CEL thrown for temporarily disconnecting things

[jmjonesey]

Originally Posted by 127.0.0.1

1) While I was doing that I figured I would put some electrical tape over all the other connectors I could find (Alternator, other devices, etc) basically just wrapping up exposed wire.

shouldn't really need to do this as moisture can now get trapped and have a hard time drying out and could lead to accelerated corrosion, if your tape becomes a trap.

2) Just curious, was this the correct method for straightening this out?

the correct method is an OBD-II CAN protocol scan tool to determine the exact MIL code(s) being thrown

3) probably fine if you go three tanks of your normal driving patterns and the MIL doesn't come back

1) Ahh I see, probably right, is there possibly a better method, although I guess it isnt entirely necessary in the first place

2) Ive been looking for a reason to get one of those anyway!

3) One day down, short drive to work, so it will probably be a month or so before i get through 3 tanks :-) yay for high mileage


BTW: love your username, home, home on the range
Thank you for the quick response, just wanted to make sure nothing might have been brokeneded