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Cchuckster11
07-23-2020, 01:42 PM
My cel has been poppi g on and off whenever it wants to. The only thing i can tell is, when i have parking or headlights on, the turn signal will make the cel engine light flash on and off with the t.signals. Maybe a ground somewhere? Does anybody recognize this symptom? No change in anything else i can tell when cel activates. Please advise.25401 Any of you other old heads remember doing this to the pep boys mannie, moe and jack match packs? Kinda sorta dates us right. Funny how they dont make them like that anymore. Not politically correct im sure. Later Max junkies.
85Ram50
07-23-2020, 02:58 PM
:lmao:Matchless.....
So can you read any codes?
geezer101
07-23-2020, 03:07 PM
:lmao:
Cchuckster11
07-25-2020, 04:00 AM
How do i read codes anyway? I dont tjink i have an obd 2 port or any other diagnostic ports. Need enlightened i guess.
85Ram50
07-25-2020, 07:56 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTkL2nvulWw
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTkL2nvulWw)
I haven't looked but you can probably find a dongle to plug in there and a program to use on your smart phone or laptop. That's what I did when I had a 99 Passat.
Cchuckster11
07-27-2020, 07:46 AM
Thank you sir. Ill look into that.
Chargerx3
07-27-2020, 09:43 AM
You are pre 1996 mandate, so you dont have a true government required obd2 interface. Mitsubishi did however start putting in obd2 plug in 1994 for some vehicles. For example my Stealth has one in it and it works. Would be under the drivers dash if you did.
geezer101
07-27-2020, 02:53 PM
You need to put the ECM into diagnostic mode and count the CEL light flash sequence. We have the info here to do it.
claych
07-28-2020, 12:10 PM
You are pre 1996 mandate, so you don't have a true government required obd2 interface. Mitsubishi did however start putting in obd2 plug in 1994 for some vehicles. For example my Stealth has one in it and it works. Would be under the drivers dash if you did.
cchuckster,
Just went back and looked at the build sheet You posted in Your "mystery box " thread.
Build sheet shows California Emissions package equipped, so it could very well be OBD II equipped as stated above-
post some pictures of the data link connector.

How about some pictures of the left lower dash 'quadrant' past the steering column --- with the fuse panel cover removed
THX!