Engine light flashing on cluster momentarily?

[SirDigby]

Originally Posted by jra

Engine light flashing usually means your cat is over heating, most likely caused by un-burned fuel in exhaust due to engine missing. could be bad plugs, coils, plug wires, cam or crank sensors, Like Minelio, said see if there are any codes set to point you in the right direction.

no. engine light flashing means "the engine is misfiring right now!"

[CoryM]

Originally Posted by SirDigby

no. engine light flashing means "the engine is misfiring right now!"

JRA is correct. The CEL will flash when catalyst damage is possible. Typically only seen when the engine is misfiring and dumping raw fuel into the catalyst. I think there are other reasons why it will flash, but they are not common enough for me to remember (or have seen in real life).

[Garth g.]

Thank you for the responses, haven't got around to putting a code reader on the car yet. Since I posted this I've had no problems whatsoever. I plan on using my buddy's scanner this weekend. (240,000k still going!!!) It burns a little bit of oil but who cares!!!!:😈