On 2/21/05 4:57 PM, in article JYudnS0s4dPr-offRVn-tQ@sedona.net, "Michael
Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote:

> "thompsonxx" <jeff.thompson@usa.contiteves.com> wrote in message
> news:1109000948.678191.98540@z14g2000cwz.googlegro ups.com...
>> YES!!
>>
>> As I have stated in one of the Honda NG's: I have owned a US 1997
>> Civic LX sedan since new - purchased in Feb. 1997. I have jumpered the
>> service connector a few times and have accurately read the codes using
>> the method explained in this NG and used my Helm manual to reference
>> the codes. I have successfully read an O2 sensor that went bad and had
>> a CEL for "loose gas cap". Cap wasn't loose, the seal just wasn't good
>> anymore. I think this was the last year the Civic would read this way.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
> Good to know! Do you know if the codes can be cleared by pulling a fuse,
> like in the old ones? (And I guess that means the OP is probably SOL with
> the '98)
>
> Mike
>
>
The codes can still be cleared by pulling a fuse in the '99-'00 TL, so its a
good bet that it also works on the 98 Civic. Not knowing which fuse,
disconnecting the battery for a while should have the same effect.

 

On 2/21/05 4:57 PM, in article JYudnS0s4dPr-offRVn-tQ@sedona.net, "Michael
Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote:

> "thompsonxx" <jeff.thompson@usa.contiteves.com> wrote in message
> news:1109000948.678191.98540@z14g2000cwz.googlegro ups.com...
>> YES!!
>>
>> As I have stated in one of the Honda NG's: I have owned a US 1997
>> Civic LX sedan since new - purchased in Feb. 1997. I have jumpered the
>> service connector a few times and have accurately read the codes using
>> the method explained in this NG and used my Helm manual to reference
>> the codes. I have successfully read an O2 sensor that went bad and had
>> a CEL for "loose gas cap". Cap wasn't loose, the seal just wasn't good
>> anymore. I think this was the last year the Civic would read this way.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
> Good to know! Do you know if the codes can be cleared by pulling a fuse,
> like in the old ones? (And I guess that means the OP is probably SOL with
> the '98)
>
> Mike
>
>
The codes can still be cleared by pulling a fuse in the '99-'00 TL, so its a
good bet that it also works on the 98 Civic. Not knowing which fuse,
disconnecting the battery for a while should have the same effect.

 

On my 97 Civic, I disconnected the battery--I was cleaning the cable
connections anyway. That did reset the CEL and cleared any codes.

Jeff

 

On my 97 Civic, I disconnected the battery--I was cleaning the cable
connections anyway. That did reset the CEL and cleared any codes.

Jeff

 

under the hood in the fuse panel there is a
7.5amp fuse labelled 'Backup'. Pull that for
about a minute, and your computer is reset.

Don't drop the fuse, its tiny...

t

 

under the hood in the fuse panel there is a
7.5amp fuse labelled 'Backup'. Pull that for
about a minute, and your computer is reset.

Don't drop the fuse, its tiny...

t