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"JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!" (jqj213) 01/07/2015 at 10:03 • Filed to: None

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Ebay has a bluetooth OBDII Code Scanner that pairs with your Android phone for $5 and free shipping! It might not be the best thing out there, but to just read a code every once in a while, $5 seems like a great deal! !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 01/07/2015 at 10:04

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One of my brothers has one similar to that. Works well... except that for some reason Powerstroke diesels are iffy and don't like to talk to them.

Party_in_the_USA > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 01/07/2015 at 10:09

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I love this thing. The neat thing is how different cars will have different parameters they spit via this thing into the Torque app (which I read the scanner with)

I tried it on a current direct injected car and it gave me fuel rail pressure , as an example. That was the most unique parameter I've gotten.

Some other cars have given me oil pressure, water temp, ignition timing advance, and way way more.

$5 is supremely NP

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 01/07/2015 at 10:09

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Is it just a code reader, or can you pair it with Torque to get a readout of engine information?

PS9 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/07/2015 at 10:10

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Powerstokes are known to be luddites. Making them go ODBII was bad enough, when you come at them with all this bluetooth smartphone stuff, they be like;

Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 01/07/2015 at 10:15

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I have one, works pretty good! It is a little delayed on giving readings but its better than nothing! Especially on cars with limited gage clusters.

Alfalfa > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 01/07/2015 at 10:19

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I ordered a slightly nicer one a few weeks ago, but it's taking its sweet time getting here.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 01/07/2015 at 10:21

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From what I was reading Torque and similar apps will pair with it.. but it just isn't the fastest or best to use with it

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 01/07/2015 at 10:25

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Meh, I see people complain about the refresh rates of various OBD readers, and I don't get it. If you're monitoring things like oil pressure or oil temperature with it, how quickly do you need it to refresh? I would just like to be able to confirm that it's good when on track more than anything.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 01/07/2015 at 10:34

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I think the main complaint was from people who were trying to use it as a speedo and tach; it wouldn't work well for that. But for what you need I could see it working fine

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 01/07/2015 at 10:41

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Yeah, probably.

TheRallyStache > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 01/07/2015 at 10:53

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Thanks for the heads-up! I just bought one.

uofime > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 01/07/2015 at 11:26

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Heads up I had one of those and found out it won't read codes on early 00's GM cars

Coachrotte33 > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 01/07/2015 at 13:03

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Anyone know an iOS one?

and 100 more > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 01/07/2015 at 17:55

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I'd been kicking around the idea of getting one of these for awhile, but never really looked into it.

Thanks to you, I have one already en route to me. Thank you!

T5Killer > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 01/07/2015 at 19:31

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I love mine it comes in handy as a super cheap code scanner