check engine light...

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  1. mokinbird87

    mokinbird87 Active Member

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    my car is throwing a check engine, so i hooked up my AP, and it says code P0031? any idea what this is? on the cobb website, they say that it can show up from a low octane gas, and possibly the engine is misfiring. i guess it would be a good idea not to push it right now.
     
  2. Matt

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    P0031- front O2 sensor heater control circuit low??? wth is this?
     
  4. mokinbird87

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    so how would you fix it?
     
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    new o2 sensor
     
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    damn, any idea how much it is? also, is it safe to drive my car hard at this point?
     
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    lostinthewoods Frisco Tx Baller

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    lostinthewoods Frisco Tx Baller

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    I would check the wires from your O2 sensor to make sure they didnt get melted or anything.
     
  9. 1ll-WRX

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    I had this before and had to get the sensor replaced...
     
  10. mokinbird87

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    any idea what causes this? is the O2 sensor simply old? or is it because i`m catless?
     
  11. cannarella

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    If it is the front one it would have nothting to do with you being catless. Maybe just old.
     
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    I'm guessing it can go whenever for no apparent reason...pretty sure that's what they told me
     
  13. Matt

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    sensors fail all the time. you know you get a discount at SoG off parts, right?

    I'm not sure which sensor you would need, either WRX or STi, since you have a swap done...
     
  14. pEd

    pEd This ain't no Piccadilly!

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    you're car has close to 100K on it right??
     
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    yes sir... and now the leak from where the DP and the midpipe meets is REALLY bad... i dunno if that is the one that is causing the sound, but my car sounds like a helicopter... but it's kind of weird because it will only sounds like that when i`m traveling at over 40+ mph.. it wont do it when i`m just standing still and reving it.. maybe it is something else, and if it is, i`m going to be pissed

    i hate the fact that my car is soo old.. it cost more to maintain than to mod...and it doesnt help when you have NO money..
     

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