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[-] LostXOR@fedia.io 9 points 4 months ago

Interesting, I've never heard of that. What does it blinking signify?

[-] Monstera@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 months ago

In my case it meant the cilinders were scrapping against the block with zero lube

[-] AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

My wife hates it when that happens

[-] Zink@programming.dev 5 points 4 months ago

It can mean a misfire too.

I had an old accord that basically lost a cylinder (blew a valve or something) but could still drive down the road with check engine blinking because that cylinder was “misfiring.”

It happened far away from home too. I drove several dozen miles with my unintentional 3 cylinder swap.

[-] AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago

To be fair, it can also mean "one of my fucking radiator fans is not responding quickly enough to computer control"

Which was not a fun experience when that happened to me, full fucking BEEP BEEP BEEP MOTHERFUCKER with a check engine and a STOP sign blaring on the digital system display panel, made me panic out of my mind because a radiator fan was a removed

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 4 months ago

Imminent catastrophic failure.

[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 2 points 4 months ago

Misfiring in my experience

[-] SkyJuice@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Typically it'll happen when your engine misfires due to an ignition coil crapping out. So the engine is now firing on only 3 cylinders if it's a 4cyl

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