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wellsy
Wednesday 15th July 2009, 17:08
hi all
just wandering if anyone knows weather this set up would work on my 98 v70 .

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ELM-327-USB-CAR-DIAGNOSTIC-SCANNER-VERSION-1-3a-OBD-CAN_W0QQitemZ120445800712QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Dia gnostic_Tools_Equipment?hash=item1c0b211108&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1689|293%3A1| 294%3A50

thanks for any help wellsy..

smudgethecat
Wednesday 15th July 2009, 20:55
Should do your cars OBD11 complient i bought a similar reader a while ago reads all the generic OBD11 codes

wellsy
Thursday 16th July 2009, 18:18
hi there , thanks for the reply .
i think i will give it a go they offer a7 day money back system
i would prob end up paying a dealer more to get codes read so will pay for itself
thanks wellsy...

nobananas
Saturday 18th July 2009, 10:43
I'm not so sure it would, I know my 96 850 which has an OBD 2 socket isn't OBD compliant. We have several diagnostic scan tools at work and none of them will interface with my car. I have tried them before on V70 classics also with no joy

Rob_ioClean
Saturday 18th July 2009, 10:47
I'm not so sure it would, I know my 96 850 which has an OBD 2 socket isn't OBD compliant. We have several diagnostic scan tools at work and none of them will interface with my car. I have tried them before on V70 classics also with no joy

Apparently the 850's were only part OBDII compliant from what I have read.

nobananas
Saturday 18th July 2009, 10:53
Apparently the 850's were only part OBDII compliant from what I have read.

I would agree with that. Also they still use a version of the flash codes from the earlier volvos, the only difference is that they need a reader (or an LED poked into certain pins on the socket) to be read. I suspect they only became fully OBD compliant when they went ME7 but I can't be sure of that.

Rob_ioClean
Saturday 18th July 2009, 10:57
I would agree with that. Also they still use a version of the flash codes from the earlier volvos, the only difference is that they need a reader (or an LED poked into certain pins on the socket) to be read. I suspect they only became fully OBD compliant when they went ME7 but I can't be sure of that.

I think your spot on tbh, I have a ME7 C70, but havent brought i cable yet, no sure what one to get tbh.

Been looking at this - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290330108187

wellsy
Saturday 18th July 2009, 11:51
is there any way of telling if my car is fully obd 2 ??
its a 98 pre me7