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Re: check engine light came on
"liza" <liza0183@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I recently got my oil change like i regularly do in Feburary and had my
> mechanic ck out the engine as well. everything was cked out okay. this
> last saturday i noticed the ck engine light came on and it has not gone
> off since. i cked the gas cap to see if it was on tightly and it was.
> it still continued to be on. does anyone have suggestion on what i can
> do to take that thing off or do i need to take it in to someone to ck.
> i really dont want to pay anything to do it. please help thanks.
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You will need an OBD II code scanner to determine why the check engine light
came on. Your mechanic should have one, or as timbirr suggested, some parts
stores will scan the codes for free.
Once you have the codes, you can post the code numbers (not the parts
store's interpretation of the codes) here for some more advice.
Some emissions components have a longer warranty than the powertrain
warranty so depending on what is wrong, it may be better to take it to a
Toyota dealer for repair.
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Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)
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