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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 11:51 AM
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CEL light on

Hi everybody.Yestarday i wash my car and i done a mistake wash the engine as well.After 1 hour i start the engine and the CEL light was on.So i disconect the negative from the battery and after half an hour i put back.The light was off but the car was stall at idle.Every time i have to stop the the trafic lights the car dies.Then i came home i disconect the necative again i done all the procedure and put it back.Idle problem was ok but i have the CEL light on again .The car operates normally with no power loss or missfiring.The only modification i have is air filter kit from trust anf sp2 greddy exaust.
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Old Oct 15, 2007 | 05:53 AM
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thanks for all the help
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Old Oct 15, 2007 | 06:07 AM
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You need a code reader to find what the CEL is - we cannot diagnose it over the internet.

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Old Oct 15, 2007 | 07:13 AM
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Okay, so if you totally soaked the engine bay and now you aren't stalling anymore, then I would do the reset again(the twenty brake pump) and hopefully the CEL will now go away. Hopefully you just need to dry things out a little better. How much water did you spray in there? Alot or a litte? BTW........not familiar, but when you did this, is your air filter covered or is it just sitting out there and you soaked it? Obviously if you did soak it.................don't do that anymore and you need to be careful about spraying you engine bay with water................especially when it's not cool. I wouldn't do it at all, but I have sprayed my engine on some of my past vehicles, but probably will not with this car.

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Old Oct 15, 2007 | 10:06 AM
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the dangers of spraying your engine is usually with the alternator and the electrical equipment.
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Old Oct 15, 2007 | 10:46 AM
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i done the reset again.light still on but the car runs normal with no problem
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Old Oct 15, 2007 | 02:02 PM
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So run it by a dealer or autozone and have them pull the code off and yell you what it is.
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Old Oct 15, 2007 | 02:17 PM
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thats the best thing to do...^
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