Service engine soon light

[SunburstGoldGT]

I just installed steeda underdrives and also put on a new alternator because the center of my broke off while we were puttin on the pulleys and now my service engine soon light is on and will blink if i accelerate hard, in the manual it says its an "exhaust malfunction" or the car is misfiring. Did i mess up the timing and if so can ford fix it at the dealership....

 

[GT2000JAY]

You shouldn't have thrown the timing off. Have the code scanned at autozone and post it up. A flashing CEL usually means there is potential to damage the cats. I think more help would be available with the actual code...

Jay

 

[SunburstGoldGT]

how much does it cost to get the code scanned? I'm gettin ready to go to europe for 17 days and am trying to save money, i leave monday morning and would like to at least know what the problem is before i fly away, thanks for your help...

 

[bdcardinal]

autozone scans the codes for free

 

[CottonBurnerz]

hmm i just installed steeda pulleys and accufab plenum/tb 2 days ago.. no problem at all exept the a/c and rpm hanging issue (which is normal) and that I forgot to plug in the alternator to battery wire back into the alt (see other thread)

Anyhow, good luck on your problem

 

[00GTblkvert]

If everything checks out ok you can disconnect the battery cables for about 30 min and hook them back up and that should reset the computor and shut off the light.

 

[SunburstGoldGT]

I just got the codes pulled at autozone and the guy was thankfully a mustang owner, ha, the codes were cylinder 1 and 6 misfiring, he told me to just check the coil packs and see if all the electrical connections were tight, i popped the hood and wiggled the coils and pushed all the connectors, turned on the car and the light was off(im guessing he cleared it). Then i drove the 10-15 miles home and i drove it hard and the light hasnt came back on, maybe i just leaned on a plug or something and loosened it when i was installing the pulleys or alt, so far so good but if it comes back on ill post again. Thanks for everyones help, the owners manual is so vague.

B