purct Posted October 18, 2007 Report Posted October 18, 2007 Hi, I have just purchased a VAG-COM Compatible Lead from ebay and have loaded the 409.1 software on my laptop and connected to my 1996 Galaxy 2.0 Petrol. Trying to read fault codes etc. But the only seem to get a response from sensor (for the Instrument panel) and that has now faults reported. For all other scans it says that the Controller didn't respond and re-tries 5 times. I would welcome any ideas on what to try next! I understand that being a Ford Engine I can't engine information from VAGCOM but can someone here confirm what information I should be able to get from it? Thanks Quote
MadBaz Posted October 18, 2007 Report Posted October 18, 2007 You shouldn't be able to get anything as the 2.0l has a ford ecu which can only be read/reset by WDS and obd diagnostic connectors, Vag com will only read VW ECUs and the 2.0/2.3 (not sure about 2.8 V6) petrol galaxys don't have them. Quote
dipsomaniac Posted October 18, 2007 Report Posted October 18, 2007 vag-com will read v6 engine codes Quote
purct Posted October 19, 2007 Author Report Posted October 19, 2007 You shouldn't be able to get anything as the 2.0l has a ford ecu which can only be read/reset by WDS and obd diagnostic connectors, Vag com will only read VW ECUs and the 2.0/2.3 (not sure about 2.8 V6) petrol galaxys don't have them. Oh! that don't sound good. OK so, if I can use VAGCOM because the ECU isn't a VW. Can anyone recommend what diagnostic tools I should use and what lead I need. I have searched the net but everything is a bit wooly.....at this point I am not even sure if the car is OBD compliant? Anyone here got a MK1 2.0 Pet and reading the ECU???? Quote
insider Posted October 19, 2007 Report Posted October 19, 2007 Until 2004 Ford was using SAE J1850 PWM protocol for OBD (pins 2 an 10 on the diagnostic connector). This cannot be read by VAG-COM - http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/tour/obd-2.html.From 2004 Ford started using ISO 15765 CAN protocol (pins 6 and 14) which VAG-COM can read as a generic OBD2.VAG-COM actually uses ISO 9141 K-line (pin 7). Therefore you won't be able to read your car with VAG-COM. Perhaps the VAG-COM lead needs to go back on ebay! You need to search for J1850 PWM compatible cables and software. This might work but I'd suggest contacting the seller first to confirm - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ELM327-interface-USB...1QQcmdZViewItem Quote
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