# Check engin light comes on every 183 miles then goes off after 183 miles. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 1, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-engin-light-comes-on-every-183-miles-then-goes-off-after-183-miles/508506 "2009-09-01T16:24:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fastidiots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@Fastidiots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fastidiots)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-engin-light-comes-on-every-183-miles-then-goes-off-after-183-miles/508506/21 "2009-09-08T18:34:55Z")
> [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](#): > > That’s a pretty obnoxious OP. You come in looking for help with your problem, then pre-emptively insult any reasonable person who might try to help you. > > Let me show you what this resembles from my point of view: You sir deserve a pat on the back. A hearty belly laugh it was. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-engin-light-comes-on-every-183-miles-then-goes-off-after-183-miles/508506/22 "2009-09-08T18:53:24Z")
> [@tvvat](#): > > You sir deserve a pat on the back. A hearty belly laugh it was. …with an equally hearty cringe. ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_Dubinsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@Alex\_Dubinsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_Dubinsky)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-engin-light-comes-on-every-183-miles-then-goes-off-after-183-miles/508506/23 "2009-09-08T20:22:36Z")
Someone, PLEASE start that as a pit thread. But don’t give it away… ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-engin-light-comes-on-every-183-miles-then-goes-off-after-183-miles/508506/24 "2009-09-08T20:28:15Z")
> [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](#): > > That’s a pretty obnoxious OP. You come in looking for help with your problem, then pre-emptively insult any reasonable person who might try to help you. That would be the reason behind post #8 I will just leave it at that, unless a pit thread gets opened. ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_Dubinsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@Alex\_Dubinsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_Dubinsky)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-engin-light-comes-on-every-183-miles-then-goes-off-after-183-miles/508506/25 "2009-09-08T20:33:46Z")
I appreciate, though, that the poster mentions it is gray. Saves a lot of time. In the future they should also type out what noise it makes. Like grrrrr or chuga chuga chuga. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-engin-light-comes-on-every-183-miles-then-goes-off-after-183-miles/508506/26 "2009-09-08T20:36:01Z")
> [@Alex\_Dubinsky](#): > > In the future they should also type out what noise it makes. Like grrrrr or chuga chuga chuga. “What color are the racing stripes?” is the new “Automatic or manual?” ---
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-engin-light-comes-on-every-183-miles-then-goes-off-after-183-miles/508506/27 "2009-09-08T20:45:37Z")
> [@Alex\_Dubinsky](#): > > I appreciate, though, that the poster mentions it is gray. Saves a lot of time. > > In the future they should also type out what noise it makes. Like grrrrr or chuga chuga chuga. I believe he means “gray import”. Of course one should never underestimate the power of stupid. ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-engin-light-comes-on-every-183-miles-then-goes-off-after-183-miles/508506/28 "2009-09-08T21:00:13Z")
> [@janeslogin](#): > > Care to conjecture what is happening? > > Someone who has no clue will ask what kind of car. I don’t know. Japanes, grey, 73000 miles, starts with an ‘A’, like Accura or Accord or some such. > [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](#): > > That’s a pretty obnoxious OP. You come in looking for help with your problem, then pre-emptively insult any reasonable person who might try to help you. Eh. I think it’s more a case of inarticulateness than obnoxiousness. I think **jane** means: “if the fact that the check engine light goes on and off doesn’t give you a clue right away, then you’ll probably ask what kind of car it is. Well, I dunno.” rather than: “if you’re in general a completely clueless doofus, then you’ll probably ask what kind of car it is. Well, I dunno.” ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-engin-light-comes-on-every-183-miles-then-goes-off-after-183-miles/508506/29 "2009-09-09T03:29:49Z")
I don’t know about that **zut** > [@](#): > > Someone who has no clue will ask what kind of car. Funny that sentence seem to stand on its own. Unless there is a gray area there that sentence seems very straight forward. > [@](#): > > I don’t know. Japanes, grey, 73000 miles, starts with an ‘A’, like Accura or Accord or some such. Apparently does not know where the car company is headquartered. Just where is Japanes (Ja-pains?) anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_Dubinsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@Alex\_Dubinsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_Dubinsky)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-engin-light-comes-on-every-183-miles-then-goes-off-after-183-miles/508506/30 "2009-09-09T17:18:50Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > Just where is Japanes (Ja-pains?) anyway? In my tuchus > [@](#): > > Someone who has no clue [strike]about the answer[/strike] will ask what kind of car. Ahh, english, you bitch. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Seventh_Deadly_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-engin-light-comes-on-every-183-miles-then-goes-off-after-183-miles/508506/31 "2009-09-10T06:26:17Z")
> [@Alex\_Dubinsky](#): > > Someone, PLEASE start that as a pit thread. But don’t give it away… Consider it [done](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=531396). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-engin-light-comes-on-every-183-miles-then-goes-off-after-183-miles/508506.md?page=1)