01 Hyundai Tiburon 'check engine light'

I have a 2001 Hyundai Tiburon and it has run fine since I've had it. A
couple days ago the check engine light came on however when I put it
into drive. It was shaky to start off and is now ruff when it idles..
any idea what's wrong?

 

Reply to message from (Sat, 17 Mar 2007 20:54:36)
about "01 Hyundai Tiburon 'check engine light'":

s> I have a 2001 Hyundai Tiburon and it has run fine since I've had it. A
s> couple days ago the check engine light came on however when I put it
s> into drive. It was shaky to start off and is now ruff when it idles..
s> any idea what's wrong?

Did you fill up with gas just before the light started coming on?

If there was no prior warning signs of anything going wrong then the gas
cap seal is often the culprit.

Best Regards
Wayne Moses <> Sat, 17 Mar 2007 22:05:24 -0500

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Since it's running rough, I'd suspect a misfire. To find out for sure,
you'll need to have the engine and transmission diagnostic trouble codes
read. AutoZone and AAMCO have advertised they'll do this for free. If
you report back with the codes, I'll tell you what they mean.

 

Wayne you fixed it...now can read!

 

Wouldn't the check engine light blink if it was misfiring?

Len

 

Whether the check engine lamp flashes depends on the severity of the
misfire. A flashing check engine lamp means that catalyst damage is
likely after continued driving.

While it's true that a flashing check engine lamp implies a misfire, the
converse (i.e. a misfire implies a flashing check engine lamp) is not
true.

 

Reply to message from "Deck" <> (Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:05:09)
about "Re: 01 Hyundai Tiburon 'check engine light'":

D> Wayne you fixed it...now can read!

I changed the encoding twice this weekend, so I am not sure about the final
solution to your problem.

I am now using 8-bit Western European (Windows) - can you still read this
post ?

Best Regards
Wayne Moses <> Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:26:48 -0500

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Nope

Eric

 

**Looks fine from here.

kaboomie

 

Reply to message from (kaboom) (Mon, 19 Mar 2007
19:47:03) about "Re: Unreadable posts":

k> **Looks fine from here.

Thanks.

Best Regards
Wayne Moses <> Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:05:15 -0500

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