I installed my spacer and y-pipe today. everything went smoothly until i reconnected the battery and the dreaded check engine light came on. I reset its memory by the pedal method and it cleared it... or so i thought. I noticed after the cehck engine light is gone, the light will blink briefly everytime i let go of the gas. it would do it every single time when i let go of the gas. The check engine light then came on again and again i reset its memory. Now i'm back to the same spot, blinks when i let go of the gas. You guys know why it would be doing this? Should i try disconnecting the battery for an entire 24hours? or is there another solution to this?

 

anyone?

 

you make sure everything is on tight? you try taking it off and see if the light goes off.

 

recheck the bolts on the Y pipe, we just installed T-pipes and didn't have the bolts tight and we threw a CEL. If everything is good then take it to Trak Auto to get the code read and proceed from there. Good Luck

 

You need to recheck everything you removed starting with the plem. Make
sure all bolts are set to torq specks.......don't over tighten. Recheck your
intake and all those vacume lines plus the plug on the front of your plem.
I hope you installed the MotorDyne spacer with his cool gaskets and spacers!
Good Luck with this.........!
Gary

 

recheck everything make sure theres no leaks makesure u didnt pinch any gaskets

 

wonder if you have a leak on your y-pipe

 

grab the code 411

 

typically when the cel blinks that indicates there is a misfire. i would check the coils and make sure one didnt get hit during the spacer install. they are secured by a bolt but it could have dislodged just enough. i would get the code pulled and go from there.

 

Thanks guys!

 

is this the coil located near the intake manifold? That was the only thing i remember taking a bolt off and putting back on because it shouldn't have been detached in the first place.

 

Take your car to a local Autozone and borrow their scanner and see what code is coming up. If you figure that part out its easier to determine where the problem is. If the car is idleing funny most likely there is a misfire, check your wires and make sure their all pluged in tight. Good Luck.

John

 

Thanks John! I'm going to try that later when i'm off.

 

one of the cables attached near the top of the plenum cam loose. I snapped it back in while installing the grounding kit I bought and guess what...


NO MORE CEL!

Now its more responsive and NO CEL. Thanks guys and thanks Sean for the grounding kit.

 

does the y pipe make any difference? ive heard so many bad things bout aftermarket ypipe's. whats your experience so far?