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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 12:52 PM
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my 2000 cherokee has been running fine then this am check engine light came on...I had driven about 40 miles stopped then started back up and the light stayed on..Any thing I can do or check?

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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 12:54 PM
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go to advanced auto or autozone and get the code read for free...then post it up. we cant tell you anything to look at without that.
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 01:08 PM
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if mine aint on i think theres something wrong i eventually got tired of seein it so i put black electrical tape over the light so i wouldnt notice it,but i havent had an issue with it
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 01:11 PM
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I would check it out.

Mine came on and I ignored it for a while because my engine was running fine, but the wires leading to my fuel injector were fused together somehow and I would have been stranded if I had not have checked it out
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 01:19 PM
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I am on my way to autozone now!!
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 01:20 PM
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yea ima have to hit up autozone soon to now
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 02:36 PM
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it read misfire on cylinder one...
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 03:55 PM
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That's not bad then, I've had that happen before. I believe something like 130 different things can set off that light so you never really know until you check it out
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by hootie46
it read misfire on cylinder one...
Pull your spark plug, check to see if it's good. Check the gap on it. Also check your plug wires.
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 05:19 PM
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check cap and rotor also
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