Re: What does this code mean???

From: Bob Tom (tigers@bserv.com)
Date: Tue Oct 31 2000 - 00:15:31 EST


At 04:51 PM 10/30/00 -0800, you wrote:
>I got a check engine light and P 1281 code.
>Help! What does it all mean????
>BTW-My temp is running really COLD, just a little above the 130F notch on
>that ridiculously hard to figure out stock gauge.
>Otherwise the truck is STORMING!!!! -STE

The letter and 4 digits is the code structure used by OBD-II.

             P = powertrain
             1 = manufacturer-specific code
             2 = fuel and air metering system
                     (injector curcuit malfunctions only)
            81 = the component or section of the system with the fault

My reference book covers only to 1998 so I do not have an '81' listed.

Bob



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