Random CELs

YlwMSP

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2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege
Today I was driving out on a dirt road to sell my stock cats to a junkyard, and as I got back onto the pavement, the CEL came on. At first I thought it was just the P0140 (secondary O2 sensor no signal because of the cat delete), but when I finally stopped and scanned it, 2 codes popped up, the expected P0140, and a new one, P0660. After doing a quick search and reading some posts, people have been saying that it could be a number of things related to the VTCS or VICS. Could it possibly be just from driving on the dirt road that maybe messed with it? Is it a serious problem, or can it go with out being fixed for a little bit?

Also, this is the first time it popped up, and I haven't driven it since I erased the code, so it could just be a fluke code. Thanks for the advice in advance.
 
Could be the VICS or VTCS solenoid going out. You can switch them around since the VICS is used while driving and the VTCS flaps only close when the car is cold.
 
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