Scan Gauge

Plenty of the around, here's another thought, There is an App called Torque that runs on android phones. You install an OBD2 Bluetooth adapter into the OBD2 port and it does all the same sort of things scan gauge does.

The app is free and you can buy the bluetooth adapters on EBay for next to nothing.

Phasar
Really think that with today's technology that scanguage and all the other mod cons available to us, is only something else to keep an eye on whilst travelling .
I have my vehicle fitted with both a chip and a 3" exhaust and really cannot justify the expense to be honest, okay the chip may generate more heat and the exhaust disposes it quicker so in real terms I personally think that it now is probably better than the original 2"system that came with the vehicle.
My thoughts would be "what temp am I supposed to be running at anyway" on the exhaust side, and as we all know every vehicle has it's own personality so to speak.
All oil pressures, water temperatures, and the like are individual to the vehicle concerned .
The old days of a capillary type oil gauge and a mercury filled line for temperature were by far the most accurate in my belief ,however nowadays we have the options of all these
gizmos to concentrate on.
I know there will be those who will shoot from the hip on this, but if you are on hill#27 on the Simpson with an issue, is a scanguage or anything else for that matter going to help?
By then the damage may have already been done, Myself I think I will continue with my daily checks and routine service and maintenance on my vehicle
Cheers
Paul

Hi Phasar,
I have fitted a Scangauge 2 into my 2012 Dmax and it works well. There is an Australian website where it can be purchased for around $160. I have a list of codes that the Scangauge will read and it will reset the code if needed. In my case the Scan gauge read many parameters out of the box, but the one I wanted to read (transmission temp) it would not. After some research I was was able to get more codes off the Web and programme the Scangauge using a function they call X Gauge and now I am reading trans temp. So, even though my Scangauge will read many different sensors the ones I have reading all the time whilst driving are trans temp, water temp. battery voltage and boost.
A very handy and versatile instrument.
Regards
Scooby

A scantool is like a street directory..... it will show you where the street is in a known suburb but it will not tell you where the house is.

Codes can be thrown up for many reasons and a specific code may not indicate the problem..... it still comes down to good detective work and a good understanding.

We use three scantools that all have different capacities of diagnosis...... at $6000 to $11000 a piece we still have to go back to the good old way of fault diagnostics in many cases.

The cheap scantools are a toy with only emission related OBD, the better ones are OBD enhanced scantools with live data capture, live data read and vehicle specific codes.

Not knowing how to use a scantool and how to diagnose a problem can become a very expensive exercise..... and one we see a far bit from DIYers...... had one guy in a Commodore who replaced the fuel pump, filter and fuel pressure regulator him self only to be told it was a faulty relay causing a voltage drop when the vehicle got hot...... think he spent about 8hrs and $700 all for a $16 relay.

Cheap Scan tools tell very little unless it's a published known fault.