Flashing Check Engine light problem
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Also just a suggestion, but if you're unsure of the car and it's setup, and you have that trip coming up, I'd bite the bullet and take a rental. If it goes south on the trip then you're really in the ****z. Just something to consider. Saving a few bucks now could cost more later...
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From: Castlegar
I see why you’d recommend getting it pro tuned but I don’t have a tactrix cable or evoscan so those to things right there come out to like $200 with shipping to Canada plus the $450 for the tune vs getting an accessport second hand for like $250 where I can also actively have on my dash monitoring my car. A buddy of mine who lives in the area has nearly the same mods on his evo and is doing just fine on a Cobb map.
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^ YES that!
Whoever mentioned heat shield, that's a false observation. It's a knock sensor telling that tune is not good. Car was most likely put to stock without reverting to stock tune. Get the car pro-tuned or flash stock tune.
Whoever mentioned heat shield, that's a false observation. It's a knock sensor telling that tune is not good. Car was most likely put to stock without reverting to stock tune. Get the car pro-tuned or flash stock tune.
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From: Castlegar
So I’m not sure why I never listed my mods in the first place so I’m gonna do so now, in case anyone one might have any other ideas as what else it might be.
Catback exhaust
aftermarket downpipe
Aftermarket test pipe
ETS intake and hard pipes
tial BOV
GS 3 port boost solenoid
Catback exhaust
aftermarket downpipe
Aftermarket test pipe
ETS intake and hard pipes
tial BOV
GS 3 port boost solenoid
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It's not a mystery.Your tune needs adjustment. Your car was enabled with this light to blink when knock occurs. Knock occurs because of the tune. No mystery here.Contact Chet Rickerman and he will get you sorted out.
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From flashing error lights to a Chet tune lol. Man, I wish we could see your face when you punch it once dialed in rofl.
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From: Castlegar
I start tuning on Sunday, but I did some data logging and I got a knock count of 14 whilst logging on evoscan, could a knock count this high be just the result of a bad tune? Or could there be another underlying issue here?
