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[*] posted on 8-6-2008 at 05:50 PM


If you carry an emergency kit and supplies, not just bandaids, you should carry an OBDll tester if your vehicle is a 1996 and newer. They are not that expensive and can provide clues to help even the Mexican mechanic find the problem.
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[*] posted on 8-7-2008 at 01:47 PM


From what I understand, the analysis computers that you can buy for about $50 gets you a readout or code for a system, i.e Fuel system malfunction - Exhaust system malfunction - Transmission system malfunction etc.

They do not (I was told by the Ford service guy) isolate and pin-point the problem in that system. (thats what the $150K computer at the ford service dept. does)

So according to him, if i had one of those computers it would have potentially shown a code which would indicate that the problem was a "fuel system malfunction".

Anyway, hopefully soon my diesel problems will be behind me as the wife says she wants to take flying lessons and the BOLA airstrip is real close to the casa !!!
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[*] posted on 8-8-2008 at 07:36 AM


I have a Innova 3120 I purchased from Kragan for under $200 and it has a LCD display that provides both a code and where the problem is. For example code P2019, Intake manifold runner position sensor/switch circuit bank 2. It also reads it out in French and spanish. If you have a code only tester the code will point you in a direction and a service manual should provide several possible items to check. On my 93 Toyota and 91 chevy trucks you had to jumper across two pins on a connector and count the check engine light for a code. Then the manual would point you in the right direction. On my Toyota once I got a code for too rich fuel and it gave me 5 or 6 things it could be and one was an oxygen sensor. Of all the things that could be wrong that appeared to be the most likely one since the truck had 140,000 miles on it and it was.
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