<div dir="ltr">I'm planning on attending the April meeting, and I've always got my ODB-II reader in my car. I don't mind taking a few minutes to read your codes.<div><br></div><div>If it was a simple problem due to loose gas cap, it would have gone away on the next diagnostic cycle, after you re-tightened the gas cap. If it's staying on, it's probably something else.<br>
<div><br></div><div>Since the e-Test is now ODB-II based, you'll fail right away if your check engine light is on. "Fail", actually, since I think most places won't even test you if your check engine light is on (which I expect will drive the ministry-reported failure rate to near 0%). Clearing the error code will also cause a failure, since you have to have completed a diagnostic cycle.</div>
</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 3:41 PM, CrankyOldBugger <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com" target="_blank">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I've had a few different garages hook up similar devices to my truck and none of them could figure out how turn the light off, or a couple of them could turn it off only to have it come back on in a week, so don't be surprised if you spend money on this device and still get no further ahead.<div>
<br></div><div>I'm thinking of just putting some tape over the light so I can't see it anymore... ;)</div><div><br></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On 6 March 2014 15:29, Andrew Mercer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrew@andrewmercer.net" target="_blank">andrew@andrewmercer.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Yeah, a lot of nice tech there, but probably way outside my price range. I basically just want to know if my engine light is on because it's the gas cap loose or something insignificant like that. I'm not interested in changing any settings or collecting data, etc.<br>
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I'm not a mechanic, but it seems to me that NAPA has many similar items..<br>
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On 6 March 2014 15:07, John Johnson <<a href="mailto:jvj@golden.net" target="_blank">jvj@golden.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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I know of an app for an Android Smartphone called Torque.<br>
(I have never used the app.)<br>
The catch: The app is only US$5 but one needs a Bluetooth ODB-II dongle plugged into the vehicle's diagnostic port.<br>
<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.prowl.torque" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/<u></u>apps/details?id=org.prowl.<u></u>torque</a> [2]<br>
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On 2014-03-06 14:52, Andrew Mercer wrote:<br>
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Hi guys, I've found on Amazon an Android compatible OBD-II/OBD2 diagnostic scanner such as one described in this article:<br>
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<a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/be-mechanicwith-android-and-linux?page=0,0" target="_blank">http://www.linuxjournal.com/<u></u>content/be-mechanicwith-<u></u>android-and-linux?page=0,0</a> [1]<br>
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but if there is a place that sells them locally I'd rather get it from there. Does anyone know of a place (or places) in KW that sells this kind of tech?<br>
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