Vehicle OBD Tools

[importcrew]

Who uses what? Do any of you use any of those cheap ones that connects to your smartphone? I've seen so many that allegedly offers so many options for various prices. I also thought, if I were to buy one that is accessed via smartphone, then why not look for one that offers a wide arrange of options.

Something like this one:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mialinkup/mialinkup-a-new-direction-in-connected-car/description


What say you TCG?

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[Spivitz]

I use OBD Torque mainly to keep an eye on my trans temp.
It works great for me, no issues.

 

[Bru]

$5 Torque app and $10 ELM 327 bluetooth dongle worked great with my Galaxy to monitor vitals. Laggy for data-logging but was great for casual observation of data and had a wide variety of gauges and customizable layouts. Still looking for a decent compatible app for my iPhone.

 

[SRT41320]

Same as Bru... Except mine was free with the purchase of the Mookon

 

[S8ER01Z]

HP tuners... Seems to work pretty well for my car.

 

[Kaeghl]

I use torque as well. Works pretty well.

 

[BrianG]

[MENTION=750]RICH17[/MENTION] has one that worked pretty well over Bluetooth. I'll let him chime in on what it was.

 

[RICH17]

Yup torque as well. But it looks like my adapter took a shit.

 

[boostedguy05]

i also would like to find a good adapter. the one i got never worked.

i think [MENTION=1983]Outlaw[/MENTION] had one as well?

 

[Outlaw]

i also would like to find a good adapter. the one i got never worked.

i think [MENTION=1983]Outlaw[/MENTION] had one as well?

I tried one early on with no success. I'd like to give one a shot once again now that the technology is through its infancy. I use a mid-grade Actronic scanner which does everything I need currently.

 

[rocket5979]

I would like to find an OBD + CAN scan-tool that can datalog most general PID's on most cars, foreign and domestic. I already have a few decent CAN scanners, but they don't datalog; and I already have full read & write access to most GM and Ford pcms, but it would be nice to be able to datalog lower level PID's in one singular unit on those cars as well as VAG and Japanese vehicles too. Something that doesn't drop data, and can handle more than 5 PID's logging at a time would be nice.

 

[Frank Dukes]

bringing this back from the dead.

I considered a bluetooth module but they just seem odd to me. There's one out now that claims to do ABS/SRS codes called Bluedriver that seems pretty slick but is costly at $100.

for that price i stuck with a regular old code reader. went with an Autel AL619 and had my ABS code within 5 minutes of opening the box. good stuff.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

I've been using a cheapo bluetooth OBDII reader from Amazon and the Torque app for years now. Works perfect for what I need.

 

[Frank Dukes]

my diablosport intune does great for P codes. it was the abs code that was the tipping point for me.

I'll hopefully never "need" it again but for $109 it was worth not paying a diag fee. none of the local auto part stores will read abs codes.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Tech2 with CANdi for my 06+ vehicles.

 

[Mook]

Torque app is what I used to use.

Now I use obd11 for the vape machine.

 

[bnr32]

I have the blue driver, it's meh.

 

[Diavolo]

I used torque app on my ms3 just to see if I'd pass emissions.

On the bmw, I use MHD (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mhd.flasher.n54&hl=en)

Hooks up to my Nexus 7. Does all monitoring and flashing of tunes.

 

[Dasfinc]

I have a Ford ProCal for the Mustang, a ScanGauge II for the cooper, and a generic OBD2 plug in scanner for basically everything else.

I've always been curious about the Torque app and the bluetooth adapter.

 

[importcrew]

I use the torque app and Check Engine Light. Both are okay. There was another make specific one I used but they make it all confusing with the amount of plug-ins that you have to search yourself and install for various things.

 

[Primalzer]

I use an UltraGauge. Similar to ScanGauge, but it's a little bigger (can see more gauges at once), and can show 6-8 different parameters at once. Tons of gauges and packages you can customize, read and remove codes, can even have it track gas mileage and update the instant econ, based on your usage. I use it to monitor boost (to keep it out of boost, to get a bump in mileage). A little pricey at about $80 all in, but to me, totally worth it given the features.

UltraGauge OBDII Scan tool & Information Center

 

[LikeABauce302]

I keep a Bluetooth OBD adapter in my car and use the torque app if I ever get an error code while I'm away from home. For any datalogging though, I have an Actron Elite scan tool. Its about 10 years old now, but I can install updates for it still and it works really well for my needs. I think I paid about $200 for it.

 

[Boss]

I bought one of the cheap Bluetooth ones from ebay $10 honestly it works awesome. But for some reason it doesn't work on nissans? Lol