so i pulled codes from my car
2000 civic coupe ex D16y8

it gives me the code that im running too rich, then a pause with nothing a long light, a pause then the rich code again. is the single long light a code? or does it represent that the codes are being re sent.

what happened was i drove through a very deep puddle during some crazy rain we had in san diego and a few moments later (3-5 mins) i throw a cel. after some driving i still had good gas mileage until about a week ago where i ended up getting 20mpg...yes 20mpg out of a 1.6l engine and no i havent changed my driving style, plugs are ok, and the oil was just changed.

i want to think that the long flash for the cel is telling me its the intake air temp. sensor.

am i right? or is it the o2 sensor? (theres no code saying the o2 sensor is bad though)

thanks everyone

 

ttt

 

TTT!

 

So a puddle caused you to throw a 45?

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Sounds like a 10, aka IAT Sensor

But that still wouldnt make sense of how a puddle could have caused you to loose milage

 

well....deep puddle about 8 inches deep and i have an sri


can anyone post a pic of where the Intake Air Temp sensor is? i want to look at it


Modified by travisallenn at 3:12 AM 3/3/2008

 

Its still odd that water can mess up the Air/Fuel Mixture..., Have u noticed any major loss of power?

The IAT is the little sensor think that plugs up to a hole on the actual SRI. If u have an ebay one, it might not have that hole and might be dangling around the engine bay...

One last thing have u tried resetting the ecu then seeing if the CELs come back?

 

yeah just tried the ecu reset today

i turned the car on and after it was on for about 5 minutes the cel came back on

any ideas?