|
Off Topic Off Topic - General non-Corvette related discussion. |
|
Share | Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
07-02-2018, 5:48am | #1 | ||||||
Barn Stall Owner #1269
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 10,805
Thanks: 4,573
Thanked 3,598 Times in 1,444 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $232471
|
OBD11 reader question...
Are there any readers that can clear the codes for you or is that dealer only.
|
||||||
07-02-2018, 5:54am | #2 | ||||||
Bantayan Kids '14
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Boonies of NH
Posts: 9,307
Thanks: 5,144
Thanked 3,045 Times in 1,474 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $998785483
|
I thought they all would? Unless you are talking about clearing the history. My mechanic has one that clears all the code history, says he paid around $5K for it! The one I have cost me $20 at Pep Boys and can clear the code, but not the history
|
||||||
07-02-2018, 6:02am | #3 | ||||||
Barn Stall Owner #13
Barn Raising II,III,IV NCM Supporter '13,'14,'16,'17,'19,'20 Bantayan Kids '13,'15,'17 GTMS ‘18
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Ypsilanti, Mi
Posts: 13,301
Thanks: 7,793
Thanked 2,641 Times in 1,956 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $425244
|
Agreed, simple one should do the trick if your just trying to get the service engine soon light to turn off
|
||||||
07-02-2018, 6:43am | #4 | ||||||
Latin American Goat Roper
Barn Stall Owner #101 Bantayan Kids '13
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Orange Park Florida
Posts: 60,733
Thanks: 32,910
Thanked 11,567 Times in 5,704 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1138393
|
Odd thing, wife's 01 Focus twin cam 2.0 started setting lights saying gas cap loose,etc....never found it, gave up and let the light be on, and after a few months the light went out...the gas cap indicator AND the code set light car runs fine..... I have a 20 buck reader from HF.....
The computer in my vette runs with a simple speed density hotrod chip update from a '88-91 vette.....I have several of the computers, so I keep them circulating through the car to ensure I have a good one, but have never had a failure.....since '95, knock on wood....for the vette I have an old scanner that stays in the car....call it OBD1 by default, I guess...... |
||||||
07-02-2018, 6:54am | #5 | ||||||
C4 Mod
Barn Raising II,III
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Cincinnati, OH ....ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑBE....
Posts: 13,894
Thanks: 1,314
Thanked 7,748 Times in 3,448 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $19752494
|
Agree with consensus. Everything beyond the cheapest "scanner" will have the ability to clear (most of) the active codes. If you don't have one, the parts store borrow units will do it as well.
|
||||||
07-02-2018, 7:04am | #6 | ||||||
Barn Stall Owner #1269
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 10,805
Thanks: 4,573
Thanked 3,598 Times in 1,444 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $232471
|
Yea I just want one that clears codes. None of these will re program the ECU's correct for that you need the dealership i assume.
|
||||||
07-02-2018, 9:09am | #7 | ||||||
Barn Raising II,III
NCM Supporter '13 Bantayan Kids '17
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: I could never live there.
Posts: 339,934
Thanks: 200,281
Thanked 30,508 Times in 14,293 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $108033784
|
To clear the codes, disconnect the battery for 10 minutes.
|
||||||
07-02-2018, 9:18am | #8 | ||||||
A Real Barner
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: I stick like glue
Posts: 9,155
Thanks: 2,660
Thanked 5,971 Times in 2,427 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $46509956
|
I have a cheap Blue Point unit I bought on the Crack On truck about 5 years ago, it's the cheapest one they make and it clears codes...
|
||||||
07-02-2018, 9:38am | #9 | ||||||
A Real Barner
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Live Free or Die.
Posts: 4,904
Thanks: 2,025
Thanked 2,190 Times in 1,172 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $3122345
|
Correct,none of the hand held code readers will reflash your ecu.For that operation you need the factory/dealership scan tool and when it is done in at least Toyota's case you have to log on to their website on their network and then download the latest software patch.
|
||||||
The Following User Says Thank You to m and t's77 For This Useful Post: |
|
|
Support the Barn: |
Download the Mobile App; |
Follow us on Facebook: |
||