joc wrote:
My check engine light has been on for the past week. About three days ago my Engine Temp indicator started pinning to the right. Now this morning when I started my car up, the check engine light started flashing for maybe a minute, then went back to a solid light. Has anyone had this experience?
  A steady CEL usually means something fairly harmless; if there are no other symptoms, then you're probably just polluting more than you should, and perhaps burning more gas than you should.

  Your temperature gauge ?pinning to the right? is bad news; it means you're overheating, and at great risk of serious engine damage.

  A flashing CEL means that you've got at least one cylinder that is misfiring, perhaps as a result of serious damage resulting from running it while it was overheating.

  I'm glad I'm not you.

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Moonlight Blue 1996 Mercury Mystique GS , Zetec engine, ATX.  No mods. (Well, OK, one mod.  Before I got rid of my previous car, a 1994 Tempo, I swapped radios.  I liked the Tempo's radio better.  That counts as a mod, doesn't it?  I also kept one of my Tempo's wheels to use as a spare.  I hate those stupid ?compact? spares that come with modern cars.  Does this count as a mod?  If so, I guess I have two mods.  Replaced burned/melted blower switch and connector on 19 February 2002 with a 1P3T toggle switch from Marvac and a Molex connector from Rat Shack; I guess this now makes three mods.)