Posted on 8/6/2014
Okay. You went to your local Hanover Park car wash and while your pickup was under the dryer, the check engine light started flashing. Panic! What did you just do? Something is seriously wrong with the pickup! You head for the nearest Hanover Park service station, but on the way, the check engine light stops flashing, and just glows red. Hmm. Maybe things aren't as bad as they seem. You decide to wait until payday to take your pickup in to get serviced. In the meantime, the check engine light goes off. What? You decide the light must be faulty, or that when it comes on it doesn't mean anything, or that it's just in your pickup as some sort of scam to get you to pay for unnecessary pricey repairs. You're glad you didn't take your car to the Hanover Park repair shop and resolve to ignore that engine light in the future. Whoa! Let's look at what really happened. Your pickup was under an air dryer. Your air intake sensor measured too much air running through the eng ... read more