Best scan tool for under $100 ?

flash7210 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 17, 2010 11:57 am

What is the best scan tool to use with the CRD that I can buy for less than $100?
Thanks

Dave

rjmaype · **Posted:** Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:46 pm

Harbor Freight online sells one that reads the CRD codes.

Cen-Tech item # 94169.

DOC4444 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 18, 2010 2:51 pm

The only cheap one I have found that works on ALL KJ CRDs is an Innova 3030 (engine codes ONLY).

DOC

mikey1273 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 18, 2010 3:45 pm

rjmaype wrote:

Harbor Freight online sells one that reads the CRD codes.

Cen-Tech item # 94169.

I searched for that and came up with 3 none are an exact match for the item # you posted. which one did you get?
http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result?category=&q=94169

rjmaype · **Posted:** Sat Sep 18, 2010 9:24 pm

My model must have been replaced by one of those three.

I think it was around $60 when I bought it.

Does a Cen Tech website exist that can give you information?

ihatemybike · **Posted:** Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:57 pm

Here's a new competitor of the ScanGaugeII that's currently available for $60.
http://www.ultra-gauge.com/ultragauge/index.htm

Joe Romas · **Posted:** Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:53 am

ihatemybike wrote:

Here's a new competitor of the ScanGaugeII that's currently available for $60.
http://www.ultra-gauge.com/ultragauge/index.htm

Looking at their site says it's "compatable with most diesels"

We all know the ScanguageII will cause wild things to happen with the transmission if you try driving with it connected after a short while. It's a CRD data bus thing the way Chrysler kludged things together, not a scanguage thing. It would be a neat thing for us non evic owners to have IF it worked reliably. I looked for a place to ask a question but did not find one??

Joe

ihatemybike · **Posted:** Mon Sep 20, 2010 11:18 am

Took some digging, but I found an email address.
support2@ultra-gauge.com

foglebr · **Joined:** Sun Feb 14, 2010 4:38 am **Posts:** 23

Mind if I piggyback this post?

I'd like to know the best scan tool under a Bill for the gasser KJ (04' for me)? One thing it'd have to have is the ability to clear codes. (As I have a harassing evap issue that I still can't get around to actually repairing.)

Joe Romas · **Posted:** Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:17 am

foglebr wrote:

Mind if I piggyback this post?

I'd like to know the best scan tool under a Bill for the gasser KJ (04' for me)? One thing it'd have to have is the ability to clear codes. (As I have a harassing evap issue that I still can't get around to actually repairing.)

Just about any scantool should work to clear the codes on your gasser :BANANA:

It's the CRD's that have a nessed up data bus :furious:

audiboy86 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:35 am

What do the dealers ussually use? And can't you picked up a used one off of ebay. That is how i got mine for my Seadoos which will only accept a seadoo style scanner and only sold to dealers. I understand that what the dealer uses is probably atleast a few hundred if not thousand dollars but what about a lower model?

kadetklapp · **Posted:** Tue Sep 21, 2010 11:29 am

Joe Romas wrote:

ihatemybike wrote:

Here's a new competitor of the ScanGaugeII that's currently available for $60.
http://www.ultra-gauge.com/ultragauge/index.htm

Looking at their site says it's "compatable with most diesels"

We all know the ScanguageII will cause wild things to happen with the transmission if you try driving with it connected after a short while. It's a CRD data bus thing the way Chrysler kludged things together, not a scanguage thing. It would be a neat thing for us non evic owners to have IF it worked reliably. I looked for a place to ask a question but did not find one??

Joe

That stinks. I have a SGII and was going to run it on the CRD before and after the GDE tune. I wonder if the Interceptor Scan gage will work on the CRD?
http://www.aeroforcetech.com/

Joe Romas · **Posted:** Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:09 am

audiboy86 wrote:

What do the dealers ussually use? And can't you picked up a used one off of ebay. That is how i got mine for my Seadoos which will only accept a seadoo style scanner and only sold to dealers. I understand that what the dealer uses is probably atleast a few hundred if not thousand dollars but what about a lower model?

Dealers use a DRBiii and/or StarScan. I think you need the latter. And picking one up cheap on ebay is no going to happen.
Here's a used one for $2,695 :dizzy:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chrysler ... veQ5fTools

dirtmover · **Posted:** Fri Oct 08, 2010 9:11 pm

Joe Romas wrote:

Looking at their site says it's "compatable with most diesels"

...and also the exceptions list doesn't show our CRD http://ultra-gauge.com/ultragauge/suppo ... tions.html Not that that means much.

Joe Romas wrote:

We all know the ScanguageII will cause wild things to happen with the transmission if you try driving with it connected after a short while. It's a CRD data bus thing the way Chrysler kludged things together, not a scanguage thing.

What I don't get is that OBDII is mandated and there must be at least a minimum requirement to be able to read DTC's and sensor information. If the bus is hanging when being accessed by devices that adhere to correct protocol I don't understand how it can claim to be compliant. This doesn't even start to address the transmission problems. Why isn't the EPA challenging Chrysler to fix this defect?

Maybe we should all file a report with the NTSB about violent downshifting when accessing the ECU through OBDII using third party tools.

tulsa · **Posted:** Sun Oct 10, 2010 5:35 am

dirtmover wrote:

Joe Romas wrote:

Looking at their site says it's "compatable with most diesels"

...and also the exceptions list doesn't show our CRD http://ultra-gauge.com/ultragauge/suppo ... tions.html Not that that means much.

Joe Romas wrote:

We all know the ScanguageII will cause wild things to happen with the transmission if you try driving with it connected after a short while. It's a CRD data bus thing the way Chrysler kludged things together, not a scanguage thing.

What I don't get is that OBDII is mandated and there must be at least a minimum requirement to be able to read DTC's and sensor information. If the bus is hanging when being accessed by devices that adhere to correct protocol I don't understand how it can claim to be compliant. This doesn't even start to address the transmission problems. Why isn't the EPA challenging Chrysler to fix this defect?

Maybe we should all file a report with the NTSB about violent downshifting when accessing the ECU through OBDII using third party tools.

This seems to be a great idea. I wonder if Chrysler has the ability to fix the kludged data bus?

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