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    My eml light has come on on my 20xe nova and i need to flash the code/s which cars can i rob the diagnostic port off? Is it only cars using the 20xe?

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    Can you not just earth the brown/yellow wire mate to flash the ecu light?

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    I didnt realise you could do that??? so i just connect the brown yellow to an earth point then? such as the indicator earth which would be nearest

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    Basically last night it were running like a bag of ****,wouldnt idle and at low revs was popping and farting til it got going and even then it was underpowered,and the eml was on all the time it was doing this

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    Andy, mine was doing that recently..

    My EML light would come on when i accelerated, then pop its ar$e off.

    Turned out to be the knock sensor..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy
    I didnt realise you could do that??? so i just connect the brown yellow to an earth point then? such as the indicator earth which would be nearest
    Yea bare the wire and when yo want to flash the codes just hold it on an earth point then get the codes from topbuzz.

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    Quote Originally Posted by damen
    Yea bare the wire and when yo want to flash the codes just hold it on an earth point then get the codes from topbuzz.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy
    I didnt realise you could do that??? so i just connect the brown yellow to an earth point then? such as the indicator earth which would be nearest
    Yea, i just normally put it on the neg battery terminal

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    Nice one lads,rep for you all

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    You utter clown this is what i told ya last night in texts, i didnt know which wire it was but i knew you could just earth out one and it would flash the codes up


    You plum, hope its just a silly sensor playing up for ya mate

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