WT-i: I need some help!
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WT-i: I need some help!
I posted this on the LS400-430 board and one of the other members suggested I ask you. I just picked up a '95 LS400 yesterday and the check engine light came on as I was driving home. Figures, huh?
Anyway, I start researching how to pull the codes and find on several sites that only '96 and above have the OBD ll ports and that I can use the jumper wire on my '95. I get under the dash and low and behold, I've got a port with a cover marker OBD ll and an additional round, white plastic port marked DIAGNOSTIC. Okay, I say. I must have an OBD ll car. But when I pulled the cap from the black port, there are only a few terminals that are occupied. The build date of the car was 5/95.
Any ideas as to what I have? How do I evalute what the issue causing the check engine light is?
Thanks in advance,
Mike
Anyway, I start researching how to pull the codes and find on several sites that only '96 and above have the OBD ll ports and that I can use the jumper wire on my '95. I get under the dash and low and behold, I've got a port with a cover marker OBD ll and an additional round, white plastic port marked DIAGNOSTIC. Okay, I say. I must have an OBD ll car. But when I pulled the cap from the black port, there are only a few terminals that are occupied. The build date of the car was 5/95.
Any ideas as to what I have? How do I evalute what the issue causing the check engine light is?
Thanks in advance,
Mike
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Wow, you are talking about at least $1,500.00 for the cheapest one with out any adapter. I wanted one myself, but then again, no thanks. I'm using the one at the dealership, but I think it will save me a lot of time when I have to do some diagnostic and I don't have to walk around the shop looking for the Scan tool. Then, I found out it will cost me around 3K for everything, that when I think walking around is a good exercise...
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Okay, I guess I am confused. There is a OBD ll scan tool at Pep Boys for $149+ tax and there are several handheld units on Ebay for that amount and more. Are these not the same thing? I hate to buy one only to find out that this is not what I need.
Here is the Ebay link. Replace the ** with tt.
h**p://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?query=scan+tool&newu=1&krd=1
Here is the Ebay link. Replace the ** with tt.
h**p://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?query=scan+tool&newu=1&krd=1
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Originally posted by Macromike
Okay, I guess I am confused. There is a OBD ll scan tool at Pep Boys for $149+ tax and there are several handheld units on Ebay for that amount and more. Are these not the same thing? I hate to buy one only to find out that this is not what I need.
Here is the Ebay link. Replace the ** with tt.
h**p://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?query=scan+tool&newu=1&krd=1
Okay, I guess I am confused. There is a OBD ll scan tool at Pep Boys for $149+ tax and there are several handheld units on Ebay for that amount and more. Are these not the same thing? I hate to buy one only to find out that this is not what I need.
Here is the Ebay link. Replace the ** with tt.
h**p://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?query=scan+tool&newu=1&krd=1
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