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ScanGauge II

Liltippy
Explorer
Explorer
I have added a ScanGauge II to my Class C Born Free. I presently monitor, water temp, transmission fluid temp, RPM and fuel volume flow.

I would be interested in what other people monitor with their ScanGauge.

Thanks
2011 Winnebago Sightseer 33C
2007 HHR Toad with ReadyBrute Elite towbar and brake
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the_armadillo
Explorer
Explorer
On my F150, I monitor; horsepower, intake air temp, average MPG and inst MPG. Definitely has helped my fuel economy in finding how much that extra 5 MPH cost me in MPG. I monitor intake air temp to see how bad my aluminum tubed K & N cold air intake works in stop and go traffic even wrapped in header insulating wrap. Truck is really a dog off the line when intake temps exceed 140. Horsepower is entertaning to see how much is used at idle, uphills, passing and cruising though I'm not sure how accurate that reading is.

Also for those with windshield rear view mirrors, BlendMount has a nice mounting kit.

TxTurtle2
Explorer
Explorer
Monitoring Gallons Per Hour on a 31 ft RV on a F450 chassis is entertaining.

ron_dittmer
Explorer II
Explorer II
Dakzuki wrote:
ron.dittmer wrote:
Dakzuki wrote:
BTW, if you tow a dinghy that has an OBDII port on it, order a spare Scanguage cable. Then if you get a CEL on your dinghy you can display code(s) (and possibly clear them) without having to rip the cable out of the mother ship.
No need to buy a second ScanGuage-II cable.

My main ScanGuage-II cable is nicely coiled up and 100% stored right there by the OBD2 connector.


Mine is seriously routed/concealed and doesn't come out easily. I'm OK with sacrificing the double back tape holding the gauge in place but I'm not OK with disassembling the truck to get the cable out. That is the situation I was referring to.
Ah, I understand better now. I didn't realize your SG2 was already installed.

Dakzuki
Explorer
Explorer
ron.dittmer wrote:
Dakzuki wrote:
BTW, if you tow a dinghy that has an OBDII port on it, order a spare Scanguage cable. Then if you get a CEL on your dinghy you can display code(s) (and possibly clear them) without having to rip the cable out of the mother ship.
No need to buy a second ScanGuage-II cable.

My main ScanGuage-II cable is nicely coiled up and 100% stored right there by the OBD2 connector.


Mine is seriously routed/concealed and doesn't come out easily. I'm OK with sacrificing the double back tape holding the gauge in place but I'm not OK with disassembling the truck to get the cable out. That is the situation I was referring to.
2011 Itasca Navion 24J
2000 Chev Tracker Toad

ron_dittmer
Explorer II
Explorer II
Dakzuki wrote:
BTW, if you tow a dinghy that has an OBDII port on it, order a spare Scanguage cable. Then if you get a CEL on your dinghy you can display code(s) (and possibly clear them) without having to rip the cable out of the mother ship.
No need to buy a second ScanGuage-II cable.

My main ScanGuage-II cable is nicely coiled up and 100% stored right there by the OBD2 connector. I simply unplug the RJ45 connector there and take out the entire cable. The cable between the OBD-II and my center mirror area is a simple computer internet cable. My ScanGuage-II is completely removed in seconds....cable and all.

I wish someone offered a 90 degree OBD2 adapter to RJ45 female connector without a cable or at least a short pigtail. That would be ideal for versatility. No coil of wire to store there.

Dakzuki
Explorer
Explorer
BTW, if you tow a dinghy that has an OBDII port on it, order a spare Scanguage cable. Then if you get a CEL on your dinghy you can display code(s) (and possibly clear them) without having to rip the cable out of the mother ship.
2011 Itasca Navion 24J
2000 Chev Tracker Toad

Mich_F
Explorer
Explorer
popeyemth wrote:
How do you determine if your vehicle has the right senders to get a transmission temp readout ?
Thanks,Mike


Scan Gauge has a listing of what vehicles can give a transmission temp. readout. http://www.scangauge.com/support/x-gauge-commands/
2014 Itasca Spirit 31K Class C
2016 Mazda CX5 on Acme tow dolly- 4 trips ~ 5,800 mi
Now 2017 RWD F150 with a drive shaft disconnect

popeyemth
Explorer
Explorer
How do you determine if your vehicle has the right senders to get a transmission temp readout ?
Thanks,Mike
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dumboat2
Explorer
Explorer
Thanks

ron_dittmer
Explorer II
Explorer II
dumboat2 wrote:
How difficult is it to hook up one of these gauges?
It takes 2 seconds.

The unit comes with a cable with the proper connector to plug into the OBD2 connector in your vehicle. OBD2 is On-Board-Diagnostics, Second Generation. Every vehicle made starting in 1996 has one. They are located under the dash board driver side.


The hard part is deciding where to mount the display. The cable is 6' long but you can easily extend it with a computer cable and connector.

I mounted the ScanGuage-II on my rear view monitor.


The cable was too short so I fished around a longer computer cable and connected it to the ScanGuage cable right by the OBD2 with one of these.


With the original ScanGuage-II cable nicely coiled up below, I can easily unplug it from the fished-thru computer cable, unplug the velcro'd display by the mirror, in a second the entire ScanGuage-II is out and can be used in another vehicle.

Mich_F
Explorer
Explorer
dumboat2 wrote:
How difficult is it to hook up one of these gauges?


With the scan gauge you just plug it into your OBD II connection, enter a few things like eng. size, type of fuel and you're good to go.
2014 Itasca Spirit 31K Class C
2016 Mazda CX5 on Acme tow dolly- 4 trips ~ 5,800 mi
Now 2017 RWD F150 with a drive shaft disconnect

dumboat2
Explorer
Explorer
How difficult is it to hook up one of these gauges?

ronfisherman
Moderator
Moderator
Snowman9000 wrote:


I will add, so far I don't know that it helped me gain any MPG. The instant reading varies so rapidly that I find it hard to have a feel for it. I wish they offered a smoothed instant MPG reading as an option.

Scangauge II does have a option for amount of scans to use for readings.
2004 Gulf Stream Endura 6340 D/A SOLD
2012 Chevy Captiva Toad SOLD

Snowman9000
Explorer
Explorer
I have an Ultra Gauge, which is similar. It offers several pages of screens if desired. I'm assuming the Scangauge does too. The basic format is six readings per page. Two are big, the other four are smaller.

My main page, going from memory:
Instant MPG
RPM (I don't have a tach)
Avg MPG
% throttle
Gals remaining
Distance to Empty

My second page is more specifically devoted to MPG
Instant MPG
Avg MPG
Gallons per hour
% load
can't recall the other two

Page 3 is a set of trip figures, resettable:
Avg MPG
Avg speed
Avg GPH
Miles
Gallons used
something else

Page 4 is a a duplicate of page 3, but for "short trip", which means during the current run cycle only.

I have not calibrated it yet. So far it registers about 3% fewer miles than my trip odometer, and likewise lower MPG than my hand calculations. I can calibrate the miles on it using mile posts, and calibrate something else too. I'm sorry I can't recall all this today, I'm worn out.
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I will add, so far I don't know that it helped me gain any MPG. The instant reading varies so rapidly that I find it hard to have a feel for it. I wish they offered a smoothed instant MPG reading as an option.
Currently RV-less but not done yet.