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by **barryogen** » Tue May 22, 2007 10:22 am

Does anyone happen to have an OBD II reader that I could borrow?

I'm getting a bit more interested in the geeky side of car diagnostics.

by **EVL20V** » Tue May 22, 2007 1:42 pm

post whore!

by **barryogen** » Tue May 22, 2007 3:23 pm

EVL20V wrote:post whore!

eh? me??? not intentional if thats what you meant.

So, got an OBD II reader? or you just trying to up your own post count...

dick.

by **Alex B** » Tue May 22, 2007 6:14 pm

Good luck, i have access to one but at $4000 i dont think it will be getting lent out

, let me know as a last resort.

by **EVL20V** » Tue May 22, 2007 6:24 pm

barryogen wrote:
EVL20V wrote:post whore!

eh? me??? not intentional if thats what you meant.

So, got an OBD II reader? or you just trying to up your own post count...

dick.

as a matter of fact my mate whos an auto electrician has one at his work, hence why i viewed this topic and was making a joke which you obviously didnt see the harmless intent ie:

?

do you want me to enquire?

by **barryogen** » Wed May 23, 2007 9:14 am

EVL20V wrote:as a matter of fact my mate whos an auto electrician has one at his work, hence why i viewed this topic and was making a joke which you obviously didnt see the harmless intent ie: ?

do you want me to enquire?

rough day at work yesterday, 16 hrs away from it has returned me to my usual easy going state.

Yes, that would be good... however I had made the assumption that being relativity late model it would be OBD II compliant... thought I should probably check, but Toyota NZ is not being particularly helpful, and no-one anywhere seems to know for sure.

so I have another question... Does it f*ck anything up if you plug an OBD II reader into a car that isn't compliant, or does it just not read anything?

by **barryogen** » Wed May 23, 2007 9:25 am

interestingly enough, I found this
http://www.scantool.net which seems to do what I want for ~$200NZD

by **Alex B** » Wed May 23, 2007 10:08 pm

OBD2 plugs are a standard plug, there for are diffrent to the standard toyota plug. Should be in the drivers footwell above the peddles me thinks.

by **matt dunn** » Wed May 23, 2007 10:39 pm

pyro_sniper2002 wrote:OBD2 plugs are a standard plug, there for are diffrent to the standard toyota plug. Should be in the drivers footwell above the peddles me thinks.

You realise that actual ODB only relates to emission related faults?

We have a real good scan tool at work that does OBDII as well as alot of other stuff on almost all models.

But the fact that it cost more than 6 months of my wages,
it does not leave the w/shop unless it' being used by a staff member, and is getting charged out.

http://www.fueltech.com.au/trade_equipment.html

The DCN-Pro as shown there.
That's got the aussie software.
We have the Aussie, American, Japanese, Korean, and European software on ours.

Matt

by **Alex B** » Thu May 24, 2007 12:04 am

http://buy1.snapon.com/products/diagnos ... ir=catalog

Thats what the old man has at work. Buggerd if i could ever get it to work with the MR2 to do more than make the check engine light flash codes, or his 2000 PA33 Cefiro to do anything. You have to use these funny key things with the OBD plug

by **barryogen** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:07 am

matt dunn wrote:You realise that actual ODB only relates to emission related faults?
Matt

then what are these guys on about?
http://www.scantool.net/?mode=displaySoftware&software_id=39&category=ScanTool.net

The program lets you perform the following operations:

* Read diagnostic trouble codes, both generic and manufacturer-specific, and display their meaning (over 3000 generic code definitions in the database).
* Clear trouble codes and turn off the MIL ("Check Engine" light)
* Display current sensor data, including:
o Engine RPM
o Calculated Load Value
o Coolant Temperature
o Fuel System Status
o Vehicle Speed
o Short Term Fuel Trim
o Long Term Fuel Trim
o Intake Manifold Pressure
o Timing Advance
o Intake Air Temperature
o Air Flow Rate
o Absolute Throttle Position
o Oxygen sensor voltages/associated short term fuel trims
o Fuel System status
o Fuel Pressure
o Many others...

I'm mostly interested in the RPM, Load, Temps, Timing advance, intake temp, flow rate, throttle position... umm, pretty much all the stuff listed above.

by **TWSTD** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:34 pm

Did you en up borrowing or buying a scan tool? I am looking to buy one and the PC based units are what im looking at - incl the scantool ones you linked to above. Be keen to hear any feedback on them etc.

Cheers :-)

AL

by **barryogen** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:52 am

nope, never bothered, have since sold the car and got an altezza with a power FC, andd am tinkering with a bit of software that talks to that that does the same and more.

by **TWSTD** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:01 am

barryogen wrote:nope, never bothered, have since sold the car and got an altezza with a power FC, andd am tinkering with a bit of software that talks to that that does the same and more.

Might I ask what that software is? Feel free to flick us an email to discuss if you prefer. Lookin at something for my own altezza.

Cheers, AL

by **barryogen** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:18 pm

TWSTD wrote:Might I ask what that software is?

copilot...
http://spyderchat.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=45059&st=680

It is pretty cool really, I'm only tinkering with it part time as I am borrowing the datalogit thing from a friend each time... really should shell out and get one for myself.

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