Q: Check engine light
Flashing Check Engine light came on when I started my car this morning and sputtering, like a bad spark plug. Turned it off and back on - same thing - waited about 15 minutes and it ran fine - no sputtering, perfect rmps. ??? I took it to a place and ran a test - 11 reads - 6 mis fires, but is running fine during the test. Why did it just stop? Do I still need to service it? Could sand or other foreign items have gotten in the way of connection or something? Just crazy - but now I am scared to drive it as I don't want to be stranded anywhere.
My car has 133000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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