Car sputters while idling and check engine light blinking
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Car sputters while idling and check engine light blinking
The other day I brought my car into a Nissan dealership for service...it get the EGR system cleaned because I was had a check engine light indicating and EGR flow problem. I just got the car back...it was fine for 1 trip (about 20 miles) then the next time I started it...it is idling very hard when in drive, kind of sputtering like it might stall, but hasn't. The check engine light is also now alternating between blinking and on steady. What is the problem? I have never had a problem like this before, so I think it is something they did when "fixing" the car.
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A flashing CEL light indicates a misfire is happening.
The fact that the light is now also constantly on means there is an error code stored.
Bring the car back to the dealer that did the work and complain.
The fact that the light is now also constantly on means there is an error code stored.
Bring the car back to the dealer that did the work and complain.
#3
Ya I already have an apointment to bring it back. I am just trying to figure out how what they did could have caused that to help my argument that it was something they caused. I am very confident it is...otherwise this would be one heck of a coincidence.
#9
In any case, CEL blinking == misfire, as you can tell by your other symptoms.
Have you checked for codes? Checked the plugs? Tested the coils or injectors?
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What exactly were you doing when it started misfiring? Accelerating, decelerating, cruising? High gear at low speed, low gear at high speed?
You pull the plugs, take a look at them. Check their condition.
#15
Have you changed your coils yet? The '99s are known for bad coils.
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and i got a set of front and rears for sell.
take out plug and hook coil to it and lay it on engine somewhere on metal and see if spark plug fires....if not check leads going to coil with multimeter and see if it is getting power to coils.
take out plug and hook coil to it and lay it on engine somewhere on metal and see if spark plug fires....if not check leads going to coil with multimeter and see if it is getting power to coils.
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