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Check engine light...... #13677960 03/21/19
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 18,243 North Central Idaho FieldGrade OP Campfire Ranger
OP FieldGrade Campfire Ranger Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 18,243 North Central Idaho	The check engine light came on in my Taco yesterday. I added some windshield washer fluid to the reservoir today but it's still on. Any ideas/suggestions? Thanks

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Re: Check engine light...... FieldGrade #13677965 03/21/19
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3,842 Austin, TX Whiptail Campfire Tracker
Whiptail Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3,842 Austin, TX	90% chance it's your gas cap. Quando omni flunkus moritati

Re: Check engine light...... FieldGrade #13677968 03/21/19
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 24,370 7 700LH Campfire Ranger
700LH Campfire Ranger 7 Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 24,370	Drop by Auto Zone and let them check it for free.

Re: Check engine light...... FieldGrade #13677970 03/21/19
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 16,670 Minnesota R Rooster7 Campfire Ranger
Rooster7 Campfire Ranger R Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 16,670 Minnesota	Push the On Star Button and have them run a diagno.... Oh wait... grins The deer hunter does not notice the mountains "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...

Re: Check engine light...... FieldGrade #13677983 03/21/19
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,524 Bozeman, MT shrapnel Campfire Ranger
shrapnel Campfire Ranger Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,524 Bozeman, MT	The easiest fix is to take about 1 inch of 3M electrical tape and put it on the dash, covering the check engine light and it will quit bothering you. I don’t know how many trucks I got new and when that light came on, the electrical tape worked for years...

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Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 23,319 Oklahoma OrangeOkie Campfire Ranger
OrangeOkie Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 23,319 Oklahoma	What is a taco? "All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government, as originally organized, should be administered in purity and truth." – Robert E. Lee

Re: Check engine light...... FieldGrade #13677986 03/21/19
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3,842 Austin, TX Whiptail Campfire Tracker
Whiptail Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3,842 Austin, TX	I got one of these off ebay, downloaded Torque for Android, and read out the codes myself. My cars are all crap so I needed it. Quando omni flunkus moritati

Re: Check engine light...... FieldGrade #13677992 03/21/19
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna
Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID	I paid about $75 for my code reader. After that, they just kept getting cheaper and better. Mine is pretty old school these days. “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.

Re: Check engine light...... FieldGrade #13677996 03/21/19
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,127 BC Salty303 Campfire Tracker
Salty303 Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,127 BC	Unhook the battery for a few hours and see if it goes away. It reboots the computer basically and often clears it. If it comes back best to get it plugged in and diagnosed. Try the gas cap as mentioned too.

Re: Check engine light...... shrapnel #13677997 03/21/19
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 8,248 bc Canada 673 Campfire Outfitter
673 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 8,248 bc Canada	Originally Posted by shrapnel The easiest fix is to take about 1 inch of 3M electrical tape and put it on the dash, covering the check engine light and it will quit bothering you. I don’t know how many trucks I got new and when that light came on, the electrical tape worked for years... Yes tape but now its felt pen.

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Re: Check engine light...... FieldGrade #13678018 03/21/19
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 443 B Bocefish Campfire Member
Bocefish Campfire Member B Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 443	Originally Posted by FieldGrade The check engine light came on in my Taco yesterday. Any ideas/suggestions? Thanks Well, duh!! It's obvious you either need to tighten or replace the check engine light bulb! Master mechanics charge big bucks for this advice.

Re: Check engine light...... FieldGrade #13678019 03/21/19
Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 8,573 Northwest corner of Louisiana W websterparish47 Campfire Outfitter
websterparish47 Campfire Outfitter W Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 8,573 Northwest corner of Louisiana	If it has around 100,000 miles on it , think O2 sensor.

Re: Check engine light...... 700LH #13678020 03/21/19
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,180 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... ironbender Campfire Oracle
ironbender Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,180 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn...	Originally Posted by 700LH Drop by Auto Zone and let them check it for free. This. Need a OBD code reader. If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender

Re: Check engine light...... OrangeOkie #13678029 03/21/19
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 8,741 Fulton County PA, U.S.A. 7mmbuster Campfire Outfitter
7mmbuster Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 8,741 Fulton County PA, U.S.A.	Originally Posted by OrangeOkie What is a taco? WTF is a Taco? I thought Tacos was dinner. 7mm "Preserving the Constitution, fighting off the nibblers and chippers, even nibblers and chippers with good intentions, was once regarded by conservatives as the first duty of the citizen. It still is." � Wesley Pruden

Re: Check engine light...... FieldGrade #13678040 03/21/19
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,680 Fairbanksan in Aleutian Hell stevelyn Campfire Ranger
stevelyn Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,680 Fairbanksan in Aleutian Hell	Z

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Joined: May 2004 Posts: 2,817 SW MO W WeimsnKs Campfire Regular
WeimsnKs Campfire Regular W Joined: May 2004 Posts: 2,817 SW MO	Originally Posted by FieldGrade The check engine light came on in my Taco yesterday. I added some windshield washer fluid to the reservoir today but it's still on. Any ideas/suggestions? Thanks I hope you just forgot the sarcasm font.

Re: Check engine light...... FieldGrade #13678043 03/21/19
Joined: May 2016 Posts: 60,308 Montana J Jim_Conrad Campfire Kahuna
Jim_Conrad Campfire Kahuna J Joined: May 2016 Posts: 60,308 Montana	Washer fluid is not going to fix that problem. Its amazing just how often otherwise responsible people overlook the blinker fluid reservoir. On your particular Taco, the fill cap is located under the passenger seat....immediately aft of the under slung Johnson rod mounting buttress. You must buy the type K(p) fluid. It has the correct friction modifiers to interface properly with the optical shear pramus. I am MAGA.

Re: Check engine light...... Jim_Conrad #13678050 03/21/19
Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 19,596 Central Valley NorKal FatCity67 Campfire Ranger
FatCity67 Campfire Ranger Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 19,596 Central Valley NorKal	Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad Washer fluid is not going to fix that problem. Its amazing just how often otherwise responsible people overlook the blinker fluid reservoir. On your particular Taco, the fill cap is located under the passenger seat....immediately aft of the under slung Johnson rod mounting buttress. You must buy the type K(p) fluid. It has the correct friction modifiers to interface properly with the optical shear pramus. Id go with the Maxlife for a Taco that old. "Maybe we're all happy." "Go to the sporting goods store. From the files, obtain form 4473. These will contain descriptions of weapons and lists of private ownership."

Re: Check engine light...... WeimsnKs #13678051 03/21/19
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 18,243 North Central Idaho FieldGrade OP Campfire Ranger
OP FieldGrade Campfire Ranger Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 18,243 North Central Idaho	Originally Posted by WeimsnKs Originally Posted by FieldGrade The check engine light came on in my Taco yesterday. I added some windshield washer fluid to the reservoir today but it's still on. Any ideas/suggestions? Thanks I hope you just forgot the sarcasm font.

Re: Check engine light...... FieldGrade #13678053 03/21/19
Joined: May 2016 Posts: 60,308 Montana J Jim_Conrad Campfire Kahuna
Jim_Conrad Campfire Kahuna J Joined: May 2016 Posts: 60,308 Montana	Excellent advice. I am MAGA.

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