Idiot light question

[White Lincoln]

On my Cougar's OBD1, if you get an intermittent Check Engine light, does the code stay or does it get cleared when the light goes off? I have yet to check my codes. I thought I would ask this first since I think I still have a code for rich fuel.

I will be driving around doing errands, not running the car hard, keeping the speed, etc, etc and the light will come on after a while. Sometimes it will clear on the way home, other times it does not. But it is never there when I start the car cold.

 

[theterminator93]

It should store it in memory. If you ground the STI on the DLC under the hood, it will blink the code(s) stored for you via the light.

More: https://forum.birdcats.com/threads/obd-i-self-tests.775/

 

[White Lincoln]

That is interesting! That is the first I have heard of that. Thanks Term!