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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 06:21 AM
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CEL after specific driving pattern

I don't know if this can be reasonably explained but I got a CEL 3 times in 2 months and it was always after the following driving pattern:

Constantly driving under low RPM and then suddenly accelerating to very high RPM (9500). Usually I drive in this fashion but when it gets very intensive and for a long time, I may get the CEL.

Is it a coinsidence again or it can be justified?
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 06:29 AM
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Blinking Cel that eventually goes away or constant cel?
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 08:25 AM
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constant that never goes away
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 10:15 AM
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what is the cel? go pull the code.
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 12:39 PM
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Yes, get the code, if it was blinking then it is a misfire.
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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 12:24 AM
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Now the CEL is suddenly off. That happened the other times as well. It goes away after 3-4 days. Can I still find the code if I take it to the garage or it must be on at the time they connect it to their device?
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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 10:37 AM
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Yah, the code should still be stored.

For a momentary fault that didn't run any immediate danger of damaging components, you usually get a solid CEL. The fault condition may go away but the CEL will take a few engine start/stop cycles to turn off. However, the code should still be present in the computer.
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Old Sep 10, 2006 | 06:02 AM
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This is exactly what happens. It stays on for about a week, then it turns off for about 2 days and then on again. At the garage they told me it is shown as unspecified/generic error
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