Hey /o/, just wondering if any of you guys use OBD scan tools

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Also wondering if there's any other preferred apps. Is there a reason Torque seems to be the go-to?

One with an authentic elm327 or stn11x0 chip

>>15724275
Thanks man. I didn't realise there was such a thing as an "authentic" ELM327, and just presumed they were all cheapo chinese crap. Any link to the genuine article?

I used my blue driver this weekend to find out I had a faulty maf sensor. Went into the codes and found it was reading -40°f in a 90° shop

A friend had a bluetooth one about 4 years ago that we used. It seemed to be able to to everything our $3000 scan tool could do except clear codes. That may have changed since then but I dont know for certain.

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ALDLDroid is great for OBD1 cars. I use it on muh camaro all the time. Great for datalogging and tuning too.

I use one, they're okay but generic. You'll get engine codes, not always with the perfect caption, some telemetry but not much more. Great for their prices.

Check if you can't buy a chinese knockoff dedicated scan tool for your car. Usually they come with cracked software and can dig a bit deeper.

>>15724458
Oh and the cable I use is a $3 one I made. Search ebay for ftdi to serial usb. There's a video on YouTube on how to make it: https://youtu.be/c7doKzdQYpg

there are limits to the obd2 data, but if you can get into PID hacking you can get almost everything available, i use torque pro as the app, i was warned the disc was full of spyware

mine was shipped to my house for under 5 bucks, cleared codes on a few toyotas no prob

cant complain for that price

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I have HP Tuners for tuning but I use torque sometimes to monitor things.

I have the dirt cheap clone one it's fine for diagnostics but it can be a pain to sync. If my fox had OBDII I'd have probably bought a legit one to keep synced with some old phone in place of gauges.

>>15724458
>>15724469
sweet thanks man.

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>>15724105
There are archived threads on OBD scan tools. Examples are:

http://archive.4plebs.org/o/thread/15507015/o-i-need-a-basic-obdii-scanner-to-read-the

archive.4plebs.org/o/thread/15536719/bluetooth_OBD2_Readers

There are 3 versions of ELM327, 1.3, 1.4 and 2.1. Most amazon/ebay dongles will use 1.3 even if they claim to have other versions, sometimes nonexistent ones. For your purposes 1.3 is completely fine, just choose the one with the best reviews as a lot of the cheap ones break easily.

For interface I use Torque, if you're a poorfag torrent it.

>>15724668
Also I hope you have an Android, less of a pain in the ass when it comes to programs and dongle connectivity

>>15724668
>Most amazon/ebay dongles will use 1.3 even if they claim to have other versions, sometimes nonexistent ones.

That's the thing about Chinese sellers and re-sellers. They love to make false claims.

>>15724484
you got torque pro to work with a generic scanner?

>>15724425
Maybe it's just a REALLY good cold air intake.

>>15724512
Woah

you once had 29.4 airs for every fuel

>>15725112
No. That is what it reads during declaration fuel cutoff. It actually was no fuel, just air, but the sensor only reads up to 30.

>>15724910
Not him, but I did/do ezpz.
Works on my car, and my cousin got one, works on his. Turns out he had a misfiring on a cylinder he didn't know about.
Of course, chinese made, but this store in my city had it on stock so we got it here.
Now all I need to do is find out the PIDs specific to my engine/ECU, so I can have all the autistic info I could ever want.

>>15724910
.. Why wouldn't it

Thanks for the replies. At the moment I'm tossing up between spending the money (still no that great amount in the grand scheme) on a Scantool MX, or just getting a cheapy Chinese one just to test compatability and measurable parameters.

>>15724634
And thanks for the link man. Much appreciated.

What are you using it for? Everyday diagnosis and repair? Chinese is perfectly fine. Have the money/want to do stuff your average wrencher doesn't do? MX.

>>15724524
ObdII is nice. On the fox you have to run a twEECer RT or moates quarter horse. Or that $2,000 AEM setup.

>>15724105

Depending on the age of your car you may be able to enable/disable features - provided you get a scanner that's compatible with your make/model.

It's mainly for body related shit, like reprogramming keys, modifying the alarms behavior, etc. I've seen that in some newer models you can disable the indicator bulb out warning in the BCM, so I'm hoping I can do that with my Mazda. I want to change other shit anyways so I got a $100 Ford VCM dongle and I'm going to give it a go sometime.

As far as I'm aware, the Bluetooth models are also capable of normal OBD2/ELM327 monitoring.

>>15727505
Basically my main reason for looking at scanning tools is to monitor the EGR before/after a resistor mod.
But then it'd be a handy tool to have for monitoring and maintenance. I have an old original model Xperia Z phone doing nothing that simply needs another screen, and I'd probably end up mounting that somewhere to further monitor parameters the standard trip computer doesn't.

If it matters, the in question is an '09 NT Pajero DiD.

I use dash commander on my fruit phone. Can't remember the obd scanner, it was around 20$ on Amazon.

I like the app, I like the customizablility of the dashboards. Everything seems to work pretty neat.

I'd say get the scanner and an app. If you hate it, you're only out a few bucks.