03-30-2018, 03:49 AM
All scantools ever made work here,
your car is 1999 and all tools work from 1996 to now, if you had 2004+ car or newer old tools can fail, due to the lack of "CAN" BUS support, then
but your car any tool works even a $15 USB adapter works with any old laptops (USB is best)
A new tool supports them all 1996 to NOW, and in the future.\
keep in mind we are not talking near worthless code readers, that spit out a P0300 code and leave you high and dry, no it's a scan tool. here.
there are vast type of tools, hand held (most expensive but super most easy to use,)
then there is the USB dongle and and APP for smart phones, or laptops apps.
what is this? "a real time date tracker. ?: (data?)
think of the tool this way, the first time a $100 tool saves you $100 of shop labor the tool is now a true investment, a money maker, every time you find something and cure it.
even a loose gas cap sets a code. (some families just all kick into the kitty and buy one tool for the whole family)
your car is intermittent. so driving to autozone , it's not failing so they cant see the error.
yes its good to have cops. and no distributor, for sure.
but now if those COP boots are 19years old the ones that are direct to plug, no boot lasts 19 years on any COP (you can buy boots only !) and sure the 2 spark wires too.
but the boot shorts on #1 and P0301 code sets ! telling you #1 is gross misfiring. (1 and 4 are shared coils so if one spark misfires, both fail, do to a series electr circuit.)
the tool I like is Innova 3160, but only if on sale. it's a hand held.
The USB dongle is best here.
I have laptop and can log data all day long if need be.....very powerful... tool...
here is my Innova
http://www.fixkick.com/ECU/Authority/A_F....html#Jeep
here is the dongle. USB tools
the $44 dongle here is good. plenty good and USB robust, unlike bluetooth, I have this and the wifi version
http://www.palmerperformance.com/hardware/index.php
the packages are here,
http://www.palmerperformance.com/store/i...p?cPath=24
I have this, and is superpowerful but one needs laptop , and old owns work great.
http://www.palmerperformance.com/store/p...ucts_id=57
i have not used the android one, but I bet its very goodl
http://www.palmerperformance.com/store/p...ucts_id=57
it is always a very personal choice, for sure.
datalogging is top of my list.
drive and log. data.
I must be able to log DTC errors live or any sensor of my choosing.
The CMP one cant log each click, we only see P0340, or 355 errors, to tell me its dead. or misfiring or intermittant,
all other sensors analog can be logged, MAF, MAP, ECT, IAT, O2 front , O2 Rear, RPM, speed, load, all data can be logged.
your car is 1999 and all tools work from 1996 to now, if you had 2004+ car or newer old tools can fail, due to the lack of "CAN" BUS support, then
but your car any tool works even a $15 USB adapter works with any old laptops (USB is best)
A new tool supports them all 1996 to NOW, and in the future.\
keep in mind we are not talking near worthless code readers, that spit out a P0300 code and leave you high and dry, no it's a scan tool. here.
there are vast type of tools, hand held (most expensive but super most easy to use,)
then there is the USB dongle and and APP for smart phones, or laptops apps.
what is this? "a real time date tracker. ?: (data?)
think of the tool this way, the first time a $100 tool saves you $100 of shop labor the tool is now a true investment, a money maker, every time you find something and cure it.
even a loose gas cap sets a code. (some families just all kick into the kitty and buy one tool for the whole family)
your car is intermittent. so driving to autozone , it's not failing so they cant see the error.
yes its good to have cops. and no distributor, for sure.
but now if those COP boots are 19years old the ones that are direct to plug, no boot lasts 19 years on any COP (you can buy boots only !) and sure the 2 spark wires too.
but the boot shorts on #1 and P0301 code sets ! telling you #1 is gross misfiring. (1 and 4 are shared coils so if one spark misfires, both fail, do to a series electr circuit.)
the tool I like is Innova 3160, but only if on sale. it's a hand held.
The USB dongle is best here.
I have laptop and can log data all day long if need be.....very powerful... tool...
here is my Innova
http://www.fixkick.com/ECU/Authority/A_F....html#Jeep
here is the dongle. USB tools
the $44 dongle here is good. plenty good and USB robust, unlike bluetooth, I have this and the wifi version
http://www.palmerperformance.com/hardware/index.php
the packages are here,
http://www.palmerperformance.com/store/i...p?cPath=24
I have this, and is superpowerful but one needs laptop , and old owns work great.
http://www.palmerperformance.com/store/p...ucts_id=57
i have not used the android one, but I bet its very goodl
http://www.palmerperformance.com/store/p...ucts_id=57
it is always a very personal choice, for sure.
datalogging is top of my list.
drive and log. data.
I must be able to log DTC errors live or any sensor of my choosing.
The CMP one cant log each click, we only see P0340, or 355 errors, to tell me its dead. or misfiring or intermittant,
all other sensors analog can be logged, MAF, MAP, ECT, IAT, O2 front , O2 Rear, RPM, speed, load, all data can be logged.
http://www.fixkick.com