'95 350 TBI cold weather questions?

JCribb · Jan 18, 2018

Supercharged111 said:
It's the ony way to know for sure. You may blow good money on a new sensor that's junk out of the box to replace an old sensor that was perfectly fine.

To be fair, I had no idea you could buy a scanner for the OBD 1 setup without shelling out a ridiculous amount of money.

chipskittles · Jan 18, 2018

Yep google ALDL and there's tons of support on it. You can build your own cable for $20 or less if you are good with circuits and soldering.

Supercharged111 · Jan 18, 2018

Even OBDII scanners are cheap as ****, all you need is real time ability to monitor PIDs of your choosing. They totally pay for themselves

JCribb · Jan 18, 2018

chipskittles said:
Yep google ALDL and there's tons of support on it. You can build your own cable for $20 or less if you are good with circuits and soldering.

Supercharged111 said:
Even OBDII scanners are cheap as ****, all you need is real time ability to monitor PIDs of your choosing. They totally pay for themselves

Thanks y’all

Blackwater · Jan 18, 2018

On my OBD I, I use a paper clip. First set of flashes is 12 then the next set is the code. when you see 12 again then you have all the codes. then I look up all the codes that flashed and see if each code has a common part or common area. Then change that part.

chipskittles · Jan 18, 2018

Blackwater said:
On my OBD I, I use a paper clip. First set of flashes is 12 then the next set is the code. when you see 12 again then you have all the codes. then I look up all the codes that flashed and see if each code has a common part or common area. Then change that part.

That's a good start, but ALDL offers a lot more than just a flashing Servce Engine light on the dash. I'm talking about fuel mappings for example. It won't just tell you that your oxygen sensor is working, it will tell you how well it is working. Nowhere near as much information as with OBDII but it's better than flashing lights on the dash.

Blackwater · Jan 18, 2018

I will eventually need a OBD II scanner when I drop in my LQ4 402 sroker in my 93.

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Supercharged111 · Jan 18, 2018

Blackwater said:
On my OBD I, I use a paper clip. First set of flashes is 12 then the next set is the code. when you see 12 again then you have all the codes. then I look up all the codes that flashed and see if each code has a common part or common area. Then change that part.

ECT won't throw a code. Only monitoring its output will tell if it's within tolerance. It can probably be ohmed out as well, but I don't have the values.

chipskittles · Jan 18, 2018

Supercharged111 said:
ECT won't throw a code. Only monitoring its output will tell if it's within tolerance. It can probably be ohmed out as well, but I don't have the values.

Just getting started with TunerPro and my ALDL cable and I will never look back. There's hoping the sensor you put in is accurate, and there's seeing the exact temperature it's reading on the TunerPro dash.

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