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Anonymous Posted on May 13, 2011

It had check engine light come on has gone away now but revs at about 2000 revs and some times it runs normal i will let the revs drop it will run sweet then ill stop and it will be reving really high then they drop again like when you first start it up in the morning have been told its one of the sensors or something i went over a big bump and thats when it first started

  • Marvin
    Marvin May 13, 2011

    The information below was complied by me, it explains what causes the check engine light to come on and the process of finding the cause.
    When the Check Engine/Service Engine Soon light (Varies by make) is turned on the computer control unit (called the PCM) has sensed a fault in the electronic controls of the engine and/or the emission system. When this happens you will seldom feel the car engine run any different. There are about 200 possible faults that turn the Check Engine light on, to know what has developed a problem you must have the system tested, this is called an OBD2 fault code test, Kragen and Autozone parts stores do this testing for free.

  • Anonymous May 13, 2011

    na cant be because it runs sweet some times and i went over a bump and it started over reveing then droping it would go bout 2500 then drop down to 1000 over and over then came right it was like i kept pushing the accelerator in and out but then it came right but now just the over revving some times any idea thanx mate

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May need to replace temprature sending unit. Car doesn't know it'swarm.

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