check engine light
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check engine light
My check engine light comes on and stays on for several weeks, unless I intervene, for no real reason. I took it to a dealership and they hooked it up to a computer and the thing told him that my intake manifold gasket was leaking. I talked to my usual mechanic and he said without looking at the truck that the truck could have just spit out bogus code. The weird thing is that if I disconnect the battery and then reconnect it the light stays off until I get to a stop sign and turn left downhill and then it flips on. All other times the truck runs fine. She runs like a top the whole time. I don't think its the gasket, it still may be, but I suspect it might be a sensor instead that is giving me a problem. I have had the F-150 96' for 5 months with no problem and I have owned a 84' of the virtually same setup since 93'. Any help on the subject would be appreciated before I go and spend 5 hundred bucks on a wild goose chase.
96' F-150 2wd I-6 4.9/300 ci XL
96' F-150 2wd I-6 4.9/300 ci XL
Last edited by beverett54; 12-05-2001 at 09:12 AM.
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