danZman Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Long story short, cant be assed with Nissan charging me £100 for the 3 seconds it takes to read my engine management light everytime it comes on. I have a '03 Jap import, can I use a ODBII reader like the one here: to read my car? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OBD-2-II-EOBD-OBD2-Fault-Code-Reader-CAN-Scanner-U380_W0QQitemZ300301790833QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Diagnostic_Tools_Equipment?hash=item45eb61ae71&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_3162wt_907 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I think any OBD11 reader will work. Somebody on here has one of these, I think. http://www.scangauge.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danZman Posted August 6, 2009 Author Share Posted August 6, 2009 Actually after some reason, all 2000> onwards jap imports need a JOBD reader like this one: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Car-code-diagnostic-tool-scanner-reader-OBD2-II-T40_W0QQitemZ310159290872QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Diagnostic_Tools_Equipment?hash=item4836ef31f8&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_1197wt_681 Can anyone verify this is correct before I order it please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Actually after some reason, all 2000> onwards jap imports need a JOBD reader like this one: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Car-code-diagnostic-tool-scanner-reader-OBD2-II-T40_W0QQitemZ310159290872QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Diagnostic_Tools_Equipment?hash=item4836ef31f8&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_1197wt_681 Can anyone verify this is correct before I order it please? I've not heard about this before, and I'm pretty certain that in some earlier threads, members had been successfully using standard OBD11 code readers for both UK and JDM cars. Maybe better do a search to confirm this (or somebody else might be able to clarify for you) before you spend the extra cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Some Jap cars need a special OBDII reader to read codes and stuff, but the 350Z isn't one of them. You can buy any old thing and it'll work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I think any OBD11 reader will work. Somebody on here has one of these, I think. http://www.scangauge.com/ That would be me I haven't had a chance to test the code reader side of it yet, since fitting it my car has stopped throwing the code Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 .... since fitting it my car has stopped throwing the code Result That was a relatively cheap fix then!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Sorry - slightly OT, but.... Does anybody know if there is a code reader that interfaces with a Mac rather than a PC laptop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin W Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 If you follow the ECU reset procedure in the service manual you can induce flashing CEL which repeats so you can read it yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danZman Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 If you follow the ECU reset procedure in the service manual you can induce flashing CEL which repeats so you can read it yourself. Seriously! When I read the procedure it just says "The engine check light should flash" Didnt say anything about flashing the code(s) to you. Thats cool, but at the same time ive just wasted my money! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3FIDDYZ Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 If you follow the ECU reset procedure in the service manual you can induce flashing CEL which repeats so you can read it yourself. Seriously! When I read the procedure it just says "The engine check light should flash" Didnt say anything about flashing the code(s) to you. Thats cool, but at the same time ive just wasted my money! Just to clarify, you prob havnt wasted money!! There is a way of getting the light to start flashing, it will flash a number of times and you have to count them, the number of flashes will then equate to the code that can be found on here. One thing is that its hard to read and also hard to get rid of!! Code reader will do the job far quicker and much more efficiantly!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin W Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Code reader will do the job far quicker and much more efficiantly!! Agreed.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maz77 Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 One thing is that its hard to read and also hard to get rid of!! Code reader will do the job far quicker and much more efficiantly!! what software you running on yours mark? seems to give alot more info like intake temp, revs, AFR etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danZman Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 Just an update on this, I purchased the code reader and it didnt work. The guy on ebay was false advertising the product as it didnt read EODB or JODB. Waste of time... Ended up performing the accelerator pedal dance jobby thing (ended up having to use a stop watch to get the timing so accurate). and got the code that way. Was confusing tho... all I got was 10 flashes, then 3 flashes, then 7 flashes... but the code wasnt P1037, it was P0037??? Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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