So my old 2004 truck gets a check engine light a LOT. It’s a PITA to go down to the shop & have them read the code & clear it.
Particularly now that I’m getting this evaporative emmissions code and my shop reaches over to the gas cap and says “it wasn’t tight”.
(I live in Oregon where we don’t pump our own gas, so I’ll be darned if I’m going to get out of the truck every time to see if they tightened it enough).
Anyway - I went shopping & found this OBD2 wifi adapter:
But it only works with an app and of the two apps that it recommends, one won’t show me the code without upgrading to pro (Dash Command) and the other one flat out won’t connect (Torque Lite), so I kept trying and finally found ODB Arny that actually works - it’s ad heavy.
The Palmer Performance Dash Command looks cool and has all these gauges and connects great, but without being able to do much & test it, I’m not really into buying it. When it did scan, it also said that “there are 3 GM codes that you have to buy the GM add-on to read” which after going to their website was another $99.
Anyway, curious if anyone else has played around with these ODB2 readers, has an app that they recommend or any other info.
I bought a Durametric branded one for my Porsche Cayman S. It’s a cable that plugs into a laptop and connects to their custom Windows app. This has more features than generic ODB2 readers since it knows about your specific car model and can edit the software editable car options as well as reading and clearing codes. Handy for making sense of the occasional error without having to go to the shop unless it’s important,
The downside - these are SUPER expensive. Like $300+ for the basic version and much more for one that can edit your engine parameters. For this car, it quickly pays for itself in avoiding the shop unless it’s really necessary,
It’s fine. You just Google the codes it spits out. I think there’s a CD but Google is better because if you search the code with your car model you’ll find people talking about what they did to fix things. I paid less ($45) than what it is now and I’m sure you can get a cheaper one that does the same thing.
