NE NJ local meets on Tuesday nights
01-15-2009, 09:32 PM
#5112
Registered
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: NJ
Posts: 1,401
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
01-15-2009, 09:57 PM
#5113
Embrace The Sparkles
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NNJ
Posts: 844
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Can the cold cause the 8 to go into a limp mode????
I started the car today, normal start, came back 15 minutes later once it was warmed up and found a solid check engine light. I drove for a few feet and it felt like 10hp was moving it.
So i proceeded to do the 20 brake pedal ecu reset. Car drove fine after that but the light stayed on. I went to auto zone and no codes came up from the scanner. Any idea whats going on???
I started the car today, normal start, came back 15 minutes later once it was warmed up and found a solid check engine light. I drove for a few feet and it felt like 10hp was moving it.
So i proceeded to do the 20 brake pedal ecu reset. Car drove fine after that but the light stayed on. I went to auto zone and no codes came up from the scanner. Any idea whats going on???
01-15-2009, 10:00 PM
#5115
The anti-ricer
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Hillsdale, NJ
Posts: 1,888
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Can the cold cause the 8 to go into a limp mode????
I started the car today, normal start, came back 15 minutes later once it was warmed up and found a solid check engine light. I drove for a few feet and it felt like 10hp was moving it.
So i proceeded to do the 20 brake pedal ecu reset. Car drove fine after that but the light stayed on. I went to auto zone and no codes came up from the scanner. Any idea whats going on???
I started the car today, normal start, came back 15 minutes later once it was warmed up and found a solid check engine light. I drove for a few feet and it felt like 10hp was moving it.
So i proceeded to do the 20 brake pedal ecu reset. Car drove fine after that but the light stayed on. I went to auto zone and no codes came up from the scanner. Any idea whats going on???
You should also get a Cobb AccessPORT, great investment and it would tell you what your code is.
01-15-2009, 10:05 PM
#5117
Embrace The Sparkles
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NNJ
Posts: 844
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Out of warranty. Ive had 2 Accessport ecu's and sold them both. Your right there great for reading/clearing codes. Ill give it a few miles to turn off before i look deeply into whats going on. Just hoping it was the engine not liking the 5 degrees weather at warm up.
01-15-2009, 10:07 PM
#5118
The anti-ricer
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Hillsdale, NJ
Posts: 1,888
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The most prudent might be bringing it to Mazda
01-15-2009, 10:08 PM
#5119
Can the cold cause the 8 to go into a limp mode????
I started the car today, normal start, came back 15 minutes later once it was warmed up and found a solid check engine light. I drove for a few feet and it felt like 10hp was moving it.
So i proceeded to do the 20 brake pedal ecu reset. Car drove fine after that but the light stayed on. I went to auto zone and no codes came up from the scanner. Any idea whats going on???
I started the car today, normal start, came back 15 minutes later once it was warmed up and found a solid check engine light. I drove for a few feet and it felt like 10hp was moving it.
So i proceeded to do the 20 brake pedal ecu reset. Car drove fine after that but the light stayed on. I went to auto zone and no codes came up from the scanner. Any idea whats going on???
01-15-2009, 10:11 PM
#5120
Embrace The Sparkles
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NNJ
Posts: 844
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Yeaaa im not really a go to the stealership kind of guy. Im gonna try another obd scanner tomorrow, if not ill borrow my old AP from a local buyer and see if it catches the code.
01-16-2009, 12:18 PM
#5122
BUT
my car did a funny thing when i started it and it was colder than about -15. as soon as i put the car in neutral and let it warm up, it would run through a rev cycle? as in, it would rev itself to about 3 k about once a second for five minutes (about). when it got warm enough it would stop revving and run at about 2 k, and then slowly decrease engine speed to a normal of 750 at optimal temp. i've never seen another car do that before. it's kind of unnerving. when it was warmer though, or if i ran it recently... like a couple hours before... it would NOT do this. so i'm positive it was a TEMP issue and not really a MAF issue, like i first thought.
odd huh?
also, for reference, lcd screens don't really work at about -3 deg f... so forget knowing your speed and what radio channel you're listening to, haha.
01-16-2009, 12:52 PM
#5124
if your not 1st your last
bankok you bring the asian women
I will bring the spanish chicks
This cold as weather is starting to suck, traveling to miami for work in feb again though hahaha looking forward to seeing some friends Puerto rico for 3 days my friends mom passed away so I told her I will go with her. and the beach I hope but I doubt it 
but Cant wait till april so I can make the meets in Pacman. for now its business as usual. bad news today stupid training budget for my company has been cut. its starting to get scary what can happen. thankgod Im young and no kids but I did take on a part time if I pass my physical....
might be able to post more from second job :0)
stay warm you pelcans Im lurking but still around
I will bring the spanish chicks
This cold as weather is starting to suck, traveling to miami for work in feb again though hahaha looking forward to seeing some friends
Puerto rico for 3 days my friends mom passed away so I told her I will go with her. and the beach I hope but I doubt it but Cant wait till april so I can make the meets in Pacman. for now its business as usual. bad news today stupid training budget for my company has been cut. its starting to get scary what can happen. thankgod Im young and no kids but I did take on a part time if I pass my physical....
might be able to post more from second job :0)
stay warm you pelcans Im lurking but still around