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ENGINE LIGHT by TXGOOD

Started on	: 03-01-2006 03:54 PM
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Report this Post03-01-2006 03:54 PM

I have an 85 GT v-6 automatic and about 20 minutes after startup the check engine light comes on.
If i shut it down for a while and restart it it`s off but comes on again in about the same amount of time or a little sooner. I read somewhere on other kinds of cars that the light will come on if the normal operating temperature is not reached in a specified amount of time. Does anyone know if this applies to the Fiero? I just passed the emissions test and I think that if a sensor is bad the light would not reset on every startup but just stay on. I`m going to run the onboard diagnostic to see if it shows any codes.
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Report this Post03-01-2006 04:04 PM

Check for codes my money is on 32. http://floridafieros.org/osg/codes.html

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Report this Post03-01-2006 08:15 PM

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had the same thing happen..it would come on around 190 temp...its the egr solenoid. good luck

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Report this Post03-02-2006 07:46 AM

Dang
You guys are good. I pulled the codes last night and sure enough it was the EGR code 32.
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Report this Post03-02-2006 07:55 AM

Welcome to the Forum, BuddyCraig did a real nice write up on this, hit the search box at the top of every page and take a look around the archives---lots of good stuff in there.

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Report this Post03-02-2006 08:09 AM

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Report this Post03-02-2006 08:15 AM

3800superfast you were right. I found that article and it was very informative. I should be able to find my problem using the testing methods given there.

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Report this Post03-02-2006 10:06 PM

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Welcome to the Forum, BuddyCraig <snip>

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