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OKAY - the check engine light is NOT flashing.
I went out and started teh car and the idle is not terribly erratic, but it seems to be ever so slightly oscillating...at low rpm i can see the needle kind of bumping up and down - but VERY minor.
since i got the car it was making a noise that sounds like air whistling..imagine the sound that an inner tube would m ake if air was seeping out of it - that sound has been intermittently coming from the back left intake area. when it was at the dealer they said they heard it, but lcaimed to not know what it was, and since at that time tehre were no CEL, they said they din'dt do any further inspections. they did say they felt it was intake related..but that was as far as they went.
i wonder if i have some kind of vacuum leak?
my other BIG question - since the engine light is NOT flashing, is it okay to drive the car? i'm not planning on taking it for any hardcore driving, but if i want to go to autozone/pepboys to get the code read - or if I want to drive it to the dealer, vs having it towed... is that okay?
my closest dealer is a good 40 mile drive.
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