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Question: check light indicates emissions problems

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joyce b trawick, 3.0L V6, Philadelphia, PA, July 07, 2010, 18:43
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check light came home-told dirt in the emissions pipe? what does that mean, something with the gas cap problem

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    mastertech6371 July 07, 2010, 19:01
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    find a new shop. you need someone who knows what they are doing and do the job correctly.

    Roy

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    Pvt-Public July 08, 2010, 04:47
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    The "check engine light" can be triggered for literally hundreds of reasons (emissions problems are about 30-50 of them) and a loose gas cap is only one of them. The codes need to be read while the light is on. And these codes just give a good place to start diagnostics.

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