Sunday, March 7, 2010
Car scan tool or diagnostic tool without repair is nothing. Buy car repair manual book
Buy car repair manual book for yourself... Anyone that have used scan tool or diagnostic tool know that scan tool or diagnostic tool is used to know the car trouble faults codes, details or information about the car problem but can not repair the car. To repair the car is for those people that have little experience or mechanic only but if you want to repair your car buy car repair manual book for yourself
Whether you are car owner or home mechanic buy scan tool or diagnostic tool that fit your need
Many people just surfing internet for scan tool or diagnostic tool without find out about their car communication protocol or diagnostic link connector (DLC) after they purchase they will find out that they buy the wrong one. Why you don’t make your research first before you buy. Find out about the model and year of the car to know the right and good scan tool or diagnostic tool you will purchase
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Why are you pay when you can do it yourself
Why you don’t ask yourself can I know this fault myself when your car check engine light comes out or when your car trouble you before you call near mechanic or car dealer. If you call them they will charge you to use their scan tool or diagnostic tool to diagnosis your car and charge you again after they repair your car but if you have a good scan tool or diagnostic tool to can perform this yourself maybe it can be something you can repair yourself and save your money. If you don’t have any scan tool or diagnostic tool you buy one for yourself.
Monday, February 22, 2010
What is scan tool or diagnostic tool
It was very simple like ABC to know what they called scan tool or diagnostic tool when many people don’t figure it out so I like to tell. While many cars have check engine light or MIL (Malfunction Indicator Lamp) or SES (Service Engine Soon) light in their instrument cluster to notice you when car ECU has detected a problem with the various system it controls.
Let me tell you, many cars nowadays have many sensors that monitor the various cars system. When check engine comes out that means something has wrong with your car, maybe you notice the problem immediately or not, soon or later you will know when you notice strange something with your car. This trouble faults will be detects and store by car ECU (Engine Control Unit).
When this occur you can’t know exactly what the problem with you car that until you find some type of tool that you will used or what your mechanic will used to find out what is the major problem with your car. This type of tool is called car scan tool or diagnostic tool or we can call it code reader, code scanner or diagnostic tool. This tool is the same tool that manufacturer or mechanic used to detected car problem.
Let me tell you, many cars nowadays have many sensors that monitor the various cars system. When check engine comes out that means something has wrong with your car, maybe you notice the problem immediately or not, soon or later you will know when you notice strange something with your car. This trouble faults will be detects and store by car ECU (Engine Control Unit).
When this occur you can’t know exactly what the problem with you car that until you find some type of tool that you will used or what your mechanic will used to find out what is the major problem with your car. This type of tool is called car scan tool or diagnostic tool or we can call it code reader, code scanner or diagnostic tool. This tool is the same tool that manufacturer or mechanic used to detected car problem.
Don’t buy wrong scan tool or diagnostic tool for your car
Don’t buy wrong scan tool or diagnostic tool for your car
Before you purchase any scan tool or diagnostic tool make sure that you buy the one that fit your car or the one that can be used for you car. You can first find out the type of diagnostic link connector (DLC) your car have because there are were many difference scan tool or diagnostic tool outside there.
Diagnostic link connector (DLC) is a location where you can plug your scan tool or diagnostic tool when you want to detect your car trouble faults. Any old and new car that have check engine light or MIL (Malfunction Indicator Lamp) or SES (Service Engine Soon) light in their instrument cluster have their own diagnostic link connector (DLC).
Around year 1982 to 1996 each car has their own diagnostic link connector (DLC) from their manufacturer. Let look into the sample where diagnostic link connector (DLC) located. Let use this as example, before year 1996 Toyota and Mercedes- Benz diagnostic link connector (DLC) located inside the car bonnet near the engine but some times Toyota can have two diagnostic link connector (DLC) locations, one can be located inside the car bonnet near the engine and the other one can be located inside the car, it can be located in the driver’s compartment in the area bounded by the driver’s end of the instrument panel and can be attached to the instrument panel and can easy to access from the driver’s seat.
Mercedes- Benz diagnostic link connector (DLC) socket look round while Toyota diagnostic link connector (DLC) look like rectangle that one located inside the car bonnet near the engine and the other Toyota one that located in the driver’s compartment in the area bounded by the driver’s end of the instrument panel look round and some pre-1996 cars diagnostic link connector (DLC) look like rectangle too. From year 1996 most all newer cars were OBD-2 compliant and their diagnostic link connector (DLC) look like D socket and it located in the driver’s compartment in the area bounded by the passenger or driver’s end of the instrument panel and can be attached to that instrument panel and can easy to access from the driver’s seat.
Before you purchase any scan tool or diagnostic tool make sure that you buy the one that fit your car or the one that can be used for you car. You can first find out the type of diagnostic link connector (DLC) your car have because there are were many difference scan tool or diagnostic tool outside there.
Diagnostic link connector (DLC) is a location where you can plug your scan tool or diagnostic tool when you want to detect your car trouble faults. Any old and new car that have check engine light or MIL (Malfunction Indicator Lamp) or SES (Service Engine Soon) light in their instrument cluster have their own diagnostic link connector (DLC).
Around year 1982 to 1996 each car has their own diagnostic link connector (DLC) from their manufacturer. Let look into the sample where diagnostic link connector (DLC) located. Let use this as example, before year 1996 Toyota and Mercedes- Benz diagnostic link connector (DLC) located inside the car bonnet near the engine but some times Toyota can have two diagnostic link connector (DLC) locations, one can be located inside the car bonnet near the engine and the other one can be located inside the car, it can be located in the driver’s compartment in the area bounded by the driver’s end of the instrument panel and can be attached to the instrument panel and can easy to access from the driver’s seat.
Mercedes- Benz diagnostic link connector (DLC) socket look round while Toyota diagnostic link connector (DLC) look like rectangle that one located inside the car bonnet near the engine and the other Toyota one that located in the driver’s compartment in the area bounded by the driver’s end of the instrument panel look round and some pre-1996 cars diagnostic link connector (DLC) look like rectangle too. From year 1996 most all newer cars were OBD-2 compliant and their diagnostic link connector (DLC) look like D socket and it located in the driver’s compartment in the area bounded by the passenger or driver’s end of the instrument panel and can be attached to that instrument panel and can easy to access from the driver’s seat.
Is your car is OBD-2 compliant car
Is your car is OBD1 or OBD-2 compliant car. OBD-1 compliant car is old car with that have it own scan tool or diagnostic tool before year 1996 which means that it scan tool or diagnostic tool can not be used in another car for example Nissan car scan tool or diagnostic tool can not be used in Mazda car while OBD-2 compliant car is new car from year 1996 that their can be used in different cars like Nissan, Mazda, GM and Honda etc.
All newer cars from year 1996 were OBD2 compliant cars while all cars and light trucks built for sale in the United States of America after 1996 are required to be OBD-2 compliant. Many cars before or after year 1996 have been built with a new onboard communications protocol called CAN (Controller Area Network) apart from Mercedes- Benz because they have started used this type of CAN (Controller Area Network) around year 1992.
What is CAN (Controller Area Network). CAN (Controller Area Network) is essentially an engineering standard for how ECU and modules talk to one another via the serial data bus in car wiring system. CAN is now being used on and more on newer cars but United States car manufacturer were not allowed to use CAN until model year 2003.
All newer cars from year 1996 were OBD2 compliant cars while all cars and light trucks built for sale in the United States of America after 1996 are required to be OBD-2 compliant. Many cars before or after year 1996 have been built with a new onboard communications protocol called CAN (Controller Area Network) apart from Mercedes- Benz because they have started used this type of CAN (Controller Area Network) around year 1992.
What is CAN (Controller Area Network). CAN (Controller Area Network) is essentially an engineering standard for how ECU and modules talk to one another via the serial data bus in car wiring system. CAN is now being used on and more on newer cars but United States car manufacturer were not allowed to use CAN until model year 2003.
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