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Anybody have an OBD1 code reader in NoVA? (EOM) - Beej - 10-14-2006
Self explanatory.
- Ginger - 10-14-2006
Can't you jump the diagnostic port and count the CEL flashes?
That's what I've done on all my OBD1 cars.
- Beej - 10-14-2006
The hell if I know - OBD1 is greek to me. I just looked at like the first 5 google results and nothing obvious came up, so you must be wrong.
- Ginger - 10-14-2006
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Just figured some other folks might get use out of it, too.
- karmapolice - 10-16-2006
Doesnt Autozone or a similar store have one of these?
- Beej - 10-16-2006
karmapolice Wrote:Doesnt Autozone or a similar store have one of these?I dunno, do they? I was trying to avoid buying something that I'm probably only going to use once.
Peake Research seems to make a nice one for $140 - these things seem manufacturer specific too...I dunno much about all this.
- CaptainHenreh - 10-16-2006
OBD I doesn't have it's own "code reader" that you'll be able to find, except for maybe GM/FoMoCo products.
OBD II is where all that shit got standardized.
Your best bet is to search the intertubes for the key/pedal/fuse sequence you need to make the CEL flash the code at you, then compare the code to what it's in a table.
If you're lucky, this will be in a haynes manual. If you ain't, you should still be able to find it on the internet.
Some ECU's (nissan and honda at least) have a light on the ECU itself that flashes codes. My 240SX did that. What kind of car are we talking about?
- Maengelito - 10-16-2006
CaptainHenreh Wrote:What kind of car are we talking about?
maybe the car he's picking up this weekend? just spill the beans bj
- ViPER1313 - 10-16-2006
Here is the tool you are looking for.
- Beej - 10-16-2006
Yeah I didn't know the magical way that would take me 10 times to perfect to make the code flash on the light, so I couldn't try it...and now the car is like 3 hours away. It ran fine so I'm not stressing about anything, I just wonder what it was. I thought OBD1 was way more standardized than it apparently is.
No beans yet!
- Beej - 11-30-2006
I bought a Peake R5/FCX-II in case anyone needs to read or clear codes or anything. Should be good for 1987-2000 BMW's.
- WRXtranceformed - 11-30-2006
You can usually get codes pulled for free at AAP or other car stores. Dunno if they can do OBD1, but I know they can do OBD2...I've gotten them read before.
- ScottyB - 11-30-2006
WRXtranceformed Wrote:You can usually get codes pulled for free at AAP or other car stores. Dunno if they can do OBD1, but I know they can do OBD2...I've gotten them read before.
autozone only reads my codes but they won't clear them, booo!
- Hunter - 12-04-2006
asteele2 Wrote:http://www.unofficialbmw.com/repair_faqs/motronic.html
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Just figured some other folks might get use out of it, too.
Thats exactly what I've always gotten the 325 to tell me its secrets, but theres still always multiple things that trigger the same codes.