Scan Gauge

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

All good if you don't mind using your phone. I'm just not the type that does.

I don't use my phone. When I switched carriers a while back and ended up with a new phone, I still had my old Galaxy Note. I set it up as a dedicated engine computer. Since it was a sunk cost on an item that had outlived its original purpose, it was essentially "free" for this purpose. It lives in the car all the time.

Even if you don't have an extra old phone to use, a used Note can be picked up for less than $100. Many of the Android tablets cost even less. So it still doesn't rise to the cost of a scan gauge to have a dedicated screen, even though it provides more features and more customization.

Originally Posted by Lunatic

Thats all fine and dandy if your smart enough to get it all running. Stuff like that is way beyond me.

Really? It isn't that difficult.

[avishenoy1]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

I don't use my phone. When I switched carriers a while back and ended up with a new phone, I still had my old Galaxy Note. I set it up as a dedicated engine computer. Since it was a sunk cost on an item that had outlived its original purpose, it was essentially "free" for this purpose. It lives in the car all the time.

Even if you don't have an extra old phone to use, a used Note can be picked up for less than $100. Many of the Android tablets cost even less. So it still doesn't rise to the cost of a scan gauge to have a dedicated screen, even though it provides more features and more customization.



Really? It isn't that difficult.

I'm thinking about doing this with a cheap backup android phone that's sitting in my drawer. What are some good mounting points that allow you to hide the charging cable?

Also, this may be a noob question but is there any advantage to having an in line oil temp sensor connected to a dedicated gauge vs. displaying the OBDII reading?

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by avishenoy1

I'm thinking about doing this with a cheap backup android phone that's sitting in my drawer. What are some good mounting points that allow you to hide the charging cable?

I mounted mine to the little triangular window on the driver's side. That's a good location where it's quite visible without obstructing your view of anything else important.


Crap. I really need to vacuum.

For power, I used an add-a-circuit plugged into the seat heater circuit so that it would power off when the car is powered off. There are some other empty circuits in there that might work better, but I was lazy and didn't want to track down which ones weren't hot when the power was off when I knew the seat heaters would work.



I can't get a pic of this without pulling the lower panel off my dash, but I cut the cigarette lighter plug off a dual USB car adapter, wired the adapter to the add-a-circuit and mounted it to the dash support under the steering wheel. Now I have two 2.1 amp 5V USB jacks under the dash (one of them is currently empty).

Then I simply plugged in a regular USB charging cable and ran it inside the dash over to the tablet. Thanks to shoddy workmanship, the trim panel on the end of the dash leaves a little gap that is just big enough to slip the cord through without having to cut anything. I have the cable turned slightly so that it folds itself up neatly between the door and dash without getting crimped when the door is closed.



There's another similar gap between the door trim panel and the door right under the little triangular window. Eventually I'll run my cable through the boot into the door and through that little hole to dress the cable even better.

Originally Posted by avishenoy1

Also, this may be a noob question but is there any advantage to having an in line oil temp sensor connected to a dedicated gauge vs. displaying the OBDII reading?

Not really, unless you're heavily modified or planning to race. The OBDII reading should give you the correct temp, assuming your oil temp sender is working properly.

However, what this car does NOT have is a real oil pressure sensor. The pressure switch on the front of the block is only an on/off switch for the idiot light on the dash that only trips when the pressure is almost at zero, so the computer never gets an actual oil pressure. That's the one major thing you can't display in Torque (or any OBDII reader). For that, you have to install an aftermarket oil pressure gauge with a separate sender.

[Max FRS]

Lunatic


Please check your x code for transmission temperature and write them down.


It will be greatly appreciated.


Max

[Vracer111]

Is the transmission temperature only able to be had for automatic transmission or would a manual transmission also have a sensor?

I very much like mine:

[Lunatic]

Originally Posted by Max FRS

Lunatic


Please check your x code for transmission temperature and write them down.


It will be greatly appreciated.


Max

Will do Monday Max.

[Lunatic]

I now have a working oil pressure gauge. Now that the Scan Gauge is reading oil temp, I replaced that gauge with a oil pressure gauge. Now I just need to hook up my boost gauge. But 1st I have to get a turbo!

[HyperTech]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

Torque will let you clear codes, and it costs less than $30 with a bluetooth adapter. I have added a few more gauges since this pic was taken.:



It also has a page for emissions readiness for people in nanny states:



It can also log your speed and GPS location. You can customize the gauge layout and style. It also uses the phone's accelerometer to tell you how many Gs you're pulling. It can also track 0-60 times. It has gauges for horsepower and torque, but I have no idea how accurate the engine computer's measurement of that is. Plus, when you read codes with it, you can tap them to search on the internet for information about them right on your device's screen.

Plus it looks a helluva lot better. Did I mention it's less than $30?

can you confirm if its torque pro from dev. IAN HAWKINS ?

thx

and witch dongle do you use?

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by HyperTech

can you confirm if its torque pro from dev. IAN HAWKINS ?

That's the one.

Originally Posted by HyperTech

and witch dongle do you use?

I have used three of them. This was the first:

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/BAFX-Products-Bluetooth-diagnostics-Android/dp/B005NLQAHS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1437881649"]BAFX Products - Bluetooth OBD2 scan tool[/ame]


That one is $24 and worked fine with a Galaxy Note and a Galaxy S4, but it's a little long and may stick down far enough to interfere with your leg while you drive. There are some shorter ones in the same price range.

I have also used the ScanTool OBDLink LX ($60) and the MX ($100), both of which I got on sale for much less than those prices during Black Friday and Christmas sales. The only real advantages are that they're shorter than the BAFX, and they have an auto-off feature to keep from draining your battery. But like I said, there are other short adapters that are much cheaper. And you don't really need the auto-off feature unless you have a charging issue or leave your car sitting for long periods of time. I just saw them at a big discount and grabbed them.