Diagnostics Port

Stiff, big "tug! ????

Are you sure you are looking at the right part???

More seriously: Those things tell you very little anyway...

Aye, but a little bit more than what the dashboard tells me - like RPM, intake and coolant temperature...

DervMan raved thus:

:: Having just gotten my hands on an OBD-II Scanner :) I'm finding the :: Ka's diagnostics port extremely stiff... Presumably this is quite :: normal? There doesn't seem to be a catch, I merely have to give it :: a big tug...

Cool, where did you get it? Is it a laptop/PDA version or is it hardware? Does it have a dashboard on it? Etc.

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Quite a simple solution, but effective, not taxing on the PDA either...

And it comes with the necessary for a laptop connection, too! :)

DervMan raved thus:

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Why do you want to know?

'cause it's a highly developed sports car and these things need to be kept under control :)

Depends on the software.

The OBDII gives you the potential to record, in real time, all sorts of engine and powertrain sensor values and positions and graph things to see what the effects are when changing things.

E.g. before and after pictures while cleaning the MAF to compare the readings from the device. It's pretty obvious the MAF was reading 0.06 - 0.7 pounds per minute high before cleaning on tickover / normal revs, also pretty obvious the MAF reads higher at higher revs, following the graphs, pointing out that the MAF is working but overreading due to gunk until cleaned:

Tickover:

Not an expensive tool. ISTR paying about 90 bucks, hardware and software.

Apparently >Stiff, big "tug! ????

Probly just as a matter of intrest :) Although, except for intake temp, my dash tells me those things anyway...

I'm certainly NOT gonna have a poke around when i get back to my broadband tmrw and see if i can download it :)

Dan405 raved thus:

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Heh, thought about that one, but you need a bit of hardware too :o(

Is that standard diagnostic stuff for all cars? Or do diffent makes use different connections/software? I was thinking of getting the relevant cables and software for my Polo (Sept 01), just out of curiosity really.

Because I'm a nerd.

$195, not £195. :)

Yes; cars from 1996 onwards have to have the OBD-II port.

I realise it became mandatory then, but were some cars OBD-II before then? Will my forthcoming '95 Supra be OBD-II?

For a Polo Vag-Com's pretty unbeatable, mainly due to all the non ODBII stuff it does.

I get the impression that they don't all use the same interface, though. Ford use pulse width modulated, PWM, while Vauxhall use sommat else, for instance. It may well be the socket is the same shape / pins.

Load of detail here:

Yes.

I have no idea.