Originally posted by BillyT:
Originally posted by Tony2005:
Originally posted by BillyT:
... Also would that and the linkage problem really be problems that only show up after driving long enough to get the hot very hot? Same with a fully broken IMRC, right? That would mean the car is always slow right? Not just after driving a while.

Just for clarification, the car hauls ass right out of my garage and then dies off some 10-20 mins later.


Bad fuel pump or intermittently functional IMRC would have this condition.



Are these problems that should throw a code that a mechanic can see?


Sometimes yes, sometimes no. That is how intermittently functional devices work. How's that for a play in words?

Actually, to throw a code, the PCM needs to determine maybe on two cycles (or more) that a device is defective. If it is showing defective on one time, and then not on another or more times, it will not turn on the Check Engine Light. I guess one time, it is stored as a pending code (will not light up, but if the mechanic scans it, it will show up as a pending code). But if by the time the mechanic scans it and the PCM has erased the code by itself, then you will have no codes. In any case, sometimes codes are not stored even if the device is broken.


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