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Re: Questions on Emissions

To: Eric@megageek.com, shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Questions on Emissions
From: Mike Lee <mikel@ichips.intel.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 09:15:07 -0700
>       Also, it doesn't always hit the idiot light. (it never did on my Nissan
>240SX)  You'd have to look at how the computer works (what it considers a
>soft vs. hard failure, etc).  Also, there might be a way to read codes 
>(not all of which would trip the light).   Chrysler used to be able to be 
>sent into diag mode by turning the ignition on and off three times (but that 
>was k-cars, not sure about jeeps)

Jeeps from '91 on did have that feature.  Cycling the ignition switch on/off 3 
times will cause the check engine light to blink out the error codes.  The 
codes should keep cycling until the ignition is turned off.  I don't know that 
feature still worked after OBD.






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