check eng. light

[halosin8r]

I'd guess and say one of the piston rings has snapped lettin oil into the cylinder... just a guess mind u... it might also cause the spark plug to mis-fire, i used to do mechanics at college but forgot most of what i've learned lol

sounds like it to me.

that click noise is most likely the engine whining for oil.
CHECK YOUR OIL LEVEL.. if its low, make sure you add oil to fill it. get 20w50, the thicker oil takes longer to leak.

halosin8r Reviewed by halosin8r on 10-10-2006. check eng. light :mad: so ya, i drive to school this morning. nothings wrong with my car, i get outa class and wanna drive home to blaze and my fuckin check eng. light is on and my car idols like a bitch (all shaky and shit) and makes a constent clicking noise like every second...click, click, click... so im like wtf ever ill call dad he will tell me whats wrong blah blah so i start driving home. Taking it ez so i dont fuck somthing up bad (taking back roads) i get to my appartment, and get outa my car. and the Rating: 5

[MaryJaneScott]

I used to drive a 98 Caviler that was nothing but trouble.
Among other problems, it would constantly overheat. It would be â??45° Celsius outsideâ?¦ I'm on the side of the highway looking under the hood, in my mittens and toque, waiting for it to cool down. Good times. :dance:
No sooner had I got it back from the shop from fixing some problem, and the check engine light would be on again. Finally the shop I took it to just unhooked the light, and promised me that I wouldn't see it on again. (thanks guys!!) :thumbsup:

Then one day it blew up.
No. it didn't. but that would have made this story a lot cooler.


LoVE!

[halosin8r]

seriously before you go and drive somewhere CHECK THE OIL LEVEL...
I mean.. you can have a simple 200$, if that, fix....
but if you drive with no lube, your gonna cause the engine to seize...
and then you WILL BE in the market for a new car!

[LIP]

Well, are you using low sodium fuels?

Sodium/vanadium ratios have to be right in the fuel, the "danger Zone" is conciered to be 0.15 - 0.30.

Sulpher contained in the fuel forms metallic sulphides that coat the internal surfaces of the fuel injection eqipment including fuel pumps and the injectors.

These sulphides have low shear resistence and act as EP additive commonly found in lubricating oils.

This could be causing your problems. But i guess there no way of telling how much sulpher you have in your fuel aye?

Damnit.

Well take it to a pro, there are alot of things that could have gone wrong with it.

If you wanna bring it to England i dont mind sorting it out for you on the cheap

[Terps]

so yea i have a time slot to bring it into a chevy dealer tommarow....i just hope its not somthing to horrible, so tommarow morning i will check my oil lvl b4 i start her up and ill drive there takin it ez...

dam tho i gota barrow money from my parents cause im broke, dont u wish weed was currency. (just harvested 20 Ak-47 plants)

[660]

hey man i work on my car all the time build a project car from the frame up. It sounds to me like you've lost your head gasket. The gasket between the cylinders and the coolent.

Cheak your radiator Take the cap off and look inside. if you see oil floating on the top its deffinently the gasket.

You didn't mention anything about smoke though the only thing is you should have been seeing grey/whitish smoke if coolant and oil is being combusted.

the ticking is deffinently your valves i wouldn't worry about that now its just a consequence of your engine not firing properly because theres oil and other shit in the cylinders.

If it is your head gasket and your a student i'd look it up serious about how to do it yourself. It looks like a very hard job to do since u have to take apart the engine but its really just the value cover its not that bad deffinently do able if you read and take your time. Don't waste like a grand for a dealership to do it.

[Terps]

Cheak your radiator Take the cap off and look inside. if you see oil floating on the top its deffinently the gasket.

...well i just went and checked and there is no oil floating on the top. does this mean its def. not the head gasket?

[LIP]

*Bump*

So what was wrong with it, the head gaskit?

Im curious to know now.

[Terps]

alright they said the reason my car was idolling wierd was becasue it was miss fireing. so they said i needed new sparkplug wires, they also said my intake was bad and was sucking air into the system and leaking coolent. i told them to fix it all..came to 900 bucks! 2/3 was fuckin labor

[LIP]

See, if you had bought it to england i would have done that all for free.

Good job it wasnt the head gaskit, probably would have cost more cos theres more labour in taking everything off the rocker.