HI can some one tell me if my scenic is OBD1or OBD11or EOBD. i have tried to find a plate to say, but with no joy. its been a long time since ive done all the coding, or will the dealers tell me?
it is a renault scenic 1.6 RT 1998 petrol
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Its none of them - its Renault's proprietry standard.
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BBB
In a nutshell.... None of them.
Your car will use one of a bunch of Renault specific K [and possibly L] line languages depending on make of ECU.
OBD-I and OBD-II are American market protocols. About the only thing that used any of them over here was a mid-nineties Volvo.
EOBD was a group of EU-standardized protocols that cover only some emission-related functions. There are similarities to some of the OBD-II protocols but that's about the only connexion.
EOBD was phased in slowly through the late nineties and was supposed to be mandatory on petrols by 2001 and diesels by 2005 - yeah; right!
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HI thanks for that mate. its been a long time since ive been in to all that. just need something to read just the problem codes the ECU is siemens
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so there is nothing that will read the codes then only renault
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BBB
There's dozens of aftermarket scan-tools that will get into most of your car's ECUs. They start from about £1000 for a very basic one.
For full coverage of nearly everything to somewhere near dealer level costs around £50,000 and another £8-10,000 a year for access licensing and updates. Add £20,000 for training courses and you're ready to go - and people still moan about the code-reading charge "for only five minutes work!"
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thanks for that. its for me im not in the trade any more but do do my own for me and the wife
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Very simple code readers available from www.uiftech.com for OBDII, etc. Easily found on ebay, search for U480, U280, U581 or whatever.
They have their limitations, but you can at least check if there is a fault code logged and may get an indication of what it is. I have the U581, and have found it to be fairly useful.
Won't help for the Renault, though, sorry.
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