OBD2 scanner tool
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swansea v6

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1,283 posts

250 months

Saturday 24th March 2012
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Any ideas where the best place to pick up an OBD2 scanner tool ( for an auto FTO) would be? I am just after a fault reader, which would also pick up any gearbox issues. Have looked online and all I did was confuse myself!!

RadoVR6

1,210 posts

231 months

Saturday 24th March 2012
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I got a blutooth one from ebay which works with my phone. it was only £14 and thr app was free. works very well

Condi

19,902 posts

196 months

Saturday 24th March 2012
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I bought a simple Sealy one, think it cost about £50 from my local motorfactors. Much cheaper online, but I needed one ASAP.

Bluetooth ones are an option, although Ive heard bad things about the cheap ebay ones.

v8will

3,310 posts

221 months

Saturday 24th March 2012
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Just make sure that your car is OBDII compliant, I've had a few older cars that although they have the OBD socket do not work with generic readers.

Manicminer

12,332 posts

222 months

Saturday 24th March 2012
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Isn't the FTO a bit before OBD2 regs came in? I'd check it does actually use OBD2 and not some other code reading protocol first.