Looking for economical code scanner - ODBII and Mazda - Autel MS-300

FerociousP · 07-06-2015, 04:42 PM

Do you have an example of some of the Mazda specific codes?

Personally when I had my 8, I used a generic ELM327 (tiny clear blue plastic) OBDII dongle *<$10* and my phone using an app such as torque *free or $5* (along with torquescan plugin *free*) to read codes. Torquescan lists everything the OBD reader can see.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...owl.torquescan

It worked well enough for general diagnostic work (MAF values, temps, etc) and code clearing, even ran it on the dash for an HPDE or two. Not sure how deep you need to go :/

JL1RX7 · 07-06-2015, 06:03 PM

Does Advance/O'reilly's/Autozone/ rent them or let you use for free on the island?

Used them before to get the code fix it and clear it.

silverfdturbo6port · 07-06-2015, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by FerociousP

Do you have an example of some of the Mazda specific codes?

Personally when I had my 8, I used a generic ELM327 (tiny clear blue plastic) OBDII dongle *<$10* and my phone using an app such as torque *free or $5* (along with torquescan plugin *free*) to read codes. Torquescan lists everything the OBD reader can see.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...owl.torquescan

It worked well enough for general diagnostic work (MAF values, temps, etc) and code clearing, even ran it on the dash for an HPDE or two. Not sure how deep you need to go :/

Yea thats same app my bluetooth scanners run off of. Handy little glovbox tools

07-06-2015, 04:42 PM	#1
FerociousP I-had-a-bad-experience... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: M'boro Posts: 1,046 Rep Power: 19	Do you have an example of some of the Mazda specific codes? Personally when I had my 8, I used a generic ELM327 (tiny clear blue plastic) OBDII dongle <$10 and my phone using an app such as torque free or $5 (along with torquescan plugin free) to read codes. Torquescan lists everything the OBD reader can see. https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...owl.torquescan It worked well enough for general diagnostic work (MAF values, temps, etc) and code clearing, even ran it on the dash for an HPDE or two. Not sure how deep you need to go :/ __________________ '15 Juke Nismo '06 MX-5 GT SOLD '04 S Silver RX-8 GT Track Day Use SOLD '90 Black TII vert w/ Sprint RE stock port/turbo DD dyno (242.6whp@5500rpm @12psi 8psi@redline) and (250ftlbtq@4800rpm @13psi) SOLD '89 GTUs 6p TII SOLD, '87 sport SOLD, '79 SA stock SOLD '91 B2600i 4x4 w/ Rx-8 LSD SOLD

07-06-2015, 06:03 PM	#2
JL1RX7 Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Front Royal, VA Posts: 487 Rep Power: 18	Does Advance/O'reilly's/Autozone/ rent them or let you use for free on the island? Used them before to get the code fix it and clear it.