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CEL comes on every now and then

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:44 pm
by Boosted B6teen
Ok, I have a s200 system on my practically stock b16. And my CEL has came on twice now (within the past 3 months). Both times I was driving back from school (around a 40-45 mile drive) and when I shut the car off and went to get my paper clip to bridge the diagnostic connector the light didnt not come back on. The car drives fine while the light is on and after) Any ideas of what it is or how I could read it? can you bridge the connection while the car is running? Thanks for any help guys, Brent

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:14 am
by Spunkster
Don't turn the car off, and use either datalogging to read the code or jump the service check connector.

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:18 pm
by Boosted B6teen
Ok cool, ill try that next time. Can someone post up the CEL codes for my car. Its a P28 ecu. Thanks for the help so far guys, Brent

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:33 pm
by Spunkster

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:31 pm
by Boosted B6teen
Thank you :D

Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:47 pm
by Boosted B6teen
Ok, well it came on again on my trip back home from school. I bridged the conector while the car was running and the CEL just did little fast blinks, I counted up to about 21-22 maybe and then i gave up and unbridged it. I am used to long flashes and then fast flashes. So how do I read this thing next time it comes on? Should I just keep counting and see where it stops? Thanks Brent,

Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:06 am
by Spunkster
Use datalogging to read the codes.

Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 11:05 pm
by Boosted B6teen
I have never messed with this before. I loaded the data logger stuff off the Hondata CD I got with the cable and stuff. Can you or someone else walk me through how to do this? Thanks for any help, Brent

Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:41 am
by Spunkster
You need to connect the serial cable to the laptop, if you do not have a serial port, then you will neeed a Keyspan USB to Serial adapter. THen determine what compport is being used on your laptop and make sure that com port is set in the Hondalogger software. Then you can begine datalogging.