Rob you produce some of the best videos I’ve watched. Coming from the aviation world it’s not overkill it’s attention to detail. Taking a short cut now will bite you later. I will also make that setup today. Everyone I’ve watched said short the cables together but never mention the 15min waiting period. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and techniques with me. Much appreciated 😊

@RobertDotterer

3 жыл бұрын

It's not needed for every vehicle but it can save you from damaging something.

Nice tool, lots of people still take the terminals of and touch them together for a ‘battery reset’. Really bad practice and damages modules

Could you use a 12v led load resistor? Its 2v more from 10w. To rest a computer on a 2004 bmw x3 2.5i?

Lovely job.steve from the uk.

@RobertDotterer

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support!

Great Video! Thanks. Q: What gauge braided wire did you use?

Nice work I usually disconnect both leads and join then together . Drains the capacitors in the modules

@RobertDotterer

4 жыл бұрын

You really don't want to that. You can damage modules on the car.

@CANDiagnostic

4 жыл бұрын

@@RobertDotterer 1st I've heard of that .. a lot of manufacturers tell you to do that for removing airbags 🤔🤔

Awesome Thank you

@RobertDotterer

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

I have a chip in my key. It won't wipe the memory of the cluster, will it? I will be able to start my car. When this is done right?

What terminal should it be on?

@RobertDotterer

8 ай бұрын

It goes on the battery cables. You have to have the cables disconnected from battery. Do not connect it to the battery cables while they are connected to the battery otherwise it will short the resistor out.

I use this all the time computer reset Resistor Times and Times again thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. ROBERT DOTTERER WHAT DO YOU CALL ASTUTE AND SHEWD one more QUICK-WITTED The ANSWER IS ROBERT DOTTERER My Mentor Robert Dotterer BRILLIANT VIDEO CANNY ROBERT DOTTERER from Nick Ayivor from London England UK 🇬🇧 ⏰️ 15:39 Good Afternoon having my lunch

@RobertDotterer

11 ай бұрын

That is good to hear.

Can i use a 10w 20ohm resistor? I don't have 10watt 1 ohm

@RobertDotterer

Жыл бұрын

Any will probably work. The point is to discharge the car completely and safely.

👍 My Mentor Robert Dotterer QUICK-WITTED ROBERT DOTTERER From Nick Ayivor from London England UK 🇬🇧 ⏰️ 18:32pm

@RobertDotterer

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

This is a great tip as I am trying to get my car to pass emissions. My question is if I reset the computer and erase the stored codes will the OBD2 reader show it is not ready for the emissions test?? Would you have to do a drive cycle of 30 to 50 miles? Then would they re-appear??

@RobertDotterer

Жыл бұрын

They would show as incomplete and you would have to perform a drive cycle. There is no miles number to be driven and a driving pattern you have to follow for each monitor. Reseting the ecu will reset all adaptations and learned values so it may make false codes apear because the ecu learns sensors over time so if they are slightly skewed or slower than a new sensor the ecu adapts to them. It's called EWMA, Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (EWMA). It's calculated over 10 drive cycles and ecus have been doing this since 1996.

@jeffs4760

Жыл бұрын

@@RobertDotterer thanks for the response!

@haf-oq3vt

11 ай бұрын

Hi dear. Is it work for car model 2015 and more? ❤

It worked for my 05 acura tl to get it smog tested in ca

@RobertDotterer

Жыл бұрын

Awesome