Check Engine... go away!

[susandennis]

So I parked at the service desk this morning and handed over my keys. Apparently, when they started the engine the check engine light came on. It had not been on when I drove it in. They looked and looked and the computers kept giving them mixed signals. They did the rest of the work on the car and added in new brake pads and spark plugs and sent me on my way. My guy suggested I watch the warning light and, if the check engine light comes on again, don't panic. But, watch it. Turn off the car and let it sit and then try again. Keep an eye on it but if the car feels like it's running fine and idling fine, don't worry. Track it for a week or so and then let him know. I was really glad to get out of there but, honestly, it was the best experience I've ever had with them. Go figure.

I stopped at Grocery Outlet and, sure enough, when I came out and turned on the car, the check engine light came on and would not go off. But it runs fine, it idles fine and it's clean clean clean inside and out.

And I'm out $850 which is less than the $1,200 I was expecting so ... yeah?

I'm installing the beta of the new version of android on my phone right now. In the past few years, I've sold my old phone and gotten new hardware in the Fall and installed the beta of that year's software release in the spring. It's like getting a new phone twice a year.

My brother's all healed up and out and about which is, of course, fabulous and a relief.

I'm going to spend some time playing with the beta on my phone and then get on the ice machine cleaning program. I found instructions and they aren't simple or quick. And they involve a lot of white vinegar. So that's what I got a Grocery Outlet.

Comments

[shutterbug.livejournal.com]

What did it turn out his ailment was?

[susandennis]

some kind of infection

[howeird]

So you P'd on your phone? Good luck. I've been running the cert tests on it on a Pixel phone the last 3 weeks, with widely varying results depending on the build.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Our last car (as in before the current one) started turning on its Check Engine light at various times, and it wouldn't go out unless it was reset. The dealer said the code showed something about the "tumbler valves", whatever those are, and that it would be expensive to fix and probably unnecessary. jwg obtained a device which can be used to read and reset the code, so from then on whenever the light came on he would check to see if it was the same code (it always was) and reset it.

[susandennis]

Oh! right. I have one of those. I had to unplug it though, to plug in the one from the department of transportation. I'm in a gas tax study. The one from the state doesn't show me diagnostics.