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Re: can the average person benefit from an obd scanner?

Postby TrinbagoMan » November 18th, 2014, 8:00 am

thinking of this.

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Re: can the average person benefit from an obd scanner?

Postby supercharged turbo » November 20th, 2014, 6:59 pm

Won't it be obd2 as well?

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Re: can the average person benefit from an obd scanner?

Postby supercharged turbo » November 27th, 2014, 10:50 pm

Anyone knows if an Innova 3160 scan tool works on our vehicles locally(tiida,hilux,corolla,lancer etc)?

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Re: can the average person benefit from an obd scanner?

Postby black start » November 27th, 2014, 11:05 pm

Using a innova 3100 on my civic....

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Re: can the average person benefit from an obd scanner?

Postby amarmoonasar21 » November 27th, 2014, 11:31 pm

Supercharged that can't work I brought it down for my hilux an it not working try the autel scanners

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Re: can the average person benefit from an obd scanner?

Postby supercharged turbo » November 28th, 2014, 4:51 am

black start wrote:Using a innova 3100 on my civic....

Is mainly a civic that i buying it for.How it working?

amarmoonasar21 wrote:Supercharged that can't work I brought it down for my hilux an it not working try the autel scanners
Same 3160 or a different model?

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Re: can the average person benefit from an obd scanner?

Postby amarmoonasar21 » November 28th, 2014, 7:43 am

Yeah 3160

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Re: can the average person benefit from an obd scanner?

Postby supercharged turbo » November 28th, 2014, 10:31 am

What about other vehicles?

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Re: can the average person benefit from an obd scanner?

Postby black start » November 28th, 2014, 7:43 pm

3100 didnt work on my yaris hatch so it could be a toyota thing?

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Re: can the average person benefit from an obd scanner?

Postby amarmoonasar21 » November 28th, 2014, 9:50 pm

It did not work in the navara an b14 so my advice don't buy it

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Re: can the average person benefit from an obd scanner?

Postby supercharged turbo » November 29th, 2014, 3:57 pm

Not even on de b14..weyy

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Re: can the average person benefit from an obd scanner?

Postby Morpheus » November 29th, 2014, 4:38 pm

They work on Japanese cars "SOLD IN THE US"

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Re: can the average person benefit from an obd scanner?

Postby black start » November 29th, 2014, 4:51 pm

Actually the echo is the us variant of my hatch and as said before,it didnt work..

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Re: can the average person benefit from an obd scanner?

Postby EJ Lewis » April 18th, 2016, 5:30 am

$800.00 cost too much for DIYer. You can simply get a hand-held code scanner or hook up ELM327 bluetooth on iPhone/Android. These cheap one can give you error codes , clear codes and some live data. I personal own a Autel MD802.
http://www.obd365.com/wholesale/maxidia ... ystem.html

Absolutely incredible tool to have in your tool box. As powerful as a scan tool twice it's size, yet small enough to tote around where you need it (and easy to hold/monitor on test drives). I would have paid a couple hundred more for this. The software is very stable. Scans EVERY module available in vehicle and displays data PIDs for the modules found. Absolutely amazing for such a small investment. Perfect for diagnosing. Only thing it doesn't do is bi-directional testing and coding. Which is when you go grab the bigger scan tool. But, I find myself not needing anything more than the MaxiDiag Elite. Seriously, whole heartedly... just do it, you won't be disappointed.

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Re: can the average person benefit from an obd scanner?

Postby nervewrecker » April 18th, 2016, 9:49 am

Pal of mine bought one of those mini bluetooth obd2 scanner for his impreza. Did the same here and its convenient for a quick scan. Cost like USD$10.00

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Re: can the average person benefit from an obd scanner?

Postby CBharath » April 18th, 2016, 11:14 am

if anyone knows what will work with no problems on a zze corolla with the 3zzfe engine let me know

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Re: can the average person benefit from an obd scanner?

Postby terique » March 24th, 2017, 11:56 pm

anthonyanthony wrote:Altec if you are a DIY one of these is good , cheap one can be bought to just give you error codes , clear codes and some live data.
As some tuners said this tool will just guide you , you have to know how your vehicle works to slove the problem.
As a DIY you will have to use it in conjunction with the vehicle service manual ( not owner manual ).

Also research , read , etc their are many articles that shows how to use the data from these tools.

If you know nothing on EFI cars , first thing is to take a course on efi servicing... UTT has such a course parttime in charipachina senior comp.
Then get your service manual and understand it carefully.
You should know how to use some basic mechanic tools and to use a basic meter to test for voltage , resistance and open/ short circuits.

Then get your scan tool , the problem is buying off the net is risky since the tool may not work on our local vehicles,and most companies down here tend to sell for the pros which is very expensive ie over $ 15,000.00.

Their a guy in bamboo that sells for the DIY or pros , he will
check it on your vehicle first to see if it works.
For the DIY price is between $800.00 - $ 1500.00


I got a autel maxiscan 609.
Worked on my car a local cy 2010 1.5L lancer. ( No problems communication with engine ECU )
But the ABS section does not work since my car is not listed and hence no commmunication
with ABS ECU.

However it does not work with my other car a local cs3 2005 1.6L lancer.
Apprantly autel do not support maxiscan anymore since it is not shown on their webpage
and they have not responded to my emails.

Do you have a number for the guy in the bamboo

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