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Old 04-04-2011, 05:31 PM
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my OBD hookup is not talking to ANY scanners whatsoever, i have no idea why as everything seems to be hooked up correctly yet no matter whats trying to read it nothing gets through no store scanner no modis scanners and i cant pass emissions because even theirs cant get any sort of reading, it did work before because i have had it scanned by someone with a snap on modis to see what was causing a misfire about half a year ago if i understand things correctly my computer is working because the truck does run fine (most of the time lol) any directions i should head in or somewhere i should start poking at? it seems like its always something or another because on top of this issue my caliper locked up today lol any advice would be great because i have to pass emissions this month some time
 
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I believe most obdii data links are configured the same so do you have voltage at pin 16? lower left cavity of the link.
 
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let me go check
 
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provided i am doing everything correctly to test it, no i am not getting voltage out of that particular one
 
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there should be a fuse for the obd II port.if the fuse is blown it wont send of recieve anything...
 
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That was with key on? Then you need to get a wiring diragram and trace that wire back to the pcm and check there.
 
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yes key was on sir, where would i find this fuse? the dash is apart would some corrosion on these connectors have anything to do with it? i could give them a quick scrub
 
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That was with key on? Then you need to get a wiring diragram and trace that wire back to the pcm and check there.
the key does not have to be on for the scanner to come on. if i plug my scanner in it turns on automatically. of course the key has to be on for the scanner to read the codes and i/m monitors.
 
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yes key was on sir, where would i find this fuse? the dash is apart would some corrosion on these connectors have anything to do with it? i could give them a quick scrub
the fuse should be in the fuse box on the side of the dash, if its not it will be in the fuse block under the hood...
 
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Originally Posted by redneck_ram
the key does not have to be on for the scanner to come on. if i plug my scanner in it turns on automatically. of course the key has to be on for the scanner to read the codes and i/m monitors.
Battery powered scanner maybe? Ill go check mine to confirm this. If it was a fuse thats great. kiss lol
 


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