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Old 11-06-2007, 07:02 PM
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last week(maybe longer), i went out to the garage and rolled the windows up and put the miata's top up. here's the stupid part, i forgot to turn off the ignition! yesterday i was going to go put the miata in storage for the winter, when i discovered my mistake. i charged the battery and it fired right up.

here is the problem; i now have a CEL. what are some best guesses as to what i fried/damaged.

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Old 11-06-2007, 08:22 PM
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Get the codes scanned for free at autozone, advanced, oreilly, shucks. Then come back so people don't have to guess.
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Old 11-07-2007, 10:27 PM
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good advice by the alaskan assassin....lol. but yea, thats what i would do.
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Old 11-07-2007, 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by left field
what are some best guesses as to what i fried/damaged.
I don't think there's anything you could have damaged or fried... in fact, I'd say that there's no way anything is wrong. I can't guess what the code might be, but I bet no matter what it is, if you clear it, it'll never come back.
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Old 11-08-2007, 09:30 AM
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my guess is:

P1631
P1632
P1633
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yea, i dont see how letting the battery die would hurt anything.
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Old 11-08-2007, 04:16 PM
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you could have MAYBE fried the heater in the O2 sensor or MAF... I think the battery would have died before toasting either one though.
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Old 11-08-2007, 07:07 PM
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it still runs and drives fine, so i decided to put off my problems until spring(april). car is now in winter hibernation.
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check the fuses,I believe that you blown one of them.
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