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Old 04-21-2011   #1
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Help reading a check engine light code

I did the vfaq thing using the buzzer to count the long and short tones to determine the code. The code went as follows:

SSSSS L SS L SSS LL SSSSS L SS L SSS LL.... REPEAT

Can somebody help me read this? The codes I got out of it didn't make sense for what the car is doing. Before I say what I got I would like someone elses opinion. The vfaq link is posted below.

http://vfaq.com/mods/wayback/BradBau...ical/code.html

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Old 04-21-2011   #2
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Re: Help reading a check engine light code

I get 12 and 13, MAF and intake air temp.

What's the car doing that those don't make sense?
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Re: Help reading a check engine light code

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I get 12 and 13, MAF and intake air temp.

What's the car doing that those don't make sense?
What about the two longs and five shorts, isn't that another code? The car is running on three cylinders and I can't figure out why. I just did a head gasket and it ran decent the night I finished (didn't drive it just idled) but the next day it threw the check engine light and started running like crap....
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Re: Help reading a check engine light code

You start reading codes at the first long pulse, and the last set of long pulses end it. My understanding is that you ignore the leading short pulses and trailing long pulses.

If I'm wrong, it's one extra code, 25, barometric pressure sensor, which is likely a MAP sensor.
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Re: Help reading a check engine light code

Baro, maf and intake air temp would all be related to the MAS, it's plug or it's wiring.
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Re: Help reading a check engine light code

You guys were right, it is the MAS. The plug is having issues. When i put pressure on plug one way or the other it seems to get better. Any suggestions? Also, does the code clear itself, or do i have to do something to clear it?
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