Showing posts with label bad ERC valve or oxygen sensor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bad ERC valve or oxygen sensor. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

engine light came on. The van runs okay for a few minutes then starts to sputter. It was low on oil so I put some of the only oil I had onhand 20w40?

engine light came on. The van runs okay for a few minutes then starts to sputter. It was low on oil so I put some of the only oil I had onhand 20w40. Could this do any damage to the engine? Whatelse would make the engine light come on?


The sputtering and check engine light sounds like a bad ERC valve or oxygen sensor.

You can take it to most repair shops and they can run a diagnostics for free. Auto Zone will do the same thing.