[TR] Off Topic Code Reader

[Frank Fisher]

the cheep code readers tend only to give you the error code. an example would
be "G43".
the problem you then face is finding out what a g43 is for your car.
not always easy.
my son who is an ase mechanic is often going back to the
company's paid, on line service manual to get to what the code is.
even his
1000.00 snap on code reader requires an on line service sometimes. 
and if the
code reader is older than your car, you may not get the code.



On Friday,
January 17, 2014 6:56 AM, Matt <mbarre at juno.com> wrote:
 
I have watched these
come down in price over the years.I think I paid around
$50 for mine and am
shocked to see them in the $20 range now.Mine is no frills
but works great.I
often find I need to bring the code to the net for more info
as one casualty
of the low cost seems to be in the documentation. IMHO - worth
the $$ to avoid
the trip to FLAPS. MB


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---------- Original Message
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From: "Greg Lemon" <glemon at neb.rr.com>
To: "Triumphs"
<triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: [TR] Off Topic Code Reader
Date: Thu, 16
Jan 2014 20:15:01 -0600

Sorry to bomb the list, but thought this topic might
be of interest to more
than just me.

In addition to an old Triumph, my family
has several newer cars that are new
enough to have OBDII diagnostic ports on
them, but old enough for me to need
to work on them from time to time, and I
am the family mechanic.

Some of you may be in the same boat, I am thinking of
buying my own code
reader, I know you can get it done at your local parts
store for free, but
often would be more convenient to be able to do this at
home.

I notice that you can buy them new anywhere from under $20 on ebay and
Amazon, to middle of the range looking stuff for maybe $60 to $100+, to
professional type stuff for $250 or more.

I am tempted to pick up a cheap
one, but if the only one's worth having are
several hundred bucks I will just
keep running to Advance Auto to have it
done.

Anybody had any experience,
particularly at the low end?

Thanks, Greg Lemon

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