How do you read eng temp on a 07 XK
Before I bought the car, they told me that the temperature ran hot so it had to be repaired. The thermostat was replace and it seems to be fine BUT I have no idea how to "keep an eye" on the coolant temp. There are no gauges to check if the engine is running hot or normal. Please advise.
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The only way to keep tabs on engine temperature is to purchase an OBD Reader and a blue tooth app which will connect the reader to your Android smart phone. they can be inexpensive the whole setup should cost less than $30. go to Amazon.com and look up OBD readers.
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Originally Posted by ralphwg
(Post 1565423)
The only way to keep tabs on engine temperature is to purchase an OBD Reader and a blue tooth app which will connect the reader to your Android smart phone. they can be inexpensive the whole setup should cost less than $30. go to Amazon.com and look up OBD readers.
It works perfectly, and has literally hundreds of parameters within. |
Originally Posted by Cee Jay
(Post 1565777)
What Ralph said. I paid a whopping $9 for mine, no shipping, and also got the full version of Torque and Dash Command that came with it, free.
It works perfectly, and has literally hundreds of parameters within. |
Originally Posted by powerhouse
(Post 1565879)
Would you have the link for that Cee Jay, ralphwg i have a Maxiscan ms300 OBD 11 CODE Reader, got it a few years ago, it works and tells all codes on the bluetooth app, whats the story there, i havn't got that
Super Mini OBD2 OBDII ELM327 v2.1 Android Bluetooth Adapter Auto Scanner Torque | eBay |
I think the real issue is the app that you get for your Android smartphone. I have the Torque and works great with the OBD reader.gives codes and the whole works.
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And if he happens to be an iPhone kind of guy, he should get a reader that spits out wifi instead of Bluetooth. Just sayin'.
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Originally Posted by ralphwg
(Post 1567030)
I think the real issue is the app that you get for your Android smartphone. I have the Torque and works great with the OBD reader.gives codes and the whole works.
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Originally Posted by kj07xk
(Post 1567033)
And if he happens to be an iPhone kind of guy, he should get a reader that spits out wifi instead of Bluetooth. Just sayin'.
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Originally Posted by kj07xk
(Post 1567033)
And if he happens to be an iPhone kind of guy, he should get a reader that spits out wifi instead of Bluetooth. Just sayin'.
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Originally Posted by Sean W
(Post 1567277)
Why is that KJ? There is a BT/ WiFi for android too. Is there a problem with iPhone and BT with this or some other reason? I ask because I use Republic wireless and have to connect to wifi to use it, which basically means if I'm out in the middle of nowhere (often) I have no wifi connection.
Appreciate your feedback. The wifi OBD reader generates its own wifi signal, i.e. it is a wifi 'hotspot'. So after you plug the reader into the OBD port (and turn it on, if thats necessary for that model), it will generate a wifi signal. You then go into your iPhone's wifi setting and find that 'network' being generated by your OBD device, and 'connect' to it. You then go to the app on your phone that interprets the data, and start it up, and perhaps do a 'connect' to your vehicle. (This is exactly what I do with my iPhone and the wifi OBD reader that I have. Although I don't need to use it to read engine temp, as I have that displayed on my infotainment screen via my HKS Camp2 and GVIF setup. But I do use it to read/reset engine codes.) Does that help? |
Apple phones.... always create more problems than solutions.
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Originally Posted by Cee Jay
(Post 1567347)
Apple phones.... always create more problems than solutions.
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Originally Posted by kj07xk
(Post 1567349)
so I cave and she gets the iPhone (but I got the Jag! :icon_dance-tap: ).
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