edmondt

I recently sold my 1998 GS400 with 350,000+km for a 2002 SC430 with 220,000km, and they both drive like new



My question is regarding OBD2, I see some selling at dealextreme (http://www.dealextreme.com/c/obd-obd...diag-tools-713) and I want to ask if it is worth buying a programmable cable; I wonder if there is any advantage or any tweaks I can do with it, or flash a 2005 version on to my 2002 SC430.

I plan to buy a Bluetooth one so I can see what's going on on my Android phone using the Torque app for iPhone/Android...

jadu

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as far as I remember, there weren't any reflashing utilities available for the OEM lexus ecu, which would reflash part or the entire ecu, tables etc...

Blast-off

I am still working on getting my OBD11 to work on my pc install.
I am using the usb cable this works fine with the standard pc but I am trying to run this through Centrafuse, this all works through my SatNave Screen....

talwang

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You can forget about programming and tuning the ecu. lol

Those are generic engine diagnostic code readers.
They read/clear your engine trouble codes, that's it.
None of them can even read your Lexus/Toyota ABS codes except the one made by Memoscan.

edmondt

Thanks now I know... I bought the Bluetooth one for around 24 bucks... Can't go wrong with that

Habious

I have a USB OBD-II reader hooked up to my CarPC. It's useful to pull trouble codes, clear the "check engine" light, and display some rudimentary engine data in semi-realtime (the refresh rate is a little slow).

But that's about all you can do with it (that I know of).