How to off the EDL on Golf 4 Gti
PK Chan
GTI 1999 model ?And not to affect the ECU and the warning light in the
dashboard ?
Regards
PK Chan
Dolemite
have
the light on though. A few of my friends do this when they go to the track
so
that it doesn't hurt there launches. And I work at a dealer and have checked
there cars and for some reason it doesn't store a code so you wil be safe.<<
If you do that all you have to do is complete the circut at the end of each
wire and the light won't come on.
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CHRIS86VW
>GTI 1999 model ?And not to affect the ECU and the warning light in the
>dashboard ?
>
>
You could disconnect the ECU and then take the bulb out of the instrument
cluster, it may set the MIL on though, not sure. I did this on my 93 Passat
when it had an ABS problem I didn't feel like fixing.
Luckily my Jetta 1.8T has an ASR button so I can shut if off whenever I feel
like it.
Another solution would be to just disconnect each wheel sensor, you will have
the light on though. A few of my friends do this when they go to the track so
that it doesn't hurt there launches. And I work at a dealer and have checked
there cars and for some reason it doesn't store a code so you wil be safe.
chris
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Ian Frechette
The downside to this is that it disables the ABS. I know the original
poster said they wanted that.
You say.. "But wait.. Disabling the ABS is a good thing!"
I'd agree with you except that in what I personally believe
was nothing more than a cost cutting move, VW eliminated the
mechanical rear brake proportioning valve on the GTI-VR6 back
near the '95 -> '96 transition.
They now use the ABS to control rear brake proportioning, basically
meaning they let the rear *try* to lock up with a slightly slightly
higher rear brake bias at the master cylinder, and then start
hammering the ABS to keep it from actually doing so, which
keeps your car from swapping ends unintentionally.
Without the ABS, the rear brakes are applied with a fixed rear
bias, and if the car is lightly loaded, (as it would be at the track)
it's liable to be more than enough to lock the rear tires under
hard braking at corner entry. A quick jab on the brakes and turn
of the wheel to avoid another car on the track and you may go
around. Have fun.
We did figure out how to disable the only the EDL in the 96-98 GTI-VR6s
but noone has really explored whether any of this information
is useful on the 99.5's and 00's.
http://members.home.com/frechett/edl-disable.htm
I suspect that the Mk4 mechanism is fairly similar, so
starting with the idea we had and a wiring diagram you
could probably duplicate the procedure.
>chris
ian