RE: obd

[Peter Henriksen <peterhe@microsoft.com>]

$70 is a complete rip-off for something that takes 5min.

There are unfortunately not many others (than dealers) who have the
computer to do it. I know Ned Ritchie has one and AVS in Chehalis, WA
should have one as well. If you're not close...

Ned Ritchie once told me that if a dealer charges you whatever their
smallest unit of labour is (typically 1/2 hour), require them to do
something useful to your car for the other 25 or 55 minutes :-)
- peter
  peterhe@microsoft.com - http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/1001
  91 200qw
  94 acura legend gs
  issaquah, wa, usa


>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Richard Lebens [SMTP:rlebens@mdc.com]
>Sent:	Friday, January 24, 1997 11:31 AM
>To:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject:	obd
>
>I#m still searching for a scanner to read the diagnostic codes out of the 91
>90 Quattro
>20V.  What does everyone do,  just give the dealer the flat rate 70 bucks to
>do
>computer diagnostics.  This car doesn#t have a maintenance indicator light so
>if you
>suspect something is wrong with engine management you take a shot(s) in the
>dark or
>go to the dealer to who tells you nothing is wrong or it#s an intermittent
>fault.  Is the
>interface the SAE j1850 serial bus.  Searching the diy-efi list archive
>didn#t do much
>good either.
>
>