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la_scanner · 03-22-2009, 11:53 PM

well i do recall us having a difficult time getting that filter box snapped back together. but if anything. a lot of my reason for posting here is to make sure its not the AUTOLITE Part # XP3924 plugs that would be causing the light on. im getting a lot of crap from mom and grandma saying well if your friend didn't do this and that. well shit, sorry. my sister fucked it up with gas to begin with . we did not have 1000 bucks for toyota to do what they wanted to do. so i feel my buddy and me did a pretty decent job. and for the other mechanic. alosta auto and tire in glendora. why when he did a tune up on car and dent out a rim for 301 bucks say that no no no, its not the spark plugs. i got the light off. but if it comes back on bring back and will see whats up. then he decides, okay. its the spark plugs. must put toyota spark plugs in. another $138. then light back on. ahhhhhh....so frustrated being one blamed here even though sister does this and it seems no one cares. maybe we have more then a car problem ha? :)

CTScott · 03-22-2009, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by la_scanner

well i do recall us having a difficult time getting that filter box snapped back together. but if anything. a lot of my reason for posting here is to make sure its not the AUTOLITE Part # XP3924 plugs that would be causing the light on. im getting a lot of crap from mom and grandma saying well if your friend didn't do this and that. well shit, sorry. my sister fucked it up with gas to begin with . we did not have 1000 bucks for toyota to do what they wanted to do. so i feel my buddy and me did a pretty decent job. and for the other mechanic. alosta auto and tire in glendora. why when he did a tune up on car and dent out a rim for 301 bucks say that no no no, its not the spark plugs. i got the light off. but if it comes back on bring back and will see whats up. then he decides, okay. its the spark plugs. must put toyota spark plugs in. another $138. then light back on. ahhhhhh....so frustrated being one blamed here even though sister does this and it seems no one cares. maybe we have more then a car problem ha? :)

It is unlikely that the plugs are causing the MIL to light up (unless there was enough diesel left to foul them as well).

Again, the best way to know, rather than speculate, is to get the code read.

la_scanner · 03-23-2009, 12:05 AM

completely agree. but wouldn't you guess that the code or whatever was read by both toyota when grandma got estimate and when taken to local mechanic. i sure would. considering light was off for a while. 2 times so far. when she took for tune up and when she took back to put toyota plugs in. im so mad at myself that i did not go with her. she threw away printout from toyota and yes of course print out from the other guy!

Snyprwlf47 · 03-23-2009, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by la_scanner

well i do recall us having a difficult time getting that filter box snapped back together. but if anything. a lot of my reason for posting here is to make sure its not the AUTOLITE Part # XP3924 plugs that would be causing the light on. im getting a lot of crap from mom and grandma saying well if your friend didn't do this and that. well shit, sorry. my sister fucked it up with gas to begin with . we did not have 1000 bucks for toyota to do what they wanted to do. so i feel my buddy and me did a pretty decent job. and for the other mechanic. alosta auto and tire in glendora. why when he did a tune up on car and dent out a rim for 301 bucks say that no no no, its not the spark plugs. i got the light off. but if it comes back on bring back and will see whats up. then he decides, okay. its the spark plugs. must put toyota spark plugs in. another $138. then light back on. ahhhhhh....so frustrated being one blamed here even though sister does this and it seems no one cares. maybe we have more then a car problem ha? :)

Its more than likely that its not the plugs...Double check the filter box though.

jambo101 · 03-23-2009, 06:37 AM

Wondering how some one mistakenly put diesel fuel in your car as a diesel pump nozzle wont fit a gasoline powered cars filler tube as its twice the diameter to prevent accidental diesel fillups.
If in fact diesel was somehow put in your tank i'd expect your code will be pointing to the O2 sensor which would be totally contaminated with diesel exhaust byproducts.I would think your original problem might have been a result of bad gas(water contamination) Existing plugs would only need to be cleaned,your dealer is ripping you off by charging $138 for new ones.

la_scanner · 03-28-2009, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by jambo101

Wondering how some one mistakenly put diesel fuel in your car as a diesel pump nozzle wont fit a gasoline powered cars filler tube as its twice the diameter to prevent accidental diesel fillups.
If in fact diesel was somehow put in your tank i'd expect your code will be pointing to the O2 sensor which would be totally contaminated with diesel exhaust byproducts.I would think your original problem might have been a result of bad gas(water contamination) Existing plugs would only need to be cleaned,your dealer is ripping you off by charging $138 for new ones.

well i have the reciet that says $10.22 of diesel was pumped into car. it was almost 5 gallons. my dad and others have told me though that they used to do that with the sizes of nozzle. my dad thought they still did. maybe some gas stations do and dont. i would have to go to the chevron in la verne and see for myself. maybe it was forced in.

jambo101 · 03-28-2009, 06:30 AM

Go to the station and put the diesel nozzle in your gas filler and you will see very quickly how impossible it is to pump any diesel gas into your car,the only way i can see is if some one ran out of gas and filled it with a jerry can.
You said your sister was driving when this happened?what does she say? as the car would have started running bad almost immediately,That reciept you found may not be for a fill up of your car.

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03-22-2009, 11:53 PM	#1
la_scanner Drives: 2007 toyota yaris Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: southern california Posts: 87	well i do recall us having a difficult time getting that filter box snapped back together. but if anything. a lot of my reason for posting here is to make sure its not the AUTOLITE Part # XP3924 plugs that would be causing the light on. im getting a lot of crap from mom and grandma saying well if your friend didn't do this and that. well shit, sorry. my sister fucked it up with gas to begin with . we did not have 1000 bucks for toyota to do what they wanted to do. so i feel my buddy and me did a pretty decent job. and for the other mechanic. alosta auto and tire in glendora. why when he did a tune up on car and dent out a rim for 301 bucks say that no no no, its not the spark plugs. i got the light off. but if it comes back on bring back and will see whats up. then he decides, okay. its the spark plugs. must put toyota spark plugs in. another $138. then light back on. ahhhhhh....so frustrated being one blamed here even though sister does this and it seems no one cares. maybe we have more then a car problem ha? :)

03-23-2009, 12:05 AM	#3
la_scanner Drives: 2007 toyota yaris Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: southern california Posts: 87	completely agree. but wouldn't you guess that the code or whatever was read by both toyota when grandma got estimate and when taken to local mechanic. i sure would. considering light was off for a while. 2 times so far. when she took for tune up and when she took back to put toyota plugs in. im so mad at myself that i did not go with her. she threw away printout from toyota and yes of course print out from the other guy!

03-23-2009, 06:37 AM	#5
jambo101 Drives: yaris 08 sedan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Montreal Canada Posts: 1,286	Wondering how some one mistakenly put diesel fuel in your car as a diesel pump nozzle wont fit a gasoline powered cars filler tube as its twice the diameter to prevent accidental diesel fillups. If in fact diesel was somehow put in your tank i'd expect your code will be pointing to the O2 sensor which would be totally contaminated with diesel exhaust byproducts.I would think your original problem might have been a result of bad gas(water contamination) Existing plugs would only need to be cleaned,your dealer is ripping you off by charging $138 for new ones.

03-28-2009, 06:30 AM	#7
jambo101 Drives: yaris 08 sedan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Montreal Canada Posts: 1,286	Go to the station and put the diesel nozzle in your gas filler and you will see very quickly how impossible it is to pump any diesel gas into your car,the only way i can see is if some one ran out of gas and filled it with a jerry can. You said your sister was driving when this happened?what does she say? as the car would have started running bad almost immediately,That reciept you found may not be for a fill up of your car.