Rev. Cash's May Message
If it’s not broke, don’t fix it! Such wisdom makes good sense or I thought it did until this past week. The “service engine soon” signal on my car was telling me something needed attention. I determined it was probably a fluke and knew exactly what to do. I opened a small panel and pushed the reset button. I was ready to go again. An hour later, I got the message again; I knew exactly what to do. I took my car to where I have it serviced and talked with Mike. He attached a meter to something under the dash, near the steering wheel and waited. After a few minutes, I asked him, “Does it have a pulse?” I thought my car just might be dying, for after all, it is like me – it’s beginning to get a lot of miles on it.
He told me I had a sensor going bad; that I could do nothing, just ignore the message . . . however, I would realize a reduction in miles to the gallon of gasoline. The current price of gas encouraged me to tell him to replace the sensor. And besides, I did not appreciate the panel in my car looking like a Christmas tree! Also, I did not want to appear broken!





