Date: 16 Oct 2001 21:28:33 -0700 From: johsnopsamanytime.co.uk (Johannes H Andersen) Subject: Re: Check engine light - '90 9000 2.3
danny <dannynopsamia-esprezzo.com> wrote in message news:<3BCCB769.2CDB625Bnopsamia-esprezzo.com>... > My 2.3 (non turbo) occasionally lights the check engine light for no > apparent reason - usually when idle and stationary for a while. No > other light/wording comes on with it (eg check oil etc), just check > engine. The manual states that this condition indicates a fault in the > fuel injection or ignition, and states that the car will default to a > limp home mode. When the light comes on driving ability is unaffected, > so I don't believe it's in limp home mode. Car doesn't misbehave in any > way, so I don't think it's either of the two conditions listed, any > ideas? Vacuum leak. I recently had the same problem, I found a crack near the end of a small hose from the manifold, the crack vas not obvious as it was hidden from direct view. Listen for whistle sounds. When you catch something, you think that everybody have got the same... Johannes