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[ale] OT: cool gadget
- Subject: [ale] OT: cool gadget
- From: byron at cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff)
- Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 08:19:01 -0400
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
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On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 07:45:34AM -0400, Jim Philips wrote:
> A fellow geek at work turned me on to this. If you go to a mechanic to see why
> your "check engine light" is on, they'll charge you a hundred bucks just to
> plug it in and see what message the onboard computer is sending. Now, you can
> plug in this gadget and read the messages yourself. You may or may not know
> what a big deal this is. Some mechanics will lead you round and round for
> weeks trying to find the reason for that little light. Check it out here:
>
> http://www.actron.com/
Um, the Autozone will read your codes and give you a free printout.
There's no reason for the average Joe to have an ODB II scanner.
BAJ