threw a check light

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  1. Skarecrow
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    uhhh so on my way home from work tonight I threw a check light... cruise started flashing so I pulled over and looked at everything..

    nothing sounded funny, nothing was overheating, and the car was driving normal....

    does anyone know if enginuity or another program can grab engine codes?
     
  2. Andrew
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    i've got a cable and can pull the code for you. i'm in uptown and will be home later tonight and have the next two days off and will be around.

    612-280-7231
     
  3. Skarecrow
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    well I have a tactrix cable...

    and a laptop.. enginuity and a few other toys...
    can I use that to pull the code?
     
  4. wall of tvs
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    ecuexplorer can pull cel codes
     
  5. Skarecrow
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    bloody hell, wont connect to the car..
    is it not compatible with vista?
     
  7. Paul Revere
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    Yes what did happen to Enginuity!?!? I also have Vista.
     
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    Oh hell no. Calvin stopped supporting/developing ecuexplorer like 2 years ago.

    It may be that the tactrix drivers don't work with the program.
     
  9. Skarecrow
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    naw, I've got it working with al lthe other fun programs..

    GRRRRRrrrr...

    I pulled my rom in a hex file, can anyone read the code off that?
     
  10. wall of tvs
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    Nope, you can't do that. The CEL is stored in RAM.
     
  11. Skarecrow
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    ok, so I fond ou what my code was. Or I should say. Codes. And none of them made sense. I had 4 voltage low codes, and a fuel door open. So I reset the ecu, and I guess well see if they come back.
     
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    enginuity.org

    There was a thread on NASIOC about some sort of issue at the hosting location. No details other than just wait it will be back.
     
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    Did you try manually running the application as admin/superuser? I know that works with other applications. You can also try running it in compatibility mode.
     
  14. wall of tvs
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    Voltage low codes for what sensor?

    Typically a low voltage code implies that either the sensor is dead or unhooked.
     
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    one was for battery, one was for a fuel door...

    after resetting everything is running smoothly again...
    I checked all my cables and connections and retightened them down..
    Thought I might jogged something loose from our little snow journy.

    I have another issue i'm looking at tho, at about 70+ mph I get a shake on the wheel... so I think my alignment is off a tad... that or the tires i just got on the car arn't balanced or something. (just my guess)
     
  16. wall of tvs
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    The shake would probably be a balancing issue. Check to make sure that you don't have a chunk of ice frozen in the wheel somewhere.
     
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    Did you hit anything while out sliding? If not 90% sure that its a chunk of ice, I sprayed out my car for 20 min, got in hit the highway and got the shakes, got off at next exit and saw i missed one chunk, must of been hiding behind the brake caliper, tricky ice. :)
     
  18. Skarecrow
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    lol, i havn't sprayed down the car yet.. so i'm thinking right now it's some ice frozen somewhere...

    I have such a mid-evil cold surging through my veins right now...
    anyone know what software I could use to get rid of that?
    lol... dayquil = the suck .
     
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    mine was shaking last night around 45mph+
    went to car wash, sprayed off the snow in my wheel, shake = gone.