Anonymous Posted on Oct 10, 2014

How do i clear a code on the check engine light

Check engine light came on because of an exhaust leak that has since been repaired How do I get the check engine light to go off

theodore ritter Sep 11, 2017

Disconnect the negative battery cable for about one minute.

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Open the hood and then open the fuse box near the battery, with the key off remove the EFI fuse for about one minute.

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Posted on Jun 18, 2011

SOURCE: Trying to troubleshoot my check engine light

you need to take to a dealer or a good reliable shop to check the o2 sensors on a scan tool because if they are not doing there job they can not tell the computer to heat up and burn up all ecess gases and set a false cat code.and if it has been missing for a long time it could have burned the cat up........i hope this will help you let me know and good luck..........if i can try and help in any other way let me know and give good info what is going on...........

Anonymous

Posted on Sep 22, 2011

SOURCE: Have 2000 Toyota Camry XLE. Check Engine light

What your asking, is how to make a malfunction light
go away from your dash, so you can forget you have a
problem & make no attempt to repair the car

Until you find & resolve active OBD2 Codes that actually set
a MIL or Check Lamp it will keep coming back

Every time you clear a code you have to run a drive cylce in
some cases to start the procees over, as you need those codes
to diagnose the issues

The codes that are there, do not tell you what to replace

Without writing a book here, just study OBD Systems online &
take the car to a repair shop

It is beyond your ability at this time to figure out

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