check engine light help

[Guled22]

Last night my check engine light came on randomly and i poped the hood and found that my air filter had came off completley, What should I do? and how do I turn off the check engine light? And were can i get that checked out?

 

[tomustang]

gotta be more specific. filter, box, maf... came off?

 

[el_kid_1]

Ditto. Be more specific. If something came off, most probbably the check engine light will go off as soon as you put back the air filter, MAF, or whatever came off. If it doesn't go off, then get the error code and we will be in a better position to give you a more informed diagnostic.

 

[bdcardinal]

you can go to Autozone and they will pull the code for free. get the number of the code that was pulled and post it on here and we can help you with your diagnosis.

 

[Guled22]

I went to autozone this morning but they said that they dont do it anymore. The K and N fell off not anything else just the air filter. I also checked my transmission oil and it seemed to have more liquid in there, and my radiator fluid seemed kind of black or dirty. Any more suggestions?

 

[bdcardinal]

hmm, thats usually a sign of a bad radiator cooler. you probably need a new radiator, because somethinr ruptured and there is coolant getting into the transmission and ATF getting into the coolant.

 

[admdavs]

Autozone now charges in the Chicagoland area, I think they said they are instituting that policy nationwide also???

 

[Guled22]

i think that my radiator might be the problem too, but im not sure the car runs fine and everything except for the check engine light.