well after idling for like 30-40 min, i pull out and the lights both came on, cel then few secs tcs came on. i believe its the egr since it still runs smooth but same time yea the lights r on. my question is, if i pop off the IM and clean it all up, will the cel and tcs light still be on? do i gotta go to a dealership to reset the lights or what.

 

Well you can reset the lights by removing the battery for 5 minutes, just make sure you have the radio and navi (if applicable) codes ready.

BTW first take it to autozone and have it scanned. There are many, many reasons a CEL could come on so it's not wise to assume.

 

meh i was gonna do that too, we dont got autozones/pep boys like u guys, we got crappy tire n shit but im just gonna pop out the IM and give it a quick cleanin, took me like 40 min last time i did it. and was like last summer...

 

If your going to keep the car a while just get the new EGR with pipe kit and do it all at the same time and never have to worry about it again.

I had mine done under warranty for free, but I don't know if it's different in Canada. Here if you have 80,000 and under they will do a cleaning and install new EGR with pipe kit.

 

WTF?? ur f#ckin lucky. i never heard of that being done for free..... im trying to hold out till it gets a lil more warmer to do it, cause im doin it myself


WAIT.....whats 80,000can in US??

 

80k miles for US

 

im gonna go get the code right now, tell ya if it is actually the egr or what..

 

Okay.

 

Only for 99 TL's which you have right?

 

nope....2000

 

well went to a local store to scann it 86 bucks, so i said fuck it and tried to clean the egr and Im. the CEL is gone, hopefully i cured it. now im gonna go but some carb cleaner and spray the engine while running and off, pretty nasty for only less than a year i cleaned it, last aug.

 

back done it all, also lubed the pullys and belts. the egr wasnt as clogged as the first time i cleaned it, but still lots of black stuff came out. scrubed it wit a toothbrush and got most of it out....worst spots r near the TB inlet running left/right of the IM, u can really see all the black stuff.

 

arg sob, after a half a day of driving, came back on, this time the CEL would stay on not the tcs (tcs only when i shut off/on)

guess gonna have to scan it tommorow lol

 

It's obviously not the EGR

 

my guess o2 sensor now. like last year or so i had to replace the coil ignition+spark plugs

 

got it scanned, 103 cdn in total
but they reset the ecu showing it was an o2 sensor, p0113 or some shit, but yea well see how long this last, cuz i basically reseted it when i was doin the IM cleanin and half day later came back on but yea, well see...

 

103$ to be scaned .. damn ! my car was scaned for like 50$ at honda (same shit but cost less :P and the offer service for 45$/hour for car that have more than 100 000km

 

really eh? next time ill go to honda, shit its like 2 blocks from my house, closer than acura, and save some gas

 

That's messed up, you guys don't have AutoZone up there or any other auto parts chains that will scan for free?

 

How much did it cost to fix the O2 sensor. And btw, what is a EGR and IM?

 

well i bougth an after market 02 sensor, for 80 bucks, cdn, the bosch type. and the egr is i duno what abbreviated lol, but its a hole in the IM(intake manifold) u'll see if when u take off the IM and its near the TB head..thanks for bringing up the old post and not making another new one rofl.

 

mmmmmm not really most places want fuckin money for it, hell the place i did my coop placement at (ford/lincoln) wanted me to pay for that and other side jobs i got done there, my manager/mechanic said fuck them and did it for free (maint jobs) lol

 

So I'm having the exact same problem as you (check engine light came on as well as the traction control light). I went to Autozone and they said that the 02 sensor that comes before the catalytic converter has gone bad, and costs $90. When I asked about the TCS light, they said they couldn't do anything about that. Do you think that when I fix the O2 sensor, the TCS light will just go away, or is that another problem of its own? Thanks in advance.

P.S. How long/ how hard is it put the new O2 sensor in?

 

If your going to replace your o2 sensors, you need to repace them all because you just cant look at them and distiguish which on is bad. They are not hard at all to replace, just a pain in the a$$ to get to the cannon plug. I would say about a 1 hour job. Thats how long it took me to do them.

 

what do u mean them all? theres only 2, and when u run the odb2 scanner, it says what one, be4 or after cat. mine was before right on the downpipe.
can be done quick, like 15 min, depending on how small ur hands are, and how siezed up the o2 sensor is.

as for the tcs light, it will go away when its fixed, it just get activated for some reason i duno.

 

The TCS light comes on with the check engine light in our cars. There isnt a problem with it

 

Damn EGR...oh if it werent for emissions we wouldn't have so many problems

 

and alot more HP

 

got my P0401 error checked out at a dealership yesterday and they covered the entire thing (as they should have). I thought they were gonna pull some other bullsh!t about it not being the EGR valve but surprisingly they didn't.

For the Chicago Acura owners, the dealership I went to was Bob Rohrman's Arlington Acura dealership, 1275 E. Dundee Rd in Palatine.