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Old Sep 3, 2005 | 10:08 PM
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Is there any way to turn off the SES light? I recently just bought some headers and installed them and all but had to cut part of my y-pipe before the cat and now the cat is not getting it's normal air flow. I know for a fact thats the problem because there was about a 2" gap between the inlet of the cat and the down pipe. It's ghetto patched up right now till I get a new y-pipe thurs. Just wondering if there is any way to turn this off or can only someone at a dealership tune it out or until I get my new y-pipe??? Thanks!!!
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Old Sep 3, 2005 | 10:33 PM
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LS1edit or HPtuners. But I would just learn to live with it though, or atleast until you get it tuned.
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Old Sep 3, 2005 | 11:20 PM
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LS1edit or HPtuners. But I would just learn to live with it though, or atleast until you get it tuned.


or remove the battery cable for a few min, or shoot by your local auto zone they do it for free.
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Old Sep 3, 2005 | 11:31 PM
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O2 simmulators!
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Old Sep 4, 2005 | 01:53 AM
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or remove the battery cable for a few min, or shoot by your local auto zone they do it for free.
That wont solve it as he has tampered with the emissions on the y pipe. best bet is LS1 edit and remove that code value in the ECU or a programmer.
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Old Sep 4, 2005 | 04:23 PM
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cut the feed wire to the light...purdy easy to do...
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Old Sep 4, 2005 | 04:33 PM
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Wire in a light switch to the light, and mount it somewhere. Flip the switch when you want it off or on.
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Old Sep 4, 2005 | 06:56 PM
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Lets make it harder by wiring other crap to the car, when you can easily have someone with LS1 edit just remove that code from the ecu. Save all the bullshit with the jerry rigs.
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did you cut it before the first o2 sensor? or after the first o2 sensor and before the cats?
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Old Sep 5, 2005 | 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by ImportPatrolWS6
or remove the battery cable for a few min, or shoot by your local auto zone they do it for free.
autozone won't delete codes, just read them
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Originally Posted by SlowTA
autozone won't delete codes, just read them
when i lived in california, they deleted codes. I moved to San Antonio a couple months ago and threw a code, wentr to autozone and they told me they are not aloud to delete them????
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Whenever I got to autozone I just give them my liscense and they give me the actron scanner. Then I just go to my car and delete away.
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Old Sep 5, 2005 | 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by RrCoX22
Is there any way to turn off the SES light? I recently just bought some headers and installed them and all but had to cut part of my y-pipe before the cat and now the cat is not getting it's normal air flow. I know for a fact thats the problem because there was about a 2" gap between the inlet of the cat and the down pipe. It's ghetto patched up right now till I get a new y-pipe thurs. Just wondering if there is any way to turn this off or can only someone at a dealership tune it out or until I get my new y-pipe??? Thanks!!!
You're stuck with the SES unless you
Fix the problem or
Tune it out or
Install O2 Simulator for that post cat O2 sensor.
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Old Sep 6, 2005 | 12:11 AM
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So when I put my new catted y on should that be enough for it to tune out or would I still have to get a type of computer to tune it out.
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Since he's addressing an issue i was going to bring up I have slp's LT's and the loudmouth on my firehawk but still have the cats. if i remove the cats and put in 02 simms will it still throw an ses or do the simms trick the ecu into thinking everythings normal?
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Turn key over half way so power is on but not started. Pop the hood. Remove fuse cover. Pull out PCM Bat and PCM IGN. Leave out for 5 minutes. Romove key. Put both fuses back in. Start car and light is gone.
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