Thanks Jim, ... I went to your site already and read up on the 3 codes so far. (I got a #19 fix from you a while back)
Tonight, after making the reader, I went to see if the check engine light had come back on - It had not. While I had the ignition on, I pushed the button to see if the LED would speak to me - it did not.
Then I started the car - a little hard to start, as has been the case for some time now. Wouldn't you know it! the Check engine light came on! Weeell...I went to push the button (after turning off the car), but ....there was no code! What the?? I thought. So, I turn off the ignition...even take the key out, and turn the ignition back on....push the button for codes....Nothing.
The noise I wrote about in an earlier post is still there, although now there is an occasional click. Also the pitch was higher at first (like you might expect from a vacuum leak) but then went to the medium high pitch.
This is getting to be weird.
PS: Upon examining the diagnostic plug, I decided that I must have mis-read Arthur's plans....the "test" banana plug that I have, is way to big for those little tiny holes. (whoops
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