%%%%%% %%%%%%% %%%%%%% %%%%%%% %%% %%% %%% ##########%%%%%%#######################%%%%%%###### ########## ######### %%%%%######################%%%%%%## ## ### ####### ######### ## % %%%##### Q # I # K ###%%%######### ## # ### ######### ## %%%%%######### U # C #####%%%##### ## ## ######## ######### %%%%%######################%%%##### ## ### ##### ####################################################18-Nov-93##### INTRODUCTION Ok, well I decided to make this file/series after damn near getting ripped off for about $100 dollars by a couple of mechanics. See I have a '91 Volkswagen GTI and it was time to get my plates renewed. Well in Colorado, (where I live) before you can get your plates renewed you have to get an emissions test done. Well I took my car down to my local TuneMaster, or some slock garage like that and got my test done. I passed well within Colorado Emissions Standards, and so I payed my money ($9 bucks) and was on my way right? Wrong. he hands me my Colorado Clean Air Ticket, and its says 'Failed. Vehicle failed initial sight test.' So I'm like 'What the fuck does this mean!?' And the guy tells me that before they even GAVE me the test the vehicle failed because the OXS (Oxygen Sensor) light was on. Well as you can imagine I was quite pissed because they charged me for a fuckin emissions test which they new I was going to fail before they gave it to me. So the guy tells me he can reset the switch for $75 dollars and I was like 'Fuck off biiiiiiiittttch!' and I bailed. Now heres something to keep in mind. I just took a fuckin' emissions test which told me my car was operating within Colorado Emission Standards...yet my OXS light is on. Hmmmmm? So I take the car to the dealer and ask them what the fuck is going on. Turns out the OXS light comes on every 30k miles regardless of whether its sensing oxygen or not. Why? So the fuckin DEALER can charge me $89.99 to reset the fuckin' switch, thats why!!! So anyway, I'm like fuck all this shit and I start lookin for the stupid switch myself. Unfortunatley I couldn't find it. So after a couple of hours of looking, I take my car to a mechanic-friend of my dad and he just laughs and says 'How much did they want?!?' So he flips the hood open and shows me the $100.00 dollar secret. RESETTING THE SWITCH Well, apparently in early model VW Rabbits, the OXS switch was under the hood and in plain sight, and so people would reset it all the time with no mechanic assitance. So when Volkswagen came out with the Golf/Jetta II models, they hid the switch. THE SWITCH IS BEHIND, AND BENEATH THE ENGINE COOLANT CONATINER AT THE REAR, RIGHT SECTION OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT (did every body hear that?) Follow the following directions (what?): * NOTE * Resetting the switch requires no tools, only a ball point pin. 1. Lift the coolant tub up, and out of its holding brackets. 2. Look below where the coolant tub was and you should see a bronze colored box. On the face of box that faces toward the front end of the car, there will be two slightly recessed, white switches, one above the other. 3. Use your pen to push the LOWER switch. You should hear a click. If you did then your OXS switch is reset and you just saved yourself $100 bucks. * NOTE * These direction can be used for all Golf/Jetta IIs. 1983-Jul1993 (Not sure about the new Golf/Jetta IIIs.) Overhead View of Front Face Engine Compartment Up View of ____________________ Switch Box | ________________ | ----------- | | :--:| | | _ | | | :--:| | | |o| | | | Switch / | | | - Press this switch. | | Location | | | _ / (No I don't know what | |_______________| | | |o| happens if you press |___________________| | - the other one.) -|---------------|- ----------- \ Bumper (yeah, I know.) As long as theres secrets you know I'll reveal them. If the demand is high enough I'll put out oB Quick-Files on a regular basis. Look for: QUICK-xx.oB or QUICK-xx.txt Also look for other xxxxxxxx.oB files, they can all be found at... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- oleBuzzard's kn0wledge phreak % sUmthyn lykE 4000+ text fylez % C.R.a.P.N. AC 3o3.447.89o6--NUP = NO NUP % hAck/phrEAk/AnArky/vIrII/cArd % Call Right 24oo-14.4ooKiloBaud-Open 24/7 % n0 phUckyn lAmEr wArEz do0dz! % Phuckn Now --------------------------------------------------------------------------------