Hey gear-heads, I have a regular ‘00 Civic VP and the check engine light turned on a week ago. I just did an oil change and I reset the light by unplugging the battery for a couple minutes but the light came on after a couple hours of driving. Lately it seems I have been losing gas mileage. I don‘t know if it is the cold weather (Wisconsin) or something is wrong with the car like the O2 sensor or what not. The gas cap is on tight, so that‘s not the problem. What is your guys‘ take on the problem. Thanks in advance.
These Honda Si ECUs are not that complicated. Usually the check engine light is associated with the emission problems like cylinder not firing, bad spark plugs, clogged fuel injectors, O2 sensor malfunction, or problem with Catalytic converter. I would change the spark plugs first, and go from there. Also driving with Check engine light would damage the Catalytic converter. so would minimize the driving.
the number of blinks the check engine light does is a code and once you know the blinks like 2 long 1 short then you can look up what it says in the manual or probably ask again at yahoo answers
if your light is blinking at you.thats your car's way of saving DONT drive me. I would take it to a dealership or a shop you trust that is able to hook up your vehicle to a diagnostic machine and pull the code that is stored. That light could be an emissions related light (02 sensor like you said, cat converter, etc) but it's best to get it checked out incase it's something a lil' more serious
