check eng. light

[Terps]

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 dam thing STINKS stinks like the smell when u go to a demolition derby...like burning oil or somthing. so now im so fucking pissed i dont even wanna smoke.

o ya and to top it off, i live like 10 miles away from any shop that fixes shit thats half way decent and not just sum chop shop where u worry bout them fixxing somthing but destroying somthing in the process

Terps Reviewed by Terps on 10-09-2006. 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

[benagain]

Could be burnt oil. I'm no engine tech, but it sounds like you need a certified engineer to take a look at it.

[LIP]

If it has a turbo the turbo could have gone, or the head gaskit. Im an engineer but i work on marine engines, but the concept is the same. Take it to a pro.

[automaticsnowman]

hrmm start by telling us the car and a little more info. like milage and shit, might be able to help you out further

[Wesley Pipes]

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

[slipknotpsycho]

take it to an autozone they check check engine lights for free and tell you what's wrong.

[invision]

check your belts they do freeze up and create this ungodly burning smell just a guess really i am no mechanic

[polo420]

Does it smell like sulfur? Probalbly the Catalytic Converter. No biggie, just get it repaired. Lookin at burnin up about a bill. I am a moron, but I bet this is your problem.

[Harry Pot Head]

I just open the hood and see if the engine is there. Just kidding. :stoned:

I find that light a pain in the ass realy I had a car it was always going off but was fine when the garage looked at it. Hate intermitent problems.
So I bought a engine code scanner and when it came on i scaned got the ID on the part needed fixed it my self in 10 minutes.

Was the best money I spent was on that code scanner saved a lot of money in the end.

Can not see why they don't have a display that give a code and then you look it up and deal with it your self like a MAP sensor or a dealer to change it out.

My 2 Watts.

[Terps]

haha its a 2000 chevy malibu (spelling?)
uhh yea heres the biggest reason for this problem.... 130,000 miles (trip to bonnaroo and 10,000 lakes festival, and many many hours of burn cruises under the belt) but ya im a starving college student so a new car is def. out of the picture so im hopping its not somthing to difficult/expensive to fix

i brg my car in for a yearly check up and change the oil on a reg schld. i dont treat my car badly by racing it around town or anything ether. im nice to that bitch why cant she be nice back.