service engine light

[aukword1]

okay...i cleaned the throttle body...cleaned the MAF sensor, put it all back together and now i get a service engine light along with white smoke and what looks like water coming out my exaust....it does sound alot better though but it idles kinda high like at 900 rpms....please any thoughts as to why its doing this?

[telcoman]

okay...i cleaned the throttle body...cleaned the MAF sensor, put it all back together and now i get a service engine light along with white smoke and what looks like water coming out my exaust....it does sound alot better though but it idles kinda high like at 900 rpms....please any thoughts as to why its doing this?

I recently replaced my air filter and forgot to plug in the electrical connector near the MAF and started the car. I had the same problem. Called the dealer & was told the service engine soon light would go out after a few hundred miles. It went out after less than 100 miles. So I would check that connector to be sure it is firmly seated and then wait for a couple of hundred miles. It may also have come on because of the chemicals used in cleaning the MAF?It is never a good idea to try and fix something that isn't broke.

Telcoman

[rn79870]

The white smoke? What did you clean the MAF with? Did you spray liquid into the intake doing it?

Are you sure that the white smoke isn't the normal white smoke (steam I think) that comes out of the exhaust after a cold start?

[aukword1]

yea it probably is...i did some research on it, it seems to be normal...i just wanted to make sure....it sounds and feels so much better though, i can't believe how much of a difference cleaning that stuff made....it feels better than when i first bought the thing...