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Heres what I went through today.
Threw a service engine soon light (started up after sitting for almost a day and got it). It was a P1421 which is a cold start emissions related thing that can have to do with not enough air getting to the engine...and I installed a cold air intake 500 miles ago with no problems. I unhooked the battery and went through and checked all parts of the intake, disconnected them, reconnected them, so on. Reconnect battery and start her up: still there.
I am already taking the car into the dealer on Friday to have the torque strut mounts looked at, I am under warranty, but since this could be related to the intake (though I don't know why, it's sucking air just fine) I went into diagnostics mode and reset the light, of course it will likely pop up again if they disconnect the battery to do the torque mounts.
Anyway, I was wondering if I should mention it to the dealer because it could also be fuel system related? There is a TSB out on this code that says if there is no driveability symptoms and it's not the intake (I am sure they will say it is, but it's an AEM intake which is sold by Nissan) or the fuel system then it is an error with the ECM and it needs to be updated...so I might have them do that. Or, do I keep quiet and ignore it and hope it comes back on their watch?
I am leaning towards mentioning it right now, but the car seems to run fine. I am hoping they will take me seriously when I say that the intake didn't do it (or shouldn't have done it) and I want the ECM update after they check the fuel system.
Only other reason I can think intake is doing it is that I read online somewhere that the code has to do with the engine not heating up as fast as it thinks it should...I live in the sf bay area, no snow, etc, but the cold light has been on i for the past few weeks when I start the car...maybe the intake is just doing its job.
Anyway, any thoughts? Oh yeah I should mention that the service manual says if it is the intake it will mean that the car isn't getting enough air, not too much....the CAI should increase overall air going in, and, like I said, I put my hand by the filter (which is clean) and it seems to be sucking just fine...
Threw a service engine soon light (started up after sitting for almost a day and got it). It was a P1421 which is a cold start emissions related thing that can have to do with not enough air getting to the engine...and I installed a cold air intake 500 miles ago with no problems. I unhooked the battery and went through and checked all parts of the intake, disconnected them, reconnected them, so on. Reconnect battery and start her up: still there.
I am already taking the car into the dealer on Friday to have the torque strut mounts looked at, I am under warranty, but since this could be related to the intake (though I don't know why, it's sucking air just fine) I went into diagnostics mode and reset the light, of course it will likely pop up again if they disconnect the battery to do the torque mounts.
Anyway, I was wondering if I should mention it to the dealer because it could also be fuel system related? There is a TSB out on this code that says if there is no driveability symptoms and it's not the intake (I am sure they will say it is, but it's an AEM intake which is sold by Nissan) or the fuel system then it is an error with the ECM and it needs to be updated...so I might have them do that. Or, do I keep quiet and ignore it and hope it comes back on their watch?
I am leaning towards mentioning it right now, but the car seems to run fine. I am hoping they will take me seriously when I say that the intake didn't do it (or shouldn't have done it) and I want the ECM update after they check the fuel system.
Only other reason I can think intake is doing it is that I read online somewhere that the code has to do with the engine not heating up as fast as it thinks it should...I live in the sf bay area, no snow, etc, but the cold light has been on i for the past few weeks when I start the car...maybe the intake is just doing its job.
Anyway, any thoughts? Oh yeah I should mention that the service manual says if it is the intake it will mean that the car isn't getting enough air, not too much....the CAI should increase overall air going in, and, like I said, I put my hand by the filter (which is clean) and it seems to be sucking just fine...