[s-cars] Re:[s-cars} which VAG_COM interface???

[Tom Green]

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> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 21:06:24 -0700
> Subject: [s-cars] which VAG-COM interface???
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> I can't seem to find any solid confirmation online about which
> interface I
> need. I have a Uni-Com, does anybody know if this will work on an S6?
> I'd
> like to be able to check for error-codes when I go to check out a car,
> but
> don't want to show up with something that won't do the trick. Thanks
> again!
> Jeremy Hull
> Software Engineer
> Space and Missile Defense Programs Office
> Boeing-Autometric
> Colorado Springs, CO
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Short answer; I really don't know.
Is the Uni-Com something you have used on your A4 ?  That is , a
diagnostic tool with Audi/VW software in it?  If so, then you really
just need the interface for the S6.  The '95 S6 is pre-OBD II and does
not have the purple many-pin plug I believe your A4 has.  It only has
two small 2-pin connectors in the engine compartment fuse/relay box and
takes a VAS 5051/2 to interface the OBD II plug to the S6.  This is at
the year for changeover to OBD II so I don't  know about '96 or '97
models, but they would either be OBD II or the same as the '95.  So, if
the Uni-Com  diagnoses VW/Audis, and terminates in an OBD II plug, then
you need the 2 plug adapter for older systems.
If that doesn't confuse the issue enough, I can probably make it worse.
If you go look at the Denver '95.5 use his VAG-COM.  Or ShadeTree is
just down the street.

Tom "95 S6
Knoxville, TN