engine light?
 

my 97 civic had a check engine light and i took it to car x. they did a diagnosis test on it and told me my purge control valve was bad and i had it fix, reset the light, then the damn light came back on the next day! i was wondering, am i suppose to drive my car for a certain mile for the engine light to dissappear

My old truck had a loose wire on one of my sensors and that gave me a check engine light. Check engine light by the way have more to do with smog than the protection of your car. Sometimes if you take it to a good smog place they will find it, and if you chose, fix it. Once you locate the bad sensor then its just getting the part, and most are pretty much easy to replace. If you dont know where it is, have the mechanic show you it. Then replacing is simple, yet usually expensive.