otakueric

driving home in my 200 mile trek back to queens from college, my check engine light started flashing, just flashing out of nowhere, i pulled over, and my car never started again, after about 4 hrs, i was just SUPER CONFUSED, i was getting no spark, but none o fmy fuses were out, so i had no idea what was going on, so i had to tow it 40 miles, 270$ and started replacing piece by piece to see whats wrong, it turns out the coil is bad, i might end up getting a new dizzy anyway
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this is gonna set me back a good 500$

Ricey McRicerton

A flashing CEL means random misfires. Wish I could help more than that.

otakueric

would random misfires happen if my coil goes out?
or is the coil going out, from the random misfires?
thanks

I'll cut ya!

god damn sign up for AAA coverage

that $270 you just blew wouldve covered you for over 3 years.

otakueric

i hope its an easy fix

and how am i supposed to know my cars gonna die on me at 1k miles on the engine :\

Kamin

yes a bad coil can cause random misfires.

I'll cut ya!

im not saying you should have known. But its like any insurance, you never DO know.

Chiovnidca

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A flashing CEL means it's a severe missfire, usually a dead cylinder. Honda refers to it as a "catalyst damaging missfire".

otakueric

that sounds scary..
i hope all it is, is a dead coil