obd2 diagnostics ????

**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-CA...3%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

Originally Posted by nobananas

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

Originally Posted by RobTSmith

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

Originally Posted by nobananas

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.d...m=290330108187