EEC IV read out on Ford Escort 1996

I've been trying to read out the EEC IV fault codes on my Ford Escort

1996 1.6 using a digital voltmeter (see
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But unfortunately I get no read-out - does anyone know if the signals might be too fast for my digital voltmeter to keep up?

I've now bought an LED, resistor and switch - and ordering a male OBDII connector (which is hard to find...) -- and will continue my hunt for the fault codes with this ;-)

/Jakob

Reply to
Jakob Dalsgaard
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OBD II should be read with a proper scan tool. The EEC-IV uses the meter and jumper trick. A 1996 should be EEV-V...

Where I live, stores like AutoZone will read the codes for free...

Hope this helps - PoD

Reply to
Paul of Dayton

Form his message headers, it looks like he is in Europe where the EEC-IV system may have been produced for the '96 model year. If his connector is like the one he referenced in the link, it seems it would be EEC-IV, I believe, which would require an OBD-II scanner to read.

Reply to
lugnut

Thanks Lugnut. I fired off my mouth without thinking again...

PoD

Reply to
Paul of Dayton

The manuals I have referencing the EEC IV refer to the use of an analog VOM, not a digital unit. Codes are read by counting the sweeps across the meter's face.

And, according to the link you provided, some control systems still used the OBD I connector. Refer to

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for thehook-up.

Best of luck. EEC IV systems can be a bugger to troubleshoot. Report your results, please.

Mike

Reply to
Bjorntoluz

Thanks a bunch guys

Sorry - I forgot to tell that I'm european; or danish to be more specific -- and so is the car ;-)

But a post regarding EEC IV readout in a danish car newsgroup has so far been fruitless. Hence the post to a wider audience ;-)

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Reply to
Jakob Dalsgaard

Jakob

If you find a site with good information in another language, you may be able to use Google.com language services to translate it into what you need.

Good luck!

Lugnut

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lugnut

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