Finally...

[MolaKule]

That annoying Little Light finally went out.

 

[dishdude]

Now you can take the black tape off!

 

[Ed_Flecko]

Or, as one of my former brain-dead co-workers did which was to remove the battery cable...wait for a few seconds, and then replace the cable every time her check engine light came on.



Ed

 

[JeffKeryk]

@MolaKule , you just smash that light out with your ball peen...

 

[JeffKeryk]

Or, as one of my former brain-dead co-workers did which was to remove the battery cable...wait for a few seconds, and then replace the cable every time her check engine light came on.



Ed

Maybe that's the secret?

 

[JTK]

If only it was that easy. LOL!

 

[Chris Meutsch]

I've told the story here before.
I had a different indy mechanic years ago that would share behind the scenes info with me. They brought out an entire dashboard/cluster assembly from a Ford, and showed me where the previous shop had drilled a hole in the side of it to permanently disable the Check Engine light, and then told the customer everything was fine.

 

[Donald]

And when the NYS Inspection station plugs into your OBDII?

 

[BMW Dom]

And when the NYS Inspection station plugs into your OBDII?

It's a joke. That's why it's in the humor section.

 

[Number_35]

Now you can take the black tape off!

You think you're joking, don't you? But truth is often stranger than fiction ...

When I was 17 my friends, twin brothers, bought a battered old '65 Mustang with a very tired 289 under the dented hood. The oil light flickered annoyingly. Having checked the oil level and found it to be good, the one brother put a piece of black tape over the oil light.

They drove it like that for a few weeks, until early one morning the engine seized.

The Mustang had replaced a '69 Envoy Epic, which had not been a good car, and was in turn replaced by an MG Midget which lived up to all the British car stereotypes.

This was in another part of the country, many years ago. I presume they've both graduated to more reliable cars, and more constructive ways of dealing with warning lights.