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Are the Computer Software programs any good? S70 1998

posted by  AIR RESQ on  Wed Feb 4 16:51 CST 2004
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I just saw a thread about some software you can download to your laptop "free" and it will read all your codes. Has anyone tried this, and is it reliable, or is it just a waist of time. I was told that Auto Zone readers just mess up your computer???????

http://www.scantool.net/obdii_cable.htm








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    Are the Computer Software programs any good? S70 1998

    posted by  someone claiming to be Marc on  Thu Feb 19 07:37 CST 2004 [RELATED]

    I bought the cables & interface from scantool.net and it worked great.I used it to read & reset a code that turned out to be a bad thermostat.It only reads engine codes and some sensor data.I also downloaded a program from obd2crazy.com that was a little better.There are many other sites that have programs to read ALL the obdII codes but I haven't tried them yet.

    1998 S70 70k miles








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    Are the Computer Software programs any good? S70 1998

    posted by  someone claiming to be Ray N. on  Thu Feb 5 06:06 CST 2004 [RELATED]

    Autozone won't mess them up. It's OBDII so the readers conform
    to a standard. Clearing the codes can mess you up if you do that and
    then try to get a smog since the "all is ok" codes won't go back
    to OK until the car has been driven for some time (after clearing all
    code). Your smpog check then fails. I bets that is where the
    "mess it up" rumor started.







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      Are the Computer Software programs any good? S70 1998

      posted by  AIR RESQ on  Thu Feb 5 14:20 CST 2004
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      It might have been that the mechanic wanted me to pay him $70 and not go to Auto Zone and have them do it free. Is that computer software any good?







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