How many sensors?

[ArcticYukon]

I have a $60 dollar Matco Tools scan tool I picked up for home use when doing side work. I'm a Service Tech at a GM Dealer, so I have a GM Tech 2 sitting near my box all day which I use more often than my Matco one

Which is funny though. My 2 door never threw a CEL nor has my Silvy. Watch, tomorrow I'll have a CEL on lol

http://www.matcotools.com/catalog/product/MD1012/QIKCODE/

This is the one I have. Might sell it and buy one that can do ABS codes for home use also. Mine only does CEL

haha, yeah that's always the way it goes... talk about something enough and it will happen...

that's not a bad price on that scanner, I'll have to invest in one of those - not gonna happen for a while though - got another baby on the way and a jeep cherokee 4wd conversion to save for

 

[_Dylan_]

Autozone guys aren't very smart when it comes to cars. It would be a shame if they were. $8 an hour when they could be running parts for a dealer for much more or actually fixing cars.

if you don't mind me asking, when your truck pops a cel, what do you do?

I usually clear it. Depending on the code I will fix it or wait and see if it triggers the CEL again.


When I bought my truck, it sat for over 2 years and had a bunch of codes for a few weeks. All good now.

 

[ArcticYukon]

I usually clear it. Depending on the code I will fix it or wait and see if it triggers the CEL again.

lol... thanks man, I guess I worded the question wrong - I know what to DO once I know what code it is, I was more or less just asking purplehoe where he took his truck to get it checked - figuring he probably had a scanner

 

[_Dylan_]

lol... thanks man, I guess I worded the question wrong - I know what to DO once I know what code it is, I was more or less just asking purplehoe where he took his truck to get it checked - figuring he probably had a scanner

D'oh.

I went to autozone for a while. They started to get pissy cause I wasn't buying parts, so I bought a chinese ELM327 scanner for $15. Once I finally got it working it works okay. It reads codes and some real time data. I wouldn't recommend it because its difficult to install on a computer.

You can get a simple code readers for about $50-60. That's what I would recommend.

My shop teacher in high school had a snap on modis, that thing was ****!

 

[ArcticYukon]

heck ya dude... snap on is awesome but mega money! A friend of mine was a mechanic for a Buick dealership around here and then I guess got pissed at one of the new service writers and quit - but he has an awesome snapon scanner that he paid a pretty penny for. I'd take it to him, but he's a little elusive sometimes.

I like the way those Titan rims look on your truck, BTW