How To Reset The Service Engine Light Ford 53 Frame

Topic: Resetting the "Service Engine Shortly" indicator light

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Posted Past: mamaw56 on 07/01/09 12:49pm Is there a sequence involved in resetting the "Service Engine Soon" indicator light and could it be caused by the oil change cycle? Information technology's a 2000 chasis, Ford V-10.

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Posted Past: tahiti16 on 07/01/09 12:56pm Well-nigh ofttimes the light is connected to a smog equipment failure or aberrant levels.

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Posted By: othertonka on 07/01/09 01:09pm When the service engine light comes on it means that the figurer detected something incorrect. Yous demand a Scan tool that plugs into the OBDII port and reads the stored lawmaking and tells you lot what system has a problem and where you should look to repair it. Then after information technology is repaired, yous can push a "reset button" on the browse tool and it will reset the code and the light will become off. So you lot actually should start be concerned what the Lawmaking is that is causing the low-cal to come up on. A shop will unremarkably accuse you a diagnois fee to read the code or yous can purchase a browse tool for most $sixty.00. Yous utilize to exist abe to become to Motorcar Zone and they would read it for you for free, but I take heard they have quit doing that service.
By the way, the calorie-free has null to do with the Oil change cycle.

Actron Scan reader
This is the 1 I have, information technology works real well.

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Othertonka
2004 Southwind 32VS eight.i Workhorse chassis
2002 CRV Toad
U. Due south. Gear Unified restriction system
Retired Burn down Helm, SFD

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Posted By: wny_pat on 07/01/09 01:14pm othertonka beat me to it. And he said information technology nicer.

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Posted By: weasel4 on 07/01/09 01:17pm mamaw56
Disconnect the battery for a one-half hr and it will reset the ECM to factory default. It takes a few miles subsequently you go going again for it to reprogram itself.
BTC

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Posted By: Finally Fulltiming on 07/01/09 01:41pm Simply paid nearly $300 to get my V-10 light reset + an oil change.

Needed a $200 part to supervene upon a bad sensor which was (1) making the calorie-free go on & (ii) not recycling unburned gas. According to the Ford mechanic, the latter, along with polluting the air a chip, would also subtract the life of my catalytic converter - an expensive item.

FWIW, this was the 3rd Ford dealer I've taken information technology to for the same problem. The previous two diagnosed information technology equally a sensor trouble merely idea maybe it was just a loose emission tube, pushed it on a bit tighter, reset the light & sent me on my way. Neither charged me a total hour's labor simply neither fixed the problem. Hopefully this 1 did.

Thought I was doing "the right thing" by going to a Ford dealer, merely who knows? These days with all the computerization most of us are pretty much at the mercy of whomever we go to.

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Posted By: thunderstruckhd on 07/01/09 01:49pm

weasel4 wrote:

mamaw56
Disconnect the bombardment for a one-half hour and it volition reset the ECM to factory default. It takes a few miles after y'all go going again for it to reprogram itself.
BTC

Wrong... the light will not get out till the problem is fixed...

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Posted By: thunderstruckhd on 07/01/09 01:55pm

Finally Fulltiming wrote:

Simply paid about $300 to get my V-x light reset + an oil change.

Needed a $200 function to replace a bad sensor which was (1) making the light continue & (two) non recycling unburned gas. According to the Ford mechanic, the latter, along with polluting the air a fleck, would also subtract the life of my catalytic converter - an expensive item.

FWIW, this was the 3rd Ford dealer I've taken it to for the aforementioned problem. The previous two diagnosed it as a sensor trouble only thought maybe it was just a loose emission tube, pushed it on a bit tighter, reset the low-cal & sent me on my way. Neither charged me a full hour'south labor but neither fixed the problem. Hopefully this one did.

Idea I was doing "the right thing" by going to a Ford dealer, but who knows? These days with all the computerization well-nigh of united states of america are pretty much at the mercy of whomever nosotros go to.

Well your pretty much correct going to the Ford dealer unless you know a "good" contained. Being in the kiss. I would pick the dealer over a non-dealer shop while out of my expanse. The reason the other ii Ford dealers didn't fix the problem is because they didn't know how to. You got lucky at the third. These computerized vehicles are getting so hard to repair even the dealers can't fix them. The other problen is its getting harder to observe good tech's. The auto repair industry is non attractive as a profession anymore...

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Posted By: othertonka on 07/01/09 02:03pm

Finally Fulltiming wrote:

Merely paid nearly $300 to go my V-x light reset + an oil alter.

Needed a $200 function to replace a bad sensor which was (1) making the light go on & (ii) not recycling unburned gas. According to the Ford mechanic, the latter, along with polluting the air a bit, would besides decrease the life of my catalytic converter - an expensive item.

FWIW, this was the 3rd Ford dealer I've taken information technology to for the same problem. The previous 2 diagnosed information technology as a sensor problem but thought maybe information technology was merely a loose emission tube, pushed it on a bit tighter, reset the light & sent me on my style. Neither charged me a full hour's labor but neither fixed the trouble. Hopefully this one did.

Thought I was doing "the right thing" by going to a Ford dealer, only who knows? These days with all the computerization virtually of the states are pretty much at the mercy of whomever we go to.

Only you did the right affair, you got information technology stock-still, y'all did not just ignore the trouble, which in the long run could have been more expensive. Thsy put that low-cal there for a reason.. Why anyone would advise that you lot just ignore information technology when the light comes on is beyond me.
Thanks for posting your experience.

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Posted By: Rex & Shirley on 07/01/09 04:02pm One actually simple affair to check (and remember near) is the gas cap. If the low-cal came on shortly later y'all refuled last, the cap may be a fleck loose. Check the tightness and the light volition reset after a number of restarts (tin can't remember how many). Likewise the big Oring that seals the cap to the neck may have a crack or chip missing and volition ready the calorie-free.

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Posted By: MoRambler on 07/01/09 05:28pm I bought an OBDII monitor at Harbor Freight for "I think" about $35. I didn't effigy I'd be using it on a daily/weekly basis, so I opted for a cheap 1. It worked only fine, and would requite you the codes and you could articulate the light.

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Larry & Ann
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2013 Ford F150 5.0L V8 w/TT Pkg.

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Posted By: weasel4 on 07/11/09 02:30pm Thunderstruckhd babbled

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WRONG... the calorie-free will not go out till the trouble is fixed...

I venture to say the light will go uot and it will reappear when the fault is re detected by the ECM. The question was: How to become rid of the low-cal, not how to repair the fault.
BTC

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Posted By: mamaw56 on 08/11/09 09:19am The problem with our engine low-cal situation was a simple resolve. What nosotros thought was probably a manual upshot was simply a battery trouble. Nosotros had all three batteries replaced and the problem resolved. Aparently the electronics are pretty touchy. You need to have expert batteries, even with the motor running it will throw everything out of whack if the voltage is too low. Thanks for all the input.

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