CEL; 2nd time this happened after sitting
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CEL; 2nd time this happened after sitting
I just returned from a five day vacation where the car sat while I was away. Low and behold I threw a cel while driving my car yesterday after about 2 hours of driving. This happened to me once before; when I returned from my honeymoon a year ago. That was after about 10 days though. When I took it in then I needed a new intake manifold at $1300 and 54,00 miles. I was pissed but I got the money back after Mazda extended the warranty. I didn't think five days would affect it though. Anyone else experience this sort of problem with a car allowed to sit for days withouth driving. 5 days is too short to be getting this issue.
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The car runs fine. No noticeable drop in power. That CEL just gets at me. If it was the cat would there be any noticleble driveability issues?
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Did your gas tank happen to be low? I was getting CELs when I'd get down to around 1/4 tank sometimes. Then I saw in the manual where you could get a CEL if the gas tank got "too low".
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Did they go away on their own? I distinctly remember getting a cel before that went away after a day or so. Not sure though.
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If the problem does not last, CELs go away by themselves. But the only way to know what caused it is to read the code, then work with that and the symptoms.
No getting around needing a code reader. I miss the days when you could read codes by counting blinking LED patterns.
FWIW, if the CEL is from the gas cap, the light will come on as soon as you start the car.
Ken
No getting around needing a code reader. I miss the days when you could read codes by counting blinking LED patterns.
FWIW, if the CEL is from the gas cap, the light will come on as soon as you start the car.
Ken
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