OBD II reader? diagnostic?
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 2:57 pm
anyone in close proximity to Long Beach that has an OBD reader?
my little mazda has been having this really irritating problem, which is associated with a CEL.. started about 6 months ago, got a CEL while i was going down to San Diego. I kinda freaked, and drove really cautiously for a few miles, but the car drove exactly as normal. overtime, it's also shown that there's no impact on gas mileage.
the CEL will go away after a while (few weeks), and then a few weeks later, return. well, it's back, and i want to know wtf the CEL is telling me.
the ONLY thing that effects the car when the CEL with a 100% repeatability, and no problem when the CEL is off (again, 100%), is that when i gas up the car. with the CEL on, the immediate start *right after* i fuel up, the car will get to ~1.5k rpm, and then stall out. after that, I'll crank continuously for about 5 seconds, and the car will start, and everything else is perfectly fine. I can shut off the car immediately after that, and the next start will be fine.
since it's not intermittent, i'm hoping it's pretty easy fix. i've been ignoring it, but i think it's time to do something about it.. >_<
FWIW, i don't think it's the gas cap, though i guess it makes sense. the gas cap screws on normally, and doesn't seem to have any extra play. I'm hoping that the CEL code will tell me for sure.
my little mazda has been having this really irritating problem, which is associated with a CEL.. started about 6 months ago, got a CEL while i was going down to San Diego. I kinda freaked, and drove really cautiously for a few miles, but the car drove exactly as normal. overtime, it's also shown that there's no impact on gas mileage.
the CEL will go away after a while (few weeks), and then a few weeks later, return. well, it's back, and i want to know wtf the CEL is telling me.
the ONLY thing that effects the car when the CEL with a 100% repeatability, and no problem when the CEL is off (again, 100%), is that when i gas up the car. with the CEL on, the immediate start *right after* i fuel up, the car will get to ~1.5k rpm, and then stall out. after that, I'll crank continuously for about 5 seconds, and the car will start, and everything else is perfectly fine. I can shut off the car immediately after that, and the next start will be fine.
since it's not intermittent, i'm hoping it's pretty easy fix. i've been ignoring it, but i think it's time to do something about it.. >_<
FWIW, i don't think it's the gas cap, though i guess it makes sense. the gas cap screws on normally, and doesn't seem to have any extra play. I'm hoping that the CEL code will tell me for sure.
