Did he get gas at all? Sounds dumb but if you do not put the gas cap on right it will set off the CE light. Also if there is an autozone around they can scan the computer for free and see what is going on

 

I called the guy and asked him if it was driving fine, and he said that as far as he could tell there was nothing wrong with it. The guages worked properly and were in the right spots and there wasn't any wrong feeling.

Crap! I know he is worried that he got a lemon now.

 

I filled it up for him before I gave it to him. I am pretty sure that I screwed it back on good enough. I could be wrong though.

I told him to try autozone for the check too.

 

your car just misses you lol.

I think the gas cap thing my be the problem. The frist time my wife drove my car she put gas in the the engine light came on. I still don't understand why the gas cap light didn't come on.

 

Don't jump to conclusions untill they run the codes, it's probibly nothing.

 

your car just misses you lol.

I think the gas cap thing my be the problem. The frist time my wife drove my car she put gas in the the engine light came on. I still don't understand why the gas cap light didn't come on.

The gas light comes on if the gas is low well atleast on yours does my 1998 doesnt nor does the seatbelt light. Anyways the reason the check engine light comes on is because it is a emissions hazard. You are supposed to have a certain fuel pressure and when your gas cap is off you start to lose that pressure. Just let it sit overnight and get cold and once you start it up it should be off. When i changed my stock airfilter to a K&N that tripped off my mil and I couldnt sleep at all that night. By the next morning it was off and now my offroad pipe keeps it on.

 

I had my check engine light come on after filling the tank without shutting the engine off. Duh. I figured that was what it was, and it went away by itself.

 

The gas light comes on if the gas is low well atleast on yours does my 1998 doesnt nor does the seatbelt light. Anyways the reason the check engine light comes on is because it is a emissions hazard. You are supposed to have a certain fuel pressure and when your gas cap is off you start to lose that pressure. Just let it sit overnight and get cold and once you start it up it should be off. When i changed my stock airfilter to a K&N that tripped off my mil and I couldnt sleep at all that night. By the next morning it was off and now my offroad pipe keeps it on.

My car has a check fuel cap light too. The low fuel lights works.

 

I would just tell him to reset the CPU. If it is still on after that, then go have it scanned. I'm sure its probably nothing.

 

Well, I haven't heard from him since yesterday afternoon, so maybe everything is ok.

I didn't sleep well last night hoping that everything cleared up for him.

I like the comment about my car missing me, that's great.

Hopefully it was nothing.

 

just curious but did you reset the computer/disconnect the battery after you took the timing adjuster off? If not, that is probably the problem. Mine tripped a check engine light also because the crank sensor was moved and after a reset it went away.

 

rancid,

I think you may be right. I haven't heard anything negative again from the guy after I told him to try resetting the cpu.

I didn't reset the cpu after I removed the adjuster, so I bet you are right and it tripped a code because I moved the crank sensor.

 

SVT1998GT, sorry this is off the subject, but that signature is a bit over the top eh? I mean the dang thing takes up the entire screen when scrolling down.

 

Sorry next time I will change my signature just to accomodate your lack of patience when you scroll down. LOL but yeah I was reading on all of the codes you can put in and I went kinda crazy.