MEFI 3 and Auto Xray
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MEFI 3 and Auto Xray
Has anyone tried to interface an auto xray scanner to a mefi 3? I know the software that is available to use a laptop, but I was just wondering. I use the auto xray to scan/monitor an LT1 in my car, it has the same basic wires - mode controller, data. Is this at all possible? Would it smoke my MEFI 3 somehow, or just plain not work?
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I have never heard of Auto Xray. Who makes it?? Do they have a website ??
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http://www.autoxray.com/product_detail.php?pid=94
Mine is an older unit than this one; it is strictly OBD1. You can program just about any GM engine into it provided it was made before obd2/ 1996 or so. IIRC, I remember reading the mefi3 was not to far removed from the Chevy citation? (YUCK!)
The protocol is very similar, a data pin, and a mode controller pin. Just do not know if I can damage a MEFI 3 by hooking it up. My guess is no, it only uses a 9 volt battery for a power source. I would have to guess on the engine character to enter (a certain (10th ??) )digit of the vin that identifies the engine for the scanner.
Mine is an older unit than this one; it is strictly OBD1. You can program just about any GM engine into it provided it was made before obd2/ 1996 or so. IIRC, I remember reading the mefi3 was not to far removed from the Chevy citation? (YUCK!)
The protocol is very similar, a data pin, and a mode controller pin. Just do not know if I can damage a MEFI 3 by hooking it up. My guess is no, it only uses a 9 volt battery for a power source. I would have to guess on the engine character to enter (a certain (10th ??) )digit of the vin that identifies the engine for the scanner.
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O.K. Now I understand. I think I have a similar item that is made specifically for marine applications. See link.
http://www.rinda.com/marine/marine.htm
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http://www.rinda.com/marine/marine.htm
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