Thanks for that Paul! Bentley does say that it should read off the codes, display a .5 second flash, then the light will stay off. Then if you want to read the codes again, you repeat the procedure. This thing has been flashing the same code for an hour! The way I read Bently, it should stop flashing codes when it has flashed them all (If there is more than one)
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To clear the codes, you wait until it has flashed the code then there's a long pause
before it starts to flash the codes again. Right when you get the long pause after flashing the codes you hold the gas pedal to the floor for 10 seconds to clear the codes.
Originally Posted by mlrwy
Hi Bill! Just ran out to the garage and tried your suggestion, still won't stop flashing the same code! What it does is flash the code, go off for 5 seconds, comes on for 5 seconds, off for 2.5 seconds, then repeats the code again. Does this over and over! I tried holding the gas pedal down for 10 seconds AFTER the code (during the 5 sec. pause) and also holding it down for 10 sec. AFTER the 5 sec. on & before the code flashes. No luck! It just keeps doing the same thing!
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Turn it off and try it again, sometimes it takes a couple of trys to get it right.
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O.K. Tried it quite a few times again! (MAN it's cold out there!!!) Waited for the code to flash and as soon as it paused, held the pedal down. It just kept doing it's thing! Flashing the code! I'm wondering, if a fault has exsisted for a while, would it record it each time you start the car, or would it just record it as one fault?
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If its a hard fault it will show up almost immediately , if its an
intermittent fault sometimes you can clear it and then it won't come back for a day or two of driving.. Depends on what the fault code is for.
What code are you getting?
Hey Bill, got sidetracked! It's the 1213 code (O2 sensor #2 lean/rich control stop) Gonna give up for today... thanks for the help...I'll try again tomorrow.
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That code should clear and then not come back for about 5 minutes if its a
hard fault..
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i've found most 02 codes on v8s can be traced to intake leaks and or the pcv plate has failed, with the engine cold start it and spray some carb cleaner below the throttle body under the intake manifold, if the idle changes you have a air leak and need intake gaskets
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