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I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ...


Sent to Car Experts May 05, 2006 12:14 p.m.

I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON. IT COMES ON AND OFF. ITS FINE WHEN IM DRIVIN IT,BUT HOWEVER AS SOON AS I STOP AT A LIGHT AND SIT FOR A MINUTE IT STARTS TO IDLE BY ITSELF AND THEN WILL JUST DROP BACK DOWN BY ITSELF AND WILL DAM NEAR CUT OFF BUT IT WONT. THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON SOME OCCASIONS (OFTEN ALOT). ALL THIS STARTED HAPPENING YESTERDAY EVENING AND IT ALSO DOES A JERK EVERY NOW AND THEN WHEN THE CHEK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. ACOUPLE OF PEOPLE TOLD ME IT SOUNDED LIKE THE AIR FILTER NEEDS CHANGING AND OIL FILTER DUE TO THE FACT I FOUND OUT YESTERDAY WHEN I WENT TO AUTO ZONE AND THEY CHECKED IT,MY TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS BONE DRY EMPTY AND MY OIL WAS BONE DRY EMPTY. WHICH MEANS WHEN HE KEPT POURING THE OIL INTO THE CAR THE FIRST 2 QUARTS WERE NOT READING ON THE DIP STICK AND HE SAID IT WAS COMPLETELY BONE DRY TOO. SO HE FILLED IT UP UNTIL IT STARTED READING ON THE DIP STICK. MY DAD SAID I COULD HAVE POSSIBLY DAMAGED SOMETHING DUE TO THE FACT I HAD NO FLUIDS IN MY CAR (THE OIL AND TRANSMISSION FLUID). IM GOING TO A MECHANIC TODAY BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR OPINION ALSO ON WHAT IT COULD POSSIBLY BE.

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1995 Mercury mystique 4 cylinder

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