The y-pipe is stock . any ideas what caused the check engine light to come on? I drove it about 10 miles or so before it came on
 
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Old May 28, 2007 | 09:41 PM
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only thing to do is check the code it brings up.

Sorry not much help, but if you have a programmer it may have the scanner built in it you could use that for the code search.
 
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Old May 28, 2007 | 11:50 PM
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Did you hook up a by-pass on the O2 sensor?
 
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