When your car is in the shop, run back to the tech and see if he will turn
it off for $10 or $20? He get's beer money and you get it done cheaply!

"Rob Guenther" > wrote in message
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> Thanks... visited the dealer (had to pick up a wiper motor and nice, new,
> clear side indicators to replace my ugly circa-1999 era ones that yellowed
> terribly)... They told me the same thing, said if it doesn't go out on its
> own or if I unplug the battery, they will clear it next oil change.
> "Woodchuck" > wrote in message
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>> The majority of the faults will not clear that way. If they do then only
>> about 5 minutes is all that's needed.
>>
>> "Rob Guenther" > wrote in message
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>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> Got the check engine light today, pretty sure why - had my power box
>>> running and gave it the accelerator a good prodding to pass someone, but
>>> the engine was only just starting to warm up... The light came on pretty
>>> much right after that. - Happened once before, basically telling me too
>>> much fuel was dumped into the cylinders... which is what the power box
>>> does.
>>>
>>> If I get a check engine with a flashing glowplug light I can clear it by
>>> disabling the box and restarting the car, this light I can't clear in
>>> that way... So I was wondering if I should leave the battery unplugged
>>> while I'm sitting in class tomorrow. (In a bad area of Toronto... would
>>> be good if nothing electrical worked... never know - VW locks/unlocks
>>> mechanically with the key right? - or do electrical acctuators come into
>>> play?).
>>>
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