Check Engine Light after oil change?

Gunbalaya · 01-15-2008, 06:17 PM

I have an '03 S2K with 33k miles and jst chages the oil in it for the first time. I filled the filter with AMSoil 10W-30, installed it, and put the rest of the 5 quarts in the oil fill. I started the engine, and the Check Engine Light came on and didn't go away. I checked the gas cap, and it seemed to be on tight. I disconnected the battery for about 30 sec., and the CEL just won't go away. Has this happned to anyone else? How did you fix it?

HELL_ON_WHEELS · 01-16-2008, 07:21 AM

try this Hold down the trip button, turn the key on, keep holding the button til the light goes off.

EJ2-B16a · 01-16-2008, 03:06 PM

Let me know if this didnt work.

EJ2-B16a · 01-16-2008, 03:07 PM

Oh and also did you disconnect your MAS by any chance?

Gunbalaya · 01-16-2008, 05:41 PM

I went to Advance Auto Parts this morning, they hooked the reader up to it and it said that the MAS was setting off the CEL. So I opened the air box, checked the connectors, hoses etc. Put it all back in, fired it up and drove off. The CEL went out after driving about 1/4 mile down the street!

Thanks for the help!!

gomarlins3 · 01-16-2008, 06:23 PM

How did your MAS get disconnected during an oil change?

Gunbalaya · 01-17-2008, 12:38 PM

I don't know exactly what it was that fixed it.

This was the first time I 've changed the oil on this car, and the jackass who did it before put the filter on so damn tight that I had to use a big set of channel locks to get it off. ( I couldn't find an oil filter wrench) I took the lid off the airbox and adjusted the whole thing so I could get the wrench in there, and I didn't get it all back together just right the first time.

Also the drain plug was torqued down so damn tight that I had to use an 18" breaker bar just to get it loose. Bullshit like that is why I don't trust anyone to do routine maintenance on any of my vehicles.

01-15-2008, 06:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gunbalaya Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 5	Check Engine Light after oil change? I have an '03 S2K with 33k miles and jst chages the oil in it for the first time. I filled the filter with AMSoil 10W-30, installed it, and put the rest of the 5 quarts in the oil fill. I started the engine, and the Check Engine Light came on and didn't go away. I checked the gas cap, and it seemed to be on tight. I disconnected the battery for about 30 sec., and the CEL just won't go away. Has this happned to anyone else? How did you fix it?

01-16-2008, 07:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
HELL_ON_WHEELS Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: SoCal Posts: 618	try this Hold down the trip button, turn the key on, keep holding the button til the light goes off. __________________ "Drive it like you stole it"

01-16-2008, 03:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
EJ2-B16a Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 16	Let me know if this didnt work. __________________ Come by and register at the brand new website Be some of the first people to register at a very fast growing website! www.HondaTune.net We are looking for Moderators in the S2000 section and many other places!

01-16-2008, 03:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
EJ2-B16a Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 16	Oh and also did you disconnect your MAS by any chance? __________________ Come by and register at the brand new website Be some of the first people to register at a very fast growing website! www.HondaTune.net We are looking for Moderators in the S2000 section and many other places!

01-16-2008, 06:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
gomarlins3 "Enjoy the drive" Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Kuna Idaho Posts: 2,428	How did your MAS get disconnected during an oil change? __________________ Happiness is a nice road, great weather, and driving the S with Sue in the seat next to me. "Whatever you do, where ever you go, enjoy the drive." I know for a FACT that the last year of production of the S2000 is 2003!!!!! After that, it will be the S2200 under an assumed name.

01-16-2008, 05:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
Gunbalaya Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 5	I went to Advance Auto Parts this morning, they hooked the reader up to it and it said that the MAS was setting off the CEL. So I opened the air box, checked the connectors, hoses etc. Put it all back in, fired it up and drove off. The CEL went out after driving about 1/4 mile down the street! Thanks for the help!!

01-17-2008, 12:38 PM	#7 (permalink)
Gunbalaya Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 5	I don't know exactly what it was that fixed it. This was the first time I 've changed the oil on this car, and the jackass who did it before put the filter on so damn tight that I had to use a big set of channel locks to get it off. ( I couldn't find an oil filter wrench) I took the lid off the airbox and adjusted the whole thing so I could get the wrench in there, and I didn't get it all back together just right the first time. Also the drain plug was torqued down so damn tight that I had to use an 18" breaker bar just to get it loose. Bullshit like that is why I don't trust anyone to do routine maintenance on any of my vehicles.

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