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PRODUCT EVALUATION
THE SCANGAUGE II
With twelve
different gauge
readings in
real time as
you drive (fuel
economy, fuel
pressure, battery
voltage, coolant
temperature,
etc), six scan tool
functions (reads
trouble codes,
reads conditions
that set the
trouble code,
etc), and eleven
trip computer
parameters
(driving distance,
fuel used, trip
fuel economy,
distance to
empty, etc)
and more, the
ScanGauge II
has become a
vital part of our
Tacoma.
Words and photos: Peter Parks/www.parksoffroad.com
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WHAT YOU GET
There are twelve
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different gauges, and
quite some time, and a good value for the you can display any
price. The ScanGauge II is a small and simple four of them at any
device that allows you to view the information time: fuel economy,
fuel pressure, battery
that your 1996 and newer OBD II-equipped voltage, coolant
vehicle is producing. With twelve different digital temperature, intake air
temperature, engine
engine gauges, a scan tool and full trip computer speed (rpm), vehicle
functionality, it’s a powerful device in a neat and speed (mph), manifold
pressure (not available
compact package.
on some vehicles),
engine load, throttle
position, ignition timing
and open/closed loop.
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The scan tool reads trouble codes,
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reads conditions that set the trouble
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code, clears trouble codes, turns off
the “check engine” light, tells you
when vehicle is ready to pass OBD-II
smog testing and makes and stores
up to ten rewritable special codes to
send to the vehicle computer.
The trip computer allows you to
store eleven different parameters:
maximum speed, average speed,
maximum coolant temperature,
maximum RPM, driving time, driving
distance, fuel used, trip fuel economy,
distance to empty, time to empty, fuel
to empty.
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I have loved the MPG info. We all
guess about our mileage. But that’s
nothing like watching it change as
you drive down the road. Being able
to find the just the right balance of
speed and MPG during a long trip
was really nice. When you pull into
the gas station and fill up, you tell the
computer how much gas you put in. It
will make a guess, but you can adjust
it to the actual amount added to the
tank. With this info over a period of
time, the gauge can adjust to give
more accurate readings.
Prior to buying the ScanGauge
II, I was going to add a gauge pod,
but now I don’t need to. To top it all
off, the ScanGauge II was cheaper.
The ScanGauge II is a product that
I would fully recommend to anyone
looking to add extra gauges. Even
if you still add a pillar pod, you can
put another different gauge in there,
such as transmission or differential
temperature that the ScanGauge II
does not offer and have that much
more information on your vehicle.
We all know that scan tools can
be quite expensive, and the cost of
the ScanGauge II was one thing that
completely blew me away: $169.95
including shipping. Go to www.
scangauge.com or call them at (480)
656-4089. ✔
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