Panko 2,481 Posted July 16, 2014 Hi guys, So in my daily driver, a 2003 Mazda 6 Luxury Sport, Ive been toying with on board ECU monitoring using the OBD2 port (which every car built post 1996 has). Ive been using a great little wifi dongle that goes into the OBD2 port, and spits out a WIFI signal that I pick up on my iPhone in an app. it works really well, however now that I'm convinced how handy it is, I'm looking for something a little more permanent, with a half decent LCD screen, that i can essentially mount semi-permantly in the car which can just stay there, rather than running the battery down on my phone every time i run the app. What are people's recommendations? I don't want to spend huge dollars (i know some of them go for over $2500) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigCav 464 Posted July 16, 2014 havent ever seen one in australia but you see them heaps in the usa so have a look over there i personally use a 25 dollar ebay special bluetooth obd2 reader and the torque app, love it i think youll find everycar has them after like 2002 or something, not 1996 either Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Panko 2,481 Posted July 16, 2014 havent ever seen one in australia but you see them heaps in the usa so have a look over there i personally use a 25 dollar ebay special bluetooth obd2 reader and the torque app, love it i think youll find everycar has them after like 2002 or something, not 1996 either yeah thats what i have at the moment, just my iPhone and a wifi one. i don't know what year the OBD2s came out. I read somewhere last night hunting about they came out in 1996, another one said 1998. possibly different for different countries. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Valvebouncer 2,389 Posted July 16, 2014 Look for anything from the Autel brand. I have an Autel 519 and use it at least 3 times a day on different cars. The newer the car the better it works, fault codes and live data is good. I bought it off eBay. I didn't want to spend too much as fuckwits like to break into our vans and knock off our tools. Mine set me back the massive amount of $119 with free shipping. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites