Lookin’ For a Scan Tool

[Matthew]

im browsin’ the web for a cheap scan tool but some say CAN some sat OBDII what is the difference?

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[Matthew]

[quote=”johnzcarz” post=38298]Like Emphasis said – wouldn’t you be better off just fixing the problem rather than resetting the CEL every time the monitor runs? And depending on where you live, resetting the CEL can cause you NOT to pass the emissions inspection.[/quote]

State of Minnesota does not require emmisions testing i plan to yank the airbags airbag light and CEL out at some point

[Matthew]

[quote=”Wayne613″ post=38394]The sensors are there to let you know of a potential problem before it becomes acute or catastrophic. This thread gave you some pretty good advise from others as to what should be done, and the likely causes.

You seem to have the misconception the links provided in the other thread are the only possible reasons and/or symptoms to this specific code. Your sensor can be bad and your car not stall out for instance. The one link in particular also doesn’t list some of the more oddball reasons, as it’s a magnetic field reading it’s susceptible in many cases to RFI/EMI. Which can have a number of causes, a bad ground, voltage regulator from the alternator spewing garbage out, voltage leak from ignition wiring, etc..

To verify the sensor you’d need to scope it, but you could still quite easily do basic readings by getting a simple wiring diagram and/or tracing the wiring to get readings from where they go into the PCM/ECU. Not verifying why this is on at the least is inviting a far greater set of annoyances.

Buying a scan tool so you can clear it at will isn’t going to make that light go away btw. This isn’t one of those sensors that gets checked every few drive cycles..[/quote]

that thread is mine i read thru it already i was told that a CEL only means its due for maintaince that the only time to worry is when it is flashing unfortunately i do not have any money at all family and my girlfriend pay for my gas and family pays insurance. I do not have a wiring diagram nor can i find a free service manual.

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