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Old 08-10-2011, 03:34 PM
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Hello, I don't know if this is the right place but there was a post about the check engine light in here... Mine came on this morning and I suspect it is because I made a noob mistake and put lower octane instead of high (habitual). When I took the car to Advanced they tried plugging into the car, but he said it wasn't getting any power and that a fuse must be blown. I checked just about all of them in the parking lot and didn't see any evidence of a bad fuse. About half a tank of the low octane fuel was used so I filled up with premium today. Has anyone had a similar experience with the gas or with Advanced? I'm not sure he knew what he was doing- he said he hadn't done this with an S2000 before. Thanks!
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Take it to another place to have the OBDII read. Not sure what fuse would have been blown and you not realize it somehow. Any performance issues or noises?
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Pull the code before you assume it's related to lower octane fuel.
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go to auto zone and pull the code its free and they will tell you whats wrong.
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If ur fuse wasnt blown you should start looking at the ground side of the OBD port...
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You most likely have a bad fuse somewhere, in addition to a code.

The car powers the scan tool.
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Well, the light went away after a few miles of premium fuel- but I'm still taking it to another place for a scan. I re-checked the fuses and none of them are blown. The ACC works fine. Nothing noticeable either.... no issues thus far.
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