CEL because of push start? - Hyundai Performance Forums

javageek · 07-29-2003, 10:20 PM

If you see my other post, I left my lights on and my battery died. So, since there were no jumper cables around my freind had to push start me. After 3 or 4 unsuccessful attempts my car started and I was on my way. About 10 minutes into the drive the CEL came on. So today I took it to Autozone and they scanned it and the P1127 code came up. They said I had to read the service manual for more information. So I came here, did a search and found out P1127 is related to the car running rich. I went out a reset the ECU and it has not come back on. My thinking is, while we were trying to push start the car it kept puring gas into the manifold, when it finally cranked it had a rich condition, which later caused the CEL to come on. I don't know why there was a delay though. Could that have been it? I guess I won't push start my car anymore.

Mach5 · 07-29-2003, 11:46 PM

try cleaning your a/f sensor , it might have crud on it and that sometimes causes that to come up
its a "start"
har har..... :dead:

javageek · 07-29-2003, 11:49 PM

Well the CEL is gone now, I reset it at lunch and have driven the car twice, for 15 miles each time with no CEL.

tranceokido · 07-30-2003, 03:24 AM

I think it was from you push starting it also...and maybe it was just delayed for some reason. I seen it happen before where something goes wrong and you wait and 10mins l8er your car throws a CEL at you.

Dragonsys · 07-31-2003, 02:40 PM

probably just cause of a slight flooding of the engine due to the push start being tried several times...

^saint · 08-01-2003, 02:08 AM

The problem you most likely had was a cell from trying to push start the car and the car not firing correctly since you weren't probably getting the correct spark. I have learned many times that the car will trigger a cell quickly if any misfire is noticed. If the light stays off all is good.

tranceokido · 08-01-2003, 04:02 AM

Wow I was actually right...all this reading and reading and reading is paying off...I can finally help people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

section-8 · 08-04-2003, 05:34 AM

run your car over to auto-zone and have them read the code for you. THey do it for free.

javageek · 08-06-2003, 08:01 AM

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run your car over to auto-zone and have them read the code for you. THey do it for free.
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That's what I said I did in the first post. This post wasn't about what it was, but what caused the CEL.