Crackler Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 (edited) A friend of mine has a '97 Accord EX sedan. In the dash an indicator lights up and it says "Check" and I wanted to know what its for, its dead center in the area of the gages. Its not the "Maintenance Required" indicator. Edited November 24, 2003 by Crackler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackler Posted November 24, 2003 Author Share Posted November 24, 2003 Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Clark- Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 check engine light? thats my best guess. try google, its faster than msg boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackler Posted November 24, 2003 Author Share Posted November 24, 2003 It only says "Check" which is why im not sure of what it refers to. Nevermind i found it. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizkit Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 Does he have the Owner's Manual? That would tell you what it is, or take it to a Honda dealership. They will kow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELTA75329 Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 The "check" light has the symbol of an engine surrounding it. This light activates when a problem with the emissions control system has been detected. It's nothing serious, but you should still have it checked out as you could waste gas and end up being in violation of state emissions control laws. Just FYI though, the light can come due to false alarms generated by the OBD (On-Board Diagnostics) system. For example, if you don't tighten the gas cap properly. (Most new cars have a warning about this on the cap itself). Other times, it can come on if you fill up with really cheap gas from some no-name petroleum company on a regular basis. Deposits that form from crappy gas can set off the emission controller and cause it to think there's a problem when in fact it's just the internal engine is simply dirty and needs to be treated/cleaned/serviced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackler Posted November 24, 2003 Author Share Posted November 24, 2003 Exactly the answer i was looking for Delta. Thank you :happy: Ill let him know so he can get it checked it out ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isus Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 my mother's nissan sentra would show the check engine light when we hit a bump. without fail... something to do with a faulty speed sensor? anyway, we got rid of it, and got a saturn l100 special edition... nice audio :) pretty quick too. beats my friends honda civic (he's put some work into it... nothing major, but...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cesardrgn Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 you have to explain more, since that light means a lot of things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mipra Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 Get it to ur local dealer.....ask them to check things out..maybe it's the oil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuarterSwede Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 The "check" light has the symbol of an engine surrounding it. This light activates when a problem with the emissions control system has been detected. It's nothing serious, but you should still have it checked out as you could waste gas and end up being in violation of state emissions control laws.Just FYI though, the light can come due to false alarms generated by the OBD (On-Board Diagnostics) system. For example, if you don't tighten the gas cap properly. (Most new cars have a warning about this on the cap itself). Other times, it can come on if you fill up with really cheap gas from some no-name petroleum company on a regular basis. Deposits that form from crappy gas can set off the emission controller and cause it to think there's a problem when in fact it's just the internal engine is simply dirty and needs to be treated/cleaned/serviced. I will be buying some fuel injector cleaner now. The check engine light comes on randomly everytime I drive my '91 Honda CRX SI and doesn't go off once it's come on until the car is turned off. I had heard that is was possibly a faulty O2 sensor but never knew exactly if that was the cause because everytime the mechanics try to do a computer diagnositic check the car's computer spits out nonsense codes so they can't even tell me what's wrong. Now that I know it's the emissions system I will be working to clean it up. Could it come on because I took of the air flow restrictor? I might just stick it back on to keep the dag on little light from coming on. 2 years of seeing that yellow glow is killing me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.dan Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 my friend used to drive a minivan. one day he serviced it and the check engine light was on, so he cut the wire to it. no more light! one of my other friends chipped his car to give it 25 extra hp, and his light won't go off either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombolcha Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 yea you got one those hondas that were recalled because of the emissions problem.. they were fined a massive amount of money :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELTA75329 Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Could it come on because I took of the air flow restrictor? I might just stick it back on to keep the dag on little light from coming on. 2 years of seeing that yellow glow is killing me! Very likely the case. In order for any engine to operate, there needs to be a specific fuel-to-air-mixture ratio. Removing the restrictor (It's actually called a constrictor) can affect this mixture and change the anticipated readings for the emissions system. As such, the system would detect a problem. In this case, it would not be a false alarm though, since you would actually be putting out more emissions than the system was designed to allow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuarterSwede Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Yeah, it makes sense now that I have read this thread. I don't live in California and my car has passed inspection every time I've taken it. Gotta love living on the East Coast. It isn't a false alarm but it's nothing the engine can't handle. If putting the constrictor back on keeps the light off without me having to sink money into buying a high performance chip, I'm all for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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