Service Light Reset problems

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Post Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:55 am

Wondering if anybody could help with a problem i'm having, I have extinguished the clock symbol and inspection light on my dash by shorting out the required pins but try as I might I cannot get the oil service and yellow and red bar to go out. Am I right in thinking that this is not a Si board battery issue since the other two lights were extinguished succesfully? Do the Si board batteries power anything else other than the service reminder lights, ie if they were removed alltogether would they extinguish all lights without any other side effects.
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Post Sat Jul 29, 2006 12:26 pm

you can remove the PCB with the LED's on. Removal of the SI board or the batteries will cause some of the instruments to stop working.
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Post Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:47 pm

you'll lose the mpg gauge!!

the reset tool is only £10 get one of those to do it properly
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