TwEeDeR

My check engine light turned on tha otha day, and i heard dat you can touch some wire and the check engine light will blink a certain number of times and dat number of times means wutz wrong wit it, but you gotta have some special book to see tha code, do any of u kno them???

niedejb

Im working on it give me an hour

SumkidwithaCL

you need a code reader that plugs into the car, that comes with the book of codes. You can get them from JC Whitney. Its most likely a bad oxygen sensor or the egr valve... if your car is under warranty bring it to the dealer.

niedejb

I've posted all the codes on the "resources" portion of my web page.

Feel free to PM or email with any more questions.

You have to look for the connector. Took me a while to find it.

niedejb

You can send me the money you would have spent on the code scanner

SumkidwithaCL

Is it the connector behind the ash tray?? Or is there a different one that you can just "hot wire" behind the dash or something? Im wondering about this too for future reference when my warranty runs out.

niedejb

I dont know where your ashtray is but.....

dcsquirm88

Yup thats the obdII connector thing. I did it tonight to Tweeder's car it took a second once i found a paper clip. You just connect both ends of the paper clip into both holes on the blue connector. Then you turn you key to 3 position. Your check engine light will start flashing. Long flashes count as 10's and short flashes count as 1's. Example 6 long flashes and 5 short flashes=65 Then the pattern will repeat itself.
Which was the code for tweeders car by the way. So forget about buying an obdII scanner.

niedejb thanks for posting up the codes, mad props

TwEeDeR

aight thankz niedejb for tha codes, Yea me and dcsquirm88 were looking at it yesterday and it wuz tha 0-2 sensor...

niedejb

I know how to disable those too. As long as its the 2nd sensor you dont need it. :P

TwEeDeR

what would disabling the 2nd sensor do???

niedejb

2 things

1: Save you the cost of a new one if the ECU's throwing the check engine light. $150.

2: Allow you to use a "racing" cat (straight pipe). Cheaper than legal ones and more HP.

dcsquirm88

niedejb this is the website your talking about right?
http://www.syrupcity.net/~niedejb/o2.html

For some reason after I installed my racing cat my check engine light didn't go off and still hasnt gone off. My secondary o2 sensor is just pretty much tucked underneath my car. Since the racing cat didn't come with hole for it. Guess I didn't have to do a mil eliminator.

exxxciteCL

That's not the OBD II connector. The OBD II connector is behind the ashtray (just yank it out and it's right there). The connector under the glove box that you short out with a paperclip is just something honda puts on their cars.

In order to use the ODB II connector in the ashtray you need a cable and the neccessary software. They sell them for palm pilots and laptops and such... here is a link with some pics:

http://www.obd2.com/

keuka1

exxxciteCL you realize it is cheaper to "PAY" the dealer to fix the problem then buy the software and palm pilot to diagnois the probelm.

Keuka1

exxxciteCL

I'm not suggesting buying one or anything, I'm just trying to point out the differences between the two connectors. Even if I did buy it, I wouldn't trust myself to properly interpret whatever the OBD II system spits out at me.