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Question I can not find the answer to anywhere!
If you already have a SOLID CEL light on from a cold air intake, IF your car has a major problem will the CEL light start flashing?? I don't mind driving with the CEL light since I know what the problem is, but I want to know if I have a major problem.
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Why does your car have a CEL from an intake? Did you not buy the right intake? If you had a MAJOR incident that was a detrimental CEL (flashing) I'd imagine that would override any CEL already on. However you won't know if you have more CEL codes that pop up over time.
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You might want to get that CEL checked because I've never heard of an air intake throwing one. Maybe you have some hoses mixed up? I have a temporary one too from my TP so I just got the cheapest scanner advance auto had and just check and clear it occasionally. Like white said. You only get flashes when something really bad is wrong with your car to where you need to pull it over immediately. Otherwise, you won't be able to tell if another one pops up without a scanner.
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I know it's P0410 and figured out my air pump is not working.... I dont want to spend the $600 to replace it right now. I do have a cheap scanner and am able to check the codes monthly (forgot to put that it) But I just want to make sure a flash will over ride a solid.
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9 times out of 10 the air pump code is not actually the air pump gone bad.
It's usually one of your vacuum lines isn't hooked up properly or at all. The dealer did that to my car on accident one time (left one unhooked) and it threw that code. I took it back and they told me the same bs about the air pump being bad and it costing x amount to fix it. I told them to go to hell. I took it home, found the unhooked vacuum hose, hooked it back up, cleared the CEL and haven't had a CEL or any problems since. Might want to check yours out. It's highly likely thats all it is.
And on the off chance it actually is the air pump, I have one I'll sell you. I removed mine.
It's usually one of your vacuum lines isn't hooked up properly or at all. The dealer did that to my car on accident one time (left one unhooked) and it threw that code. I took it back and they told me the same bs about the air pump being bad and it costing x amount to fix it. I told them to go to hell. I took it home, found the unhooked vacuum hose, hooked it back up, cleared the CEL and haven't had a CEL or any problems since. Might want to check yours out. It's highly likely thats all it is.
And on the off chance it actually is the air pump, I have one I'll sell you. I removed mine.
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9 times out of 10 the air pump code is not actually the air pump gone bad.
It's usually one of your vacuum lines isn't hooked up properly or at all. The dealer did that to my car on accident one time (left one unhooked) and it threw that code. I took it back and they told me the same bs about the air pump being bad and it costing x amount to fix it. I told them to go to hell. I took it home, found the unhooked vacuum hose, hooked it back up, cleared the CEL and haven't had a CEL or any problems since. Might want to check yours out. It's highly likely thats all it is.
And on the off chance it actually is the air pump, I have one I'll sell you. I removed mine.
It's usually one of your vacuum lines isn't hooked up properly or at all. The dealer did that to my car on accident one time (left one unhooked) and it threw that code. I took it back and they told me the same bs about the air pump being bad and it costing x amount to fix it. I told them to go to hell. I took it home, found the unhooked vacuum hose, hooked it back up, cleared the CEL and haven't had a CEL or any problems since. Might want to check yours out. It's highly likely thats all it is.
And on the off chance it actually is the air pump, I have one I'll sell you. I removed mine.
id say ^ termination is right, check your vacuum lines. make sure everything is good. scan tools dont tell you what to fix, so for all we know you could have a perfectly fine air pump but a vacuum line from the air pump could be bugged. check out your stuff before wasting the money.