ODBII diagnostic adapter - cheap ebay units

by **chanham** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 2:31 pm

Hey all,

I'm looking into getting a small ODBII adapter to gain info like acceleration, fuel stats, engine codes etc. Not after to do any tuning stuff, just to learn a little more about my car!

Just purchased myself a android tablet & want to get a little Bluetooth OBDII scanner.

Is something this cheap (just an example of one of the many ones they sell on ebay) gonna do any damage to my car? :

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ELM327-OBDII ... 456wt_1163

Id match it with a compatible android app.

Anyone got any thoughts?

cheers!

by **jakey** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 3:40 pm

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Real-Smalles ... 53f2b647be

I have that one ^

It was good at the start but now I can't get it to work. Not sure if it's cos im now running cyanogenmod, or because I left it in the car for a long time without using it maybe.

Anyway, doesn't work any more, gonna try fix it tonight. It still pairs with my phone but Torque (the only app worth considering to view info on your phone) won't talk to it.

by **chanham** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:52 pm

Awesome, might order one and give it a try!

by **dutch7** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:25 pm

I bought a usb model of the same adapter from that seller. had it for a while now. it works with Centrafuse, DashCommand, and ScanTool. If your going to have this connected to the car all the time I'd suggest buying an OBD2 extension cable, as it will get in the way of your accelerator foot. I bought this one recently so the OBD2 adaptor can be tucked away in the plastic under dash cover.

by **subyroo** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:27 pm

ciand06 wrote:Hey all,

I'm looking into getting a small ODBII adapter to gain info like acceleration, fuel stats, engine codes etc. Not after to do any tuning stuff, just to learn a little more about my car!

Just purchased myself a android tablet & want to get a little Bluetooth OBDII scanner.

Is something this cheap (just an example of one of the many ones they sell on ebay) gonna do any damage to my car? :

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ELM327-OBDII ... 456wt_1163

Id match it with a compatible android app.

Anyone got any thoughts?

cheers!

Why not step up a notch to the UltraGuage?
The UltraGuage will show you every sensor fitted to your car by Subaru and clear codes too. I bought one as the
OEM Temp gauge is not the greatest tool in my dash (or any Subaru I believe) and I love it.

http://www.ultra-gauge.com/ultragauge/index.htm

by **HoFF** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:17 am

subyroo wrote:
ciand06 wrote:Hey all,

I'm looking into getting a small ODBII adapter to gain info like acceleration, fuel stats, engine codes etc. Not after to do any tuning stuff, just to learn a little more about my car!

Just purchased myself a android tablet & want to get a little Bluetooth OBDII scanner.

Is something this cheap (just an example of one of the many ones they sell on ebay) gonna do any damage to my car? :

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ELM327-OBDII ... 456wt_1163

Id match it with a compatible android app.

Anyone got any thoughts?

cheers!

Why not step up a notch to the UltraGuage?
The UltraGuage will show you every sensor fitted to your car by Subaru and clear codes too. I bought one as the
OEM Temp gauge is not the greatest tool in my dash (or any Subaru I believe) and I love it.

http://www.ultra-gauge.com/ultragauge/index.htm

That looks tempting. You are obviously running this yourself??

by **Robbks** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:23 am

I just bought one of those cheapo bluetooth ones and will use Torque app.

Why not step up to the ultragauge..?
because the app + dongle are cheaper
the app can go on my 10" tablet or 4" phone

by **HoFF** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:51 am

But for us poor iPhone folk?

by **Robbks** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:10 am

sucked in for buying a sh!t phone that can't do anything. :mrgreen:

I mean you can;t even plug the POS into a PC and drag photo's across onto it
and good luck finding an app to stream anything from a NAS drive.
Or god forbid you don't need a PC and what to transfer some music around.

by **HoFF** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:50 am

Hahaha

by **chanham** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:09 pm

yer id rather use a cheapo adapter for 10 and use a larger screen

by **subyroo** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 5:47 pm

HoFF wrote:
subyroo wrote:
ciand06 wrote:Hey all,

I'm looking into getting a small ODBII adapter to gain info like acceleration, fuel stats, engine codes etc. Not after to do any tuning stuff, just to learn a little more about my car!

Just purchased myself a android tablet & want to get a little Bluetooth OBDII scanner.

Is something this cheap (just an example of one of the many ones they sell on ebay) gonna do any damage to my car? :

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ELM327-OBDII ... 456wt_1163

Id match it with a compatible android app.

Anyone got any thoughts?

cheers!

Why not step up a notch to the UltraGuage?
The UltraGuage will show you every sensor fitted to your car by Subaru and clear codes too. I bought one as the
OEM Temp gauge is not the greatest tool in my dash (or any Subaru I believe) and I love it.

http://www.ultra-gauge.com/ultragauge/index.htm

That looks tempting. You are obviously running this yourself??

Yep!

by **Robbks** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 6:57 pm

pleased to announce the el-cheapo $10 bluetooth job linked before works seamlessly with the free torque app on both my phone and tablet in my MY06 3.0RB
took 2 weeks for delivery from china.

by **chanham** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:31 pm

Robbks wrote:pleased to announce the el-cheapo $10 bluetooth job linked before works seamlessly with the free torque app on both my phone and tablet in my MY06 3.0RB
took 2 weeks for delivery from china.

good to hear! same one jakey posted?

by **SH30RB** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:16 pm

I've got the one you linked originally, its never missed a beat and works amazing with Torque!