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Old Nov 5, 2008 | 11:47 AM
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Check engine light - which function does it cover? 1989

When your check engine light comes on does it only cover the oil or are there other functions it covers? Once and a while mine will flicker.

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Old Nov 7, 2008 | 08:20 AM
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The CEL on an '89 is not an oil light. Intead, it tells you that the computer has come across a problem. I'd bet that there are some trouble codes stored which you can try and pull. See: "Alternate Code Retrieval Procedure For EEC-IV Systems"
 
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Old Nov 7, 2008 | 10:53 AM
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That makes sense. I'll get my code reader out and check. Since this is my beater truck it doesn't get the same respect as my F250. I never even thought of using my code reader.

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