Finds: GM OBD-I Code Scanner
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
So your check engine light’s on and you have no freakin’ idea what’s wrong. Is something actually wrong with the engine, or is it just a failed sensor? If you’re driving an older vehicle — something that’s computerized and built before around 1995 — it’s probably OBD-I, which means two things: 1) You can’t use any of the fancy OBD-II code readers (with LCDs and built-in manuals) to tell what’s up, and 2) you aren’t going to have to spend $200+ on one of the aforementioned readers.
In fact, you can pick up a little “scanner” for arounde $25 that’ll do the job just fine, assuming that you’re patient enough to sit and count LED flashes.
