Re: phantom check engine light

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <19990205163300.2447.qmail@hotmail.com> "Mark McCulley" writes:

> The Check Engine warning light on my recently-acquired 91 100 comes on
> occasionally while driving. After several minutes of driving, the
> warning light will go out. I've installed a momentary switch to allow me
> to easily check the fault codes, but they are always 4444 which
> indicates that there are no problems. Indeed, there are no symptoms of
> any problems, the car runs just fine. Sounds like an intermittent
> connection or grounding problem to me, but if anyone has any other
> ideas, I'd appreciate hearing them.

Try dropping engine revs below 2000 as soon as you see the light, and
preferably while it's still on.  Then pull the codes again.

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