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
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
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!