I just received my OBDII reader, the BR-3. I haven't had a chance to plug it in yet but I'm itchin'.

I know some of you have this unit out there and I was wondering if you have found any little tidbits or tricks while using it? I know I will find things out while using it but I thought I would tap the vast knowledge pool to see what you guys have to say!

 

call me dumb but what is it u got......

 

Here you go....
http://www.obddiagnostics.com/

 

I mainly use it to check the short and long term fuel trim. I have used it to check other people's codes on their cars/trucks. It can check just about any make/model you can throw at it, years 1997 and up. Oh- and use a copilot

 

elnip's URL got messed up somehow...

This is what he's talking about:

http://www.obddiagnostics.com/

 

Guess I wasn't paying attention and hosed the link some how.

 

That is what I plan to do with mine pretty much. My truck tends to run really rich for the most part so I want to confirm what the long and short term fuel trim are really doing as well as look at the O2's. Then I will be up for a wide band O2 sensor to go with the future piggy back.....

 

One thing that I've found is that since I'm now putting my rig in the dirt, I'll sometimes get a Check Engine Light out on the trail. It'll always happen when I'm in 4-low and we're doing something where the engine revs are high (climbing or just splashing through puddles). I've been too lazy after getting home to pull out the laptop, and the light's always cleared itself in a day or two, so I'm not sure what it is.

Anyway... I just wanted to share another reason to have the box around. Given that you have a laptop, then it's a LOT less expensive than the stand-alone readers you can buy at the autoparts store, and the "kewl" factor is pretty high as well.

Mark

 

Talk about "Kewl" factor! You are right. A buddy here at work was talking about a CE light so I said lets take a look. Found codes for a few misfires and a bad O2 sensor.

This is the best $88 bones I have spent in a long time.