I've had my body lift on my truck now for about two weeks now and I've really enjoyed it, except that my check engine light is on now... The truck makes no weird noises, or does anything not normal, but that check engine light has been on since I installed the lift... I'm hoping it's nothing terrible, but I'm bringing it in to the mechanic soon. Has anybody else had this, or know what it could be?

 

How many miles since you last changed your oil? Mine threw a CEL cause I was a little late on my oil change and it was good to go. The turds at the Jiffy-Lube tried to tell me it was the gas cap (but there's a seperate light for that). If your oils good, run it up to autozone and get the code from them.

 

Yea....don't dump $40 for somebody to pull the code. Go to Autozone, they do it for free. Might just be something stupid....like a $15 sensor,

 

when you did your body lift did it come on after it or a week after it you might have forgot to plug back in something or check the ground extenders snd make sure there tight.

 

i would bet that something came loose during the lift install and just finally came off like a o2 sensor connector

 

Exactly what I was thinking.

 

an idiot light for the gas cap? since when?

 

why not pull the code or have it pulled for you to determine what the problem is

could be something not related to the body lift.........

 

I got one in my 05. You can see it but I've never really tried to actually light it up.

 

There is no CEL or DTC for a late oil change.

However, there is one for a "gross leak" in the evap system. The "Check Fuel Cap" light or icon comes on first when the tank fails the leak test. This is to alert the driver to a possible loose or missing fuel cap. If the problem isn't corrected in the next two drives, the CEL will light and a trouble code will be stored.

Since 2001, IIRC. 2001~2003 have a light with the words "Check Fuel Cap" and 2004~2007 have an icon.

 

Funny you ask about the oil because I had changed it less than a week before the body lift and it wasn't driven much between the oil change and the BL...

As for when did it light up? The light came on within the hour of test driving it after the body lift was installed.

I'll be bringing it to autozone soon to get the code and we'll see what it is... hopefully something easily fixable, the body lift was enough work already...

**also, I heard that the rubber fuel replacement tube that comes in the PA kit, may cause the CEL to go on... but if that's the case, I think a lot of people would have the same problem as me

 

I'd suggest to check all the vacuum lines too...

 

i can bet that something came loose or unclipped during the lift so i would check that

 

mine came on also when i got mine done so i took it to ford thinking it was warranty nope it was that the little extra peice of fuel line they give you with the kit for the over fill line. the cupling (sp?) was not tight enough so i had to run it down a little more and retighten the fastners and reset it