Please Help!

[cliff883]

Someone at work actually had one of those code readers and wanted to see what the auto part stores were talking about. He got the same link error message, but he said it is getting power just will not link up. His machine was the same as the ones both stores used. He believes there is something different about the cpu like either being OBDIII or a hybrid version of OBDII and I need a newe reader to read it. But the light is out now anyway,I put half a tank of high octane gas in to mix with what we believe to have been bad gas.

[cobaltkrazy]

Originally Posted by cliff883

Someone at work actually had one of those code readers and wanted to see what the auto part stores were talking about. He got the same link error message, but he said it is getting power just will not link up. His machine was the same as the ones both stores used. He believes there is something different about the cpu like either being OBDIII or a hybrid version of OBDII and I need a newe reader to read it. But the light is out now anyway,I put half a tank of high octane gas in to mix with what we believe to have been bad gas.

sounds like the O2 sensor to me.......and about the link-up, my car is an 06, and i had no problem reading the codes with the snap-on reader my shop has.......

[cliff883]

Its probably a better meter and your probably right about the o2 sensor, possibly caused from the burning of bad gas.

[cobaltkrazy]

usually a stale gas will cause the O2 sensor to throw a cel...........and with the scanner, i used our older scanner, not a newer one.......

[cliff883]

I don't know what brand scanner they used but they were all the same and they were orange.

[cobaltkrazy]

so are both ours, lol

my corsica had the same problem, and i believe it was an ecm relay

[cliff883]

My car is throwing code p0141 (O2 SENSOR BNK1 SEN2 HEATER CKT MALF), i CHANGED THE SENSOR BUT THE CODE STILL CAME BACK. ANY SUGGESTIONS

[cobaltkrazy]

Originally Posted by cliff883

My car is throwing code p0141 (O2 SENSOR BNK1 SEN2 HEATER CKT MALF), i CHANGED THE SENSOR BUT THE CODE STILL CAME BACK. ANY SUGGESTIONS

which sensor? there are two of them......have you changed your cat?

[cliff883]

SEn2 would mean the down flow sensor which is the one I replaced, and yes my car has a CA downpipe with hi flo cat.

[cobaltkrazy]

ok, that's a start, now, did it start throwing the code after you installed the parts, or have the parts been installed for awhile before the code appeared?