Posts : 243 Join date : 2010-01-01 Age : 52 Location : Huntsville, Alabama
Subject: '94 B-body..OBD1 or OBD 1.5? Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:30 pm
Hey guys:
We are actually working on my buddy's '94 LT1 Caprice. We have a high idle and an SES on.
We tried pulling codes with the paperclip trick, and although it appears to go into self-test mode, it won't produce any codes.
This leads me to believe that this car may be OBD1.5 which has to have a scanner to get the codes. Can anyone confirm or refute?
Thanks...Tyler.
94Woody
Posts : 2400 Join date : 2008-12-02 Age : 49 Location : Ocala,FL
Subject: Re: '94 B-body..OBD1 or OBD 1.5? Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:06 am
The paperclip trick does not work on an LT1 B Body. You need a scanner or a cable and scanning program for a laptop.
sherlock9c1
Posts : 2373 Join date : 2009-05-28 Location : Huntsville, AL
Subject: Re: '94 B-body..OBD1 or OBD 1.5? Sun Apr 11, 2010 5:25 pm
The paperclip trick was merely a GM-designed convenience on many of their earlier cars. Although it can suck that the '94-95 B-bodies don't respond to this, a good scan tool / monitor will give you tons of information via the interface.
TylerW
Posts : 243 Join date : 2010-01-01 Age : 52 Location : Huntsville, Alabama
Subject: Re: '94 B-body..OBD1 or OBD 1.5? Sun Apr 11, 2010 8:12 pm
That's what I was afraid of. Thanks much for the help.
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