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Is there a difference in clearing the ECU and deleting codes with scanner tool? Do they basically do the same task?
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JD...
I see I better resize my pictures they to big,,, Bandit the dog from HELL! lol
What we call a battery lobotomy works well as it reboots the computer.
Simply disconnect the ground terminal at the battery for 30 minutes.
Do not close the rear hatch , and fold a towel to place on the latch just in case you forget and close it by habit.
clearing the codes does exactly that , it doesn’t reset the computers
Ok I have erased codes with my tester several times the codes always return I will do the neg battery tip maybe it will straighten out any computer glitches. Gonna go buy a better OBD-11 scan tool today one with bluetooth and a maybe cable to connect my pc in case I decide to buy PC software that I've read about.
Unless someone out there can suggest or recommend a decent scan tool for my Cobalt.
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JD...
If the codes are coming back, then the OBD system is still detecting a problem. You seem to think it's a computer "glitch" ? Highly doubtful.
Sounds like the sensors are doing their job and alerting you to a problem.
Some more diagnostics is needed.
Yes I understand and agree but the shop who replace clutch kit told me to clear codes again plug in scanner tool and drive it more then I should see what the order on which
the codes appear or fail. Well I was reading about resetting the ECU last night they said resetting the ECU (power it down) will also reset the Adaptive Memory and the Quick learn so I figure trying that can't hurt. Of course we all know the written rule don't believe what you see or read on the internet. EXCEPT OLDBLUE!
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JD...
LOOKS BETTER NOW I HOPE
WOW I don't know what all that gibberish is either it supposed to say " Of course we all know the written rule and that's don't believe most of what you hear or read on the internet! hahaha.. (Except Oldblue and others on HHR Network"
Thanks Master Po please don't call me Grasshopper...
JD...
The auto save was acting screwy when i wrote that let see if this makes sense.
JD...