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I’ll add my personal experience in the next post, for those of you that prefer to skip the research: Now, before you rush right out and buy one, here’s the good, the bad and the ugly. When Bosch bought Ventronix, they shopped elsewhere for their parts, but Pandora’s box was already opened, and patent protection only lasts 20 years… The net result is that a number of Chinese vendors are offering Tech 2 scan tools at hobbyist price levels. Frustrated, I was prowling the net looking for an alternative when I discovered the Chinese have cloned the GM scan tool holy grail: the Bosch/Ventronix made Tech 2.Īpparently, Ventronix farmed out the manufacture to a Chinese firm for many years.
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I have a laptop interface and software (AutoEnginuity) that is fully CAN capable, but I’ve discovered does not access all the available data streams on at least one of my cars.
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I have stumbled over a possible solution.Ī bit of background: I have a dedicated scan tool, the OTC 4000E, but OTC stopped supporting it in 2001 with the advent of CAN, so it’s only useful for older cars. They are not just “code readers” – a decent scan tool lets you delve into the actual data stream and see what’s going on in the car’s little tin brain, saving time, money, sanity and probably the odd marriage.īut most people don’t have a real scan tool, because good used ones sell fast and new ones cost more than the current market value of a Roadmaster wagon. So many times I have seen people crying for help diagnosing mysterious problems and almost always, the first thing that should be done is to hook the car up to a scan tool.