And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Not a bad thing to have on hand. One car has a bluetooth enabled adapter that I got from Amazon (not expensive), I need to use it with an app on my phone (Torque Lite-the free one). I does the job when a CEL pops up. The other car has a wired unit like CW is showing here, it's easier to use than the other one. It's worth the money to me to have one in the car jut so I can see what's going wrong and do my risk management.
Mine paid for itself the first time I used it. It will tell you which cylinder is misfiring, which cam is not advancing, which injector has an electrical fault etc. Also a must have if you're buying a used car. Unscrupulous sellers will erase trouble codes to extinguish a CEL. To protect yourself scan with a good code reader after a test drive and look for any pending codes. Al_in_Ottawa
I bought one several years ago when my son's Kia van was constantly havng the dreaded "Kia gas cap code". The check engine light comes on, you plug in the reader and if it's the usual P0440, then you clear it and go on. The dealer couldn't find anything so we just cleared it. My classic '02 Durango also had it but a new genuine MOPAR cap helped for a long time but it still comes around from time to time so I just clear it. The reader is certainly worth more than it's cost. It doesn't work on newer cars, though.
Got a similar good make scanner/reader here in England, problem is it doesn't like my Forester and can actually cause dash lights to come on, finding suitable equipment without spending a small fortune for Subaru diagnostics isn't easy.
I have one. Surprisingly intuitive to operate and far cheaper than paying some grease monkey to check a code. Paid for itself the first time I used it. (#7 cylinder running lean) Ran injector cleaner, reset light and no further issues. Fun useful fact, if you get a CEL and it wont throw you a code so you can reset the dash light, just pull a plug wire, let it re-read, put the wire back on and it'll clear for you.
Not a bad thing to have on hand.
ReplyDeleteOne car has a bluetooth enabled adapter that I got from Amazon (not expensive), I need to use it with an app on my phone (Torque Lite-the free one). I does the job when a CEL pops up.
The other car has a wired unit like CW is showing here, it's easier to use than the other one.
It's worth the money to me to have one in the car jut so I can see what's going wrong and do my risk management.
A good investment for checking DTC codes and I/M readiness before smog tests.
ReplyDeleteThe Real Time and Data Flow functions might be very useful too.
Mine paid for itself the first time I used it. It will tell you which cylinder is misfiring, which cam is not advancing, which injector has an electrical fault etc.
ReplyDeleteAlso a must have if you're buying a used car. Unscrupulous sellers will erase trouble codes to extinguish a CEL. To protect yourself scan with a good code reader after a test drive and look for any pending codes.
Al_in_Ottawa
I bought one several years ago when my son's Kia van was constantly havng the dreaded "Kia gas cap code". The check engine light comes on, you plug in the reader and if it's the usual P0440, then you clear it and go on. The dealer couldn't find anything so we just cleared it. My classic '02 Durango also had it but a new genuine MOPAR cap helped for a long time but it still comes around from time to time so I just clear it. The reader is certainly worth more than it's cost. It doesn't work on newer cars, though.
ReplyDeleteGot a similar good make scanner/reader here in England, problem is it doesn't like my Forester and can actually cause dash lights to come on, finding suitable equipment without spending a small fortune for Subaru diagnostics isn't easy.
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I have one. Surprisingly intuitive to operate and far cheaper than paying some grease monkey to check a code. Paid for itself the first time I used it. (#7 cylinder running lean) Ran injector cleaner, reset light and no further issues. Fun useful fact, if you get a CEL and it wont throw you a code so you can reset the dash light, just pull a plug wire, let it re-read, put the wire back on and it'll clear for you.
ReplyDeleteNeeded one of these so here’s another thing I have purchased on Amazon after following your link... hope you benefit when we buy things this way! :-)
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