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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 10:24 PM
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I heard that when a mustang has a check engine light on its only running at 75% of its power this true are false
Old Jun 16, 2010 | 10:51 PM
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No. Depends what the light (code) is for. If it's because you didn't tighten your gas cap enough the last time you filled up and it throws a code for that, the light will simply be illuminated with no change in driveability. If it's on because you have a clogged cat then you could probably be running at much less than 75%. Either way, the issue should be dealt with and the light reset.
Old Jun 16, 2010 | 10:56 PM
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No. Depends what the light (code) is for. If it's because you didn't tighten your gas cap enough the last time you filled up and it throws a code for that, the light will simply be illuminated with no change in driveability. If it's on because you have a clogged cat then you could probably be running at much less than 75%. Either way, the issue should be dealt with and the light reset.
the code is for the cats being removed and i dont have a tune yet or a way to reset
Old Jun 16, 2010 | 11:22 PM
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you need to turn your rear oxygen sensors off. if you want to temporarily reset it you can just take off the neg battery cable for a few 5 or 10 mins, but it will just come back on in a 2 or 3 days... sooner if you do highway driving.
Old Jun 17, 2010 | 07:30 AM
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you need to turn your rear oxygen sensors off. if you want to temporarily reset it you can just take off the neg battery cable for a few 5 or 10 mins, but it will just come back on in a 2 or 3 days... sooner if you do highway driving.
ok thanks i read on here u can but the stuff at radio shack to make mil elims is it a easy task
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http://www.paladinmicro.com/PalMFrame00.htm?wks=mil
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