Code scanner

[jiul]

What is a good and affordble code scanner that you anyone has used and reccomends?

[ChikagoGTZ]

Go to your local Auto Zone and they'll scan your car for free and look up any codes that you have.

[jiul]

I know but I want get one.

[evil-G-nius]

not a car problem *ahem*

Try Jegs, they have a large catalog of not just parts, but tools and equipment. Might be a good shot

[SuperGALANT]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ChikagoGTZ)</div><div class='quotemain'>Go to your local Auto Zone and they'll scan your car for free and look up any codes that you have.</div>

the local joke around here is that their machine only puts out o2 codes.. persanally ive never gone there to be scanned and never will.. if they give u a number then thats use full.. but ive had customers come in that have replaced ever o2 on their car and it was a vacume leak that made the o2 senser read lean which is what its supposed to do and it is a o2 code.. the only o2 code that means o2s are bad is the slow response code(s)

[seth98esT]

Depending on your year Galant:
www.digitaltuning.com

Thats the cable I have, but I am running a 2g ECU, dont think it matters though. As long as your car is 97/98 you should be able to use the OBDII cable.

[SuperGALANT]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(seth98esT)</div><div class='quotemain'>Depending on your year Galant:
www.digitaltuning.com

Thats the cable I have, but I am running a 2g ECU, dont think it matters though. Â*As long as your car is 97/98 you should be able to use the OBDII cable.</div>

96 is obd2 as well

[jiul]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(seth98esT)</div><div class='quotemain'>Depending on your year Galant:
www.digitaltuning.com

Thats the cable I have, but I am running a 2g ECU, dont think it matters though. Â*As long as your car is 97/98 you should be able to use the OBDII cable.</div>


Ahhhh how about 96?

[jiul]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(SuperGALANT)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(seth98esT)</div><div class='quotemain'>Depending on your year Galant:
www.digitaltuning.com

Thats the cable I have, but I am running a 2g ECU, dont think it matters though. Â*As long as your car is 97/98 you should be able to use the OBDII cable.</div>

96 is obd2 as well</div>

Good LOL

[jiul]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(seth98esT)</div><div class='quotemain'>Depending on your year Galant:
www.digitaltuning.com

Thats the cable I have, but I am running a 2g ECU, dont think it matters though. Â*As long as your car is 97/98 you should be able to use the OBDII cable.</div>

Unless I'm reading it wrong they show a "pocketlogger" for OBDII is that what you're talking about?

[SuperGALANT]

obd2 is required by federal law on ALL 96 and newer cars imported into the united states.. simply put

[seth98esT]

I think 97/98 were the only full OBDII Galants. Check your ECU, how many yellow plugs? Do you have both an OBDII and OBDI port?

[bronxbombr]

I noticed that everyone goes crazy to Autozone to have their codes read and what not. I know some of you 7Gers know that if you short certain pins on the data port that the ECU will flash the codes for you on the dash where the check engine light is. Its a trick that has been done since cars first came out with ODB. Read the FSM or get a cheesy Chiltons Book and see what I am talking about.

[jiul]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bronxbombr)</div><div class='quotemain'>I noticed that everyone goes crazy to Autozone to have their codes read and what not. I know some of you 7Gers know that if you short certain pins on the data port that the ECU will flash the codes for you on the dash where the check engine light is. Its a trick that has been done since cars first came out with ODB. Read the FSM or get a cheesy Chiltons Book and see what I am talking about.</div>


Yeah I used to do that with my Isuzu, I didn't know that you can do it with OBDII

[SuperGALANT]

ive never even heard of doin that on obd2.. now esp. on honda's thats tru to get the codes to flash the light but w/ an obd2 car im pretty sure they eliminated that..
seth yes i do believe 96 galants got both as did many imports of that year b/c they didnt want to force thier techs to buy a new tool just to scan the cars they work on every day but in 97 they twisted thier techs arms to buy one..
http://www.obd2.com/palm/data/palm.htm ('http://www.obd2.com/palm/data/palm.htm')
this is what im going to set up to be using.. i already have the soft ware i just gotta reload the data to the palm so it will read it.. i have the cable routed through my dash..(well not through the dash kinda just behind it)

[jiul]

Are you guys sure that we have OBDII on our 96s?

[jiul]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(SuperGALANT)</div><div class='quotemain'>ive never even heard of doin that on obd2.. now esp. on honda's thats tru to get the codes to flash the light but w/ an obd2 car im pretty sure they eliminated that.. Â*
seth yes i do believe 96 galants got both as did many imports of that year b/c they didnt want to force thier techs to buy a new tool just to scan the cars they work on every day but in 97 they twisted thier techs arms to buy one..
http://www.obd2.com/palm/data/palm.htm ('http://www.obd2.com/palm/data/palm.htm')
this is what im going to set up to be using.. i already have the soft ware i just gotta reload the data to the palm so it will read it.. i have the cable routed through my dash..(well not through the dash kinda just behind it)</div>

What do you mean we have both? There are two terminals?

[bronxbombr]

Ya some 7G's have 2 sockets for the code reader. some of the 94's i believe.

[SuperGALANT]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jiul)</div><div class='quotemain'>Are you guys sure that we have OBDII on our 96s?</div>
yes the federal govenment enforced a generic way to read codes on ALL cars 96 and newer.. thats obd2

[jiul]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(SuperGALANT)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jiul)</div><div class='quotemain'>Are you guys sure that we have OBDII on our 96s?</div>
yes the federal govenment enforced a generic way to read codes on ALL cars 96 and newer.. thats obd2</div>

I looked at the port I got on my 96 galant and compared it to the one on my 2000 Ranger and they look very very different!

[seth98esT]

I have pics at home of an OBDI and OBDII port. Usually OBDI is a clear/white plastick and will only have 4 pins like this: . .: where as the OBDII is more of a big black connector. The thing is, I am not sure if the datalogger off of digitaltuning is compatible with 96 cars. I know it should work with 97/98 cars as they are full OBDII. Where is manybrews at? https://www.thegalantcenter.org/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif

[jiul]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(seth98esT)</div><div class='quotemain'>I have pics at home of an OBDI and OBDII port. Â*Usually OBDI is a clear/white plastick and will only have 4 pins like this: . Â* Â*.: where as the OBDII is more of a big black connector. Â*The thing is, I am not sure if the datalogger off of digitaltuning is compatible with 96 cars. Â*I know it should work with 97/98 cars as they are full OBDII. Â*Where is manybrews at? https://www.thegalantcenter.org/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif</div>


Well fron what you described its an OBDII port but it just looks a lot different than the one on the Ford

[SuperGALANT]

should be identical in shape.. i wish i had a 96 galant around here to play w/.. :-

[jiul]

Well I found out that apprently Ford and Gm ObdII looks different. They are OBD protocol but they have different pins and look different, so that solves that mystery.

Then I found this, on how to identify which protocol is on your car

The pins that they're talking about are numbered, if you looked at a OBD port from left to right and the top row first from 1 to 8
and then the secon row from 9 to 16. I don't know which one we have on the Galants.

J1850 PWM
The connector must have pins 2, 4, 5, 10, and 16. May or may not have additional pins.

J1850 VPW
The connector must have pins 2, 4, 5, and 16, but not 10. May or may not have additional pins.

ISO 9141-2
The connector must have pins 4, 5, 7, and 16. Pin 15 may or may not be present.

[RedGalant2k1]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>OBD-II has been mandated by government regulations, first in California and eventually across the entire U.S. All models from 1996 to present are equipped with OBD-II. A limited number of 1995 models were also equipped with OBD-II. </div>

http://www.mitsubishitechinfo.com/epacarb/default.jsp ('http://www.mitsubishitechinfo.com/epacarb/default.jsp')

[seth98esT]

^ Yah but 96 have weird ECU wiring. Check your ECU, see how many yellow plugs are going into the back. 97/98 have 4, same as the 2g Eclipse. 94/95 should have 3, same as the 1g Eclipse. I think the 96 has 4 as well, but the wires are in different places vs the 97/98. I only have schematics for 97/98 in which if the wiring was the same it would be 96-98 schematics https://www.thegalantcenter.org/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif

I will take a picture of my connector.

[RedGalant2k1]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(seth98esT)</div><div class='quotemain'>^ Yah but 96 have weird ECU wiring. Â*Check your ECU, see how many yellow plugs are going into the back. Â*97/98 have 4, same as the 2g Eclipse. Â*94/95 should have 3, same as the 1g Eclipse. Â*I think the 96 has 4 as well, but the wires are in different places vs the 97/98. Â*I only have schematics for 97/98 in which if the wiring was the same it would be 96-98 schematics https://www.thegalantcenter.org/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif

I will take a picture of my connector.</div>

I will check Mitchell tomorrow.

[shadow83]

Try http://www.troublecodes.net/mitsu/ ('http://www.troublecodes.net/mitsu/') this link

[jiul]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(shadow83)</div><div class='quotemain'>Try http://www.troublecodes.net/mitsu/ ('http://www.troublecodes.net/mitsu/') this link</div>


Wow cool and we said that couldn't be done with a OBDII.