Thanks for the comment, I’m glad my videos can help with keeping these great cars on the road. As far as scanners this is one area I have not branched out much. The BlueDriver is great (although slow) for code reading, since it finds advanced codes along with generic ones. For live data it has an ok refresh rate, but a limited interface only showing 6 or so data graphs on the screen at once, and with not much customizability in how they look. But you can scroll through them as needed and they all keep working. However, it also saves the live data to a CSV file you can send to a computer and open with Excel or a similar spreadsheet program, for analysis & graphing later on. I also have a generic OBD2 BLE scanner from Amazon (they go for $10-50) that can interface with many different apps (Torque is popular on Android and OBD Fusion on iOS). Since you can pick the app you can find one that shows live data however you want, and they are cheaper than BlueDriver if you don’t need advanced code support (although some apps sell those features via purchase or subscription). I only got one of these scanners to use with the Dr. Prius app since BlueDriver only works with its app, but I recall the live data feed working just fine from the cheap one, and having a faster refresh rate. I like the BlueDriver since you pay once and get full access and updates, no extra payment or subscription. But the cheaper phone app scanners would be perfectly fine for viewing live data too. I have little experience with classic standalone scanners, but I believe you would need to spend quite a bit to get a big one with a large screen to beat a phone based scanner at live data viewing. Although standalone scanners are more convenient for quick code scans, faster and no screwing around pairing with the phone every time.
Is the Blue driver still what you use for your Corolla? Would you recommend any others, especially for looking at the live data?
Thanks for the comment, I’m glad my videos can help with keeping these great cars on the road.
As far as scanners this is one area I have not branched out much. The BlueDriver is great (although slow) for code reading, since it finds advanced codes along with generic ones. For live data it has an ok refresh rate, but a limited interface only showing 6 or so data graphs on the screen at once, and with not much customizability in how they look. But you can scroll through them as needed and they all keep working. However, it also saves the live data to a CSV file you can send to a computer and open with Excel or a similar spreadsheet program, for analysis & graphing later on.
I also have a generic OBD2 BLE scanner from Amazon (they go for $10-50) that can interface with many different apps (Torque is popular on Android and OBD Fusion on iOS). Since you can pick the app you can find one that shows live data however you want, and they are cheaper than BlueDriver if you don’t need advanced code support (although some apps sell those features via purchase or subscription). I only got one of these scanners to use with the Dr. Prius app since BlueDriver only works with its app, but I recall the live data feed working just fine from the cheap one, and having a faster refresh rate.
I like the BlueDriver since you pay once and get full access and updates, no extra payment or subscription. But the cheaper phone app scanners would be perfectly fine for viewing live data too. I have little experience with classic standalone scanners, but I believe you would need to spend quite a bit to get a big one with a large screen to beat a phone based scanner at live data viewing. Although standalone scanners are more convenient for quick code scans, faster and no screwing around pairing with the phone every time.
Mann those pesky head gaskets, so annoying.
Drop a gear and disappear