Cut CEL wire, Pin 8 on Motronic 3.1, anything gonna blow up?

[Jon K]

I am tired of my CEL looking at me. I want to wire it up as a shift light. Pin 8 is the wire for the CEL in the instrument cluster, and is an "output" ground. So, nothing whacky should happen if I cut that wire from the DME, right? The factory DME is chilling there providing power for relays right now.

Might I have to actually ground the wire to keep the light out? Or do you think it works when the ground is lifted?

[aston_jag_tech]

if its output ground the light lites up when grounded.

[etcetera]

For some reason I envision a couple of guys staring at a bomb counting down to zero.

As for your question, just cut it. I don't think it would be any different than if the bulb burned out.

[BillionPa]

just to be safe i would ground it with a resistor.

[Michael999]

Id use the little seatbelt man :)

[Ross]

Am I the only one who sees humor in using the "check engine" as a shift indicator?

[Jon K]

You should see my engine codes

Fuel pump
ignition coil fault
injector fault
tachometer fault
intake sensor fault
tps fault...

[632 Regal]

lol, means you need to do something as soon as you see that light.
Am I the only one who sees humor in using the "check engine" as a shift indicator?

[Bill R.]

switching transistor to ground the light to turn it on.