OBDII diagnostics troubleshooting
- RedShark
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OBDII diagnostics troubleshooting
Dear all,
Would like to share with you my little knowledge as requested by Bulldozer, I'm sure most of you knows it already.
Most of cars if not all since 1996 came with diagnostics port as standard from factory
And it's called OBDII or OBD2
http://www.ebay.com/itm/301929178781
What I did simply was ordering Bluetooth/wifi OBD2 dongle which allows me to connect from Android/Mac OS to the car Computer
Once you have connection to car you can get lot of info like engine, tranny and intake temp
As well as any fault codes u have in the car
For example, we where on a drive and engine check light came on
By reading code I got to know it was throttle actuator issue ,cleaned it nicely and made sure all connections are tight then cleared the codes and that was it
Without Knowing why check engine light was on ,we could have send a car back to road instead
Along with the Dongle u will need an App from Android/mac app store ,many of them are free and good ones like torque pro which I use costs like 20 AED
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... owl.torque
If you like me having the Monterra with Android OS ,you can install the app on the Garmin and keep monitoring temperatures or whatever u need while driving and once u got a code you can simply read/reset it from the garmin as well
This works on many cars not only jeep BTW
Hope this is useful for you guys
Thanks for reading
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Would like to share with you my little knowledge as requested by Bulldozer, I'm sure most of you knows it already.
Most of cars if not all since 1996 came with diagnostics port as standard from factory
And it's called OBDII or OBD2
http://www.ebay.com/itm/301929178781
What I did simply was ordering Bluetooth/wifi OBD2 dongle which allows me to connect from Android/Mac OS to the car Computer
Once you have connection to car you can get lot of info like engine, tranny and intake temp
As well as any fault codes u have in the car
For example, we where on a drive and engine check light came on
By reading code I got to know it was throttle actuator issue ,cleaned it nicely and made sure all connections are tight then cleared the codes and that was it
Without Knowing why check engine light was on ,we could have send a car back to road instead
Along with the Dongle u will need an App from Android/mac app store ,many of them are free and good ones like torque pro which I use costs like 20 AED
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... owl.torque
If you like me having the Monterra with Android OS ,you can install the app on the Garmin and keep monitoring temperatures or whatever u need while driving and once u got a code you can simply read/reset it from the garmin as well
This works on many cars not only jeep BTW
Hope this is useful for you guys
Thanks for reading
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- Glec_Jihaume
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Re: OBDII diagnostics troubleshooting
Hey, I bought one on Souq.com a while ago but it's not working on my TJ (06) some of the pins in that odb reader are not connected to the board and they correspond to the ones used by the TJ's ECU. It works perfectly on other cars, just not on an old TJ !
Do you know if this one would work on a TJ ?
Do you know if this one would work on a TJ ?
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OBDII diagnostics troubleshooting
Hi ,
You can check this link .
05-06 wrangler have some trouble with this
http://www.wranglerforum.com/f210/obd-l ... 37729.html
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You can check this link .
05-06 wrangler have some trouble with this
http://www.wranglerforum.com/f210/obd-l ... 37729.html
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Re: OBDII diagnostics troubleshooting
Hi ,Glec_Jihaume wrote:Hey, I bought one on Souq.com a while ago but it's not working on my TJ (06) some of the pins in that odb reader are not connected to the board and they correspond to the ones used by the TJ's ECU. It works perfectly on other cars, just not on an old TJ !
Do you know if this one would work on a TJ ?
Not sure actually, never tried it on TJ
I would do small research online on which protocol the TJ is using for OBD2 and order a dongle that supports it
If u look online you can find dongles for 300$ plus
I only tried the cheap one and it's working fine so far
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- scotchyl
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OBDII diagnostics troubleshooting
RefShark, this was the only thing which kept me driving Friday, thank you so much for running it on my car. Mine is ordered and on the way.
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Re: OBDII diagnostics troubleshooting
Always welcome, my pleasure to helpscotchyl wrote:RefShark, this was the only thing which kept me driving Friday, thank you so much for running it on my car. Mine is ordered and on the way.
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Re: OBDII diagnostics troubleshooting
The TJ does use ODB2 and those dongles supposedly support all OBD2 protocols but they actually dont (there are like 15 different OBD2 languages varying from manufacturer). 2006 Jeep used sthg like ISO 15765-XXX and for it to work you need the pins 6 & 14 on the dongle to be connected -which they aren't on mine-.RedShark wrote: Hi ,
Not sure actually, never tried it on TJ
I would do small research online on which protocol the TJ is using for OBD2 and order a dongle that supports it
ANYWAY, if you get a chance to test it on a TJ on one of the trips I would love to know if it works so I can get one for myself.
(and It's not a problem on the ECU side either because I tried the code reader from Ramy dubai and it worked fine.)
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Re: OBDII diagnostics troubleshooting
Sure will remember thatGlec_Jihaume wrote:The TJ does use ODB2 and those dongles supposedly support all OBD2 protocols but they actually dont (there are like 15 different OBD2 languages varying from manufacturer). 2006 Jeep used sthg like ISO 15765-XXX and for it to work you need the pins 6 & 14 on the dongle to be connected -which they aren't on mine-.RedShark wrote: Hi ,
Not sure actually, never tried it on TJ
I would do small research online on which protocol the TJ is using for OBD2 and order a dongle that supports it
ANYWAY, if you get a chance to test it on a TJ on one of the trips I would love to know if it works so I can get one for myself.
(and It's not a problem on the ECU side either because I tried the code reader from Ramy dubai and it worked fine.)
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Re: OBDII diagnostics troubleshooting
Hi Redshark,
I looked at the link you provided for the Bluetooth/wifi code reader. With Bluetooth selected the price was $4.51 which showed only for android/PC connection. Then, because I have iPhone not android, I tried the wifi version and the price jumped to $21.51.
Which version have you tried? Android Bluetooth? Or Wifi version for iPhone? Any one tried the wifi version, does it work as advertised?
At $4.00 I was willing to try anything, but at $21.00 plus shipping I am hoping for some feed back from someone before I give it a try....
Best regards,
Randy
I looked at the link you provided for the Bluetooth/wifi code reader. With Bluetooth selected the price was $4.51 which showed only for android/PC connection. Then, because I have iPhone not android, I tried the wifi version and the price jumped to $21.51.
Which version have you tried? Android Bluetooth? Or Wifi version for iPhone? Any one tried the wifi version, does it work as advertised?
At $4.00 I was willing to try anything, but at $21.00 plus shipping I am hoping for some feed back from someone before I give it a try....
Best regards,
Randy
Randy
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Re: OBDII diagnostics troubleshooting
I used that link as example, not sure it's the same one I have ,mine was 10$ if I remember correctlygoriding wrote:Hi Redshark,
I looked at the link you provided for the Bluetooth/wifi code reader. With Bluetooth selected the price was $4.51 which showed only for android/PC connection. Then, because I have iPhone not android, I tried the wifi version and the price jumped to $21.51.
Which version have you tried? Android Bluetooth? Or Wifi version for iPhone? Any one tried the wifi version, does it work as advertised?
At $4.00 I was willing to try anything, but at $21.00 plus shipping I am hoping for some feed back from someone before I give it a try....
Best regards,
Randy
I use Android version ,didn't try Wi-Fi version
Let us know if u did
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OBDII diagnostics troubleshooting
Mine arrived, now just to download the app and work out how to use it......,.
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Re: OBDII diagnostics troubleshooting
That's quickscotchyl wrote:Mine arrived, now just to download the app and work out how to use it......,.
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Let me know if u need any help using it
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App downloaded onto garmin just need to marry them. Question, can you only set 1 profile.
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Re: OBDII diagnostics troubleshooting
You can have many, I have 2 now for 2007 KJ and 2014 JKscotchyl wrote:App downloaded onto garmin just need to marry them. Question, can you only set 1 profile.
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Re: OBDII diagnostics troubleshooting
Dear Ahmad thank you very much for all the valuable information u mentioned here, am sure so many will get use of it some how and will help in recovering a car to finish a trip
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