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Check Engine Light 850 1997

posted by  someone claiming to be CluelessAboutCars on  Mon Jul 21 04:46 CST 2003 [RELATED]

On Thursday afternoon, my '97 850 GLT began to make a "funny sound." (Yes, I'm a non-mechanically-inclined female. I'm sorry. Please indulge me!) When idle, it would sound almost as if it were backfiring. It wasn't as loud as a backfire, more like a "putt...putt...putt..." with a very slight accompanying jerk forward. I drove it home and parked it, hoping that if it cooled off, it would be okay. The next day, I drove it a few miles and it started making the same noise. Then the check engine light came on. I am going to take it to be checked out today. I'm just wondering what it could be. I really don't want to go into the mechanic's sounding like a complete damsel in distress and get ripped off.

Thanks for reading. I would appreciate any suggestions.





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