Obd1 & obd2 ???

[Tooand 10]

What is it and how do I find out which OBD I have? my Corrado is a 1994 2.9 VR6, engine code is ABV if that helps

[Purple Tom 0]

All Corrados are OBD1*

 

Late mk3 Golf VR6's and Passat B4 VR6's were OBD2 and its possible to convert the Corrado to use the OBD2 engine management fairly easily (depending on your mechanical/electrical abilities).

 

*unless they've been converted by someone already ;)

[VR6 0]

£100 says it's OBDI.

[Tooand 10]

Cheers lads, I was looking for VAG COM on eBay and wasn't sure which OBD I had. Now I don't know which to buy any recommendations

[elliott 10]

I've got this one and I've had no problems with it so far, It does get some mixed reviews but can't complain at the price.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk VAG-COM

[Tooand 10]

I've got this one and I've had no problems with it so far, It does get some mixed reviews but can't complain at the price.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk VAG-COM

 

That's the same one I've been watching but it only mentions OBD2 so didn't bother buying it

[elliott 10]

It's the same thing, 16 pin plug fits all vag cars. I've used it on a lupo, polo, skoda, golf and of course the corrado. It's worked every time. I didn't bother with the mini cd you get with it as it's an older version of vag-com. You can find the free software at the ross-tech website.

[Robbo149 0]

I have one of those - works ok for engine ECU, but won't read ABS ECU for some reason. I have a really old serial cable one that I also use, which works a treat, but I have to plug it into a crappy old laptop to use it.

 

Cheers,

Robbo

[elliott 10]

The blue cables are very hit and miss due to the "made in china" quality but have you tried slowing the latency down?

 

Mine didn't work first time and i had to change the latency from 8 to 5 in the device manager/port settings.

[Tooand 10]

It's the same thing, 16 pin plug fits all vag cars. I've used it on a lupo, polo, skoda, golf and of course the corrado. It's worked every time. I didn't bother with the mini cd you get with it as it's an older version of vag-com. You can find the free software at the ross-tech website.

 

Thanks Elliott, have looked at a few sellers and they all seem to say the same, is it true that that you can remap the ecu to get more power yourself or is it a scam

[elliott 10]

Sounds great if you could be you can't. You can read fault codes and clear fault codes and on most modern cars (probably not obd1) you can read live information from the engine while running. It's well worth the money if you ask me.

[Tooand 10]

Thought it seemed to good to be true, think I'll just get the cable you said its cheep enough

[VW_OwneR_85 2]

so basicaly all you buy is a usb cable and then download the vagcom software from ross-tech for free?, my friend has vagcom and programmed my old golf keys or me, but its a pita every time i wanna scan faults on my corrado..

[elliott 10]

For £7-£8 you can't go wrong IMO. The real cable and software would be around £250+ and thats a bit steep if you just want to run fault codes. Getting the cable to work with the 9a ecu is a bit fiddly but can be done, the vr6 was no problem.

[aide 0]

is it true that that you can remap the ecu to get more power yourself or is it a scam

 

yes you can but you need more than VAG-com, check our the DIY vr6 remap thread in the engine bay section.