1997 DSM CEL diagnosis

NYSpeed Automotive
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A friend of mine who isn’t too car literate is having a problem with his CEL coming on and needs it inspected. I remember in my old dodge you could turn the key on and off 3 times and it would flash the CEL “X” amount of times to give you the code number to ID the problem area.

Is there a way to do this on a DSM? If so and I get the code, do any of you DSM guys have a book that outlines the trouble codes?

This is a 4 banger FWD, NA by the way.

thanks in advance, heading over there now to help him out. I’ll be checking back here/online from my phone.

steve

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theres a way to pull codes hooking an ohm meter to the plug and you read the sweeps. tell him get a chiltons it will give you instructions and what everything means

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thanks man, I’ll check that out :tup:

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Or he could take it to autozone to get the code read.

I’m guessing O2 sensor. Those cars like to go through them for some reason.

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went to autozone. Turns out it was the gas cap.

thanks for the help/tips :tup:

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LOL! I hate when that happens!!

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haha no shit… oh well, kept the wrenching to a minimum

more time for beer :smiley: