thankx hopefully dnt come out again

 

Ses light is usually triggered by faulty engine sensors, emissions codes and sometimes transmission faults.

 

Your oil may not have been low at all... how long did it sit? The VQ takes a ridiculous amount of time for all the oil to drain down and get a accurate reading. (At least 30 mins, sometimes more)

You just need to get the codes read and report back.

It's funny to me how some cars will set the SES for anything...
The 96 suburban goes from no light at all, to light, no light, blinking, light, no light... and always runs the same... it's been doing it for months. I have the software and cable to read all the codes and sensor data and I'm still to lazy to check it out

 

I recently changed my oil after recieving a SES light for overheating (my fan shroud jammed the fan which made it overheat) I reseted the light, changed my oil and only about 2 liters came out which was crazy lol. I haven't changed my oil in about a year mainly because I only put less than 10k miles on the car. Anyways, I changed it only 2 liters came out but I did get the oil light at heavy breaking which was caused by the oil tipping and the sensor etc etc. So it really does take a lot for the VQ to realize there is no oil lol. My dipstick wasn't accurate at all, which is another reason why I never changed the oil.

I don't think it was that serious for him if he turned off the car and the light went away.

 

^Which is just one of the reasons my G gets an oil change ever 3-4000 mi.

 

so just got home the ses light didnt come on till around 4 today as soon as came on headed to autozone guy told me that they dont do the code reader since 1 year ago so i headed to pepboys and were charging me $89 + tax so when i left turned on the car and light was off again bt i notice that it happens when engine gets really hot could it be overheating???bt gauge shows it normal..should i take it to the dealer dont have warrenty anymore??any advice im off tommorow anything i should check???

 

Try Advanced Auto, I've never had them try and charge or say they don't do it... but I have been there when they're reader was broken or the guy didn't know what he was doing

 

ALRITE WENT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND DID THE CODE READER AT NO CHARGE AND CAME OUT TO BE HIGH RPM'S BECAUSE OF MAF..K&N FILTER OIL GOT IT SUPER DIRTY SO GOT IT CLEANED WITH MAF CLEANER NOW SES LIGHT OFF AND NO CODES ON READER...

 

damn, and it wasn't acting up?

When a maf throws a code it usually has fluttering since it cant really detect how much air is going in the engine so it cant calculate how much fuel to compenstate.

 

well wen i stopped my rpms were between 1 and 2 pretty high and yesterday turned off on me at the stop light

 

Yeah, MAF would do that.

 

Code readers aren't that expensive either. I have an actron 9180 which is a higher level basic reader and it only cost me about $120ish. There are others for 50 or less.

Well worth it if you plan on working on your own car

 

I think I only paid like $80 or less for my OBD-II to USB thing, and I can pull codes, sensor values, and even datalog with it.

 

Yup. Great tool if you understand how to use it.

 

^I need to get a better one. The one I have only runs a 9600 baud rate, so I can't really get into the advanced stuff like monitoring the CAN bus.