What scanner would y'all recommend that i can do a buzz test with and be able to read IDM codes. I currently have a P3016 and cannot read it as i don't have a good scanner.
White_Buffalo7.3
If your gonna keep & maintain the truck yourself I strongly suggest you get access to the special scanner software you need to do it. You need something that has Both the Diesel Specific and the Ford proprietary codes in their library. Unfortunately it takes something other than a Generic OBD-II scanner, like the Auto Parts Stores use, to scan, test, and retrieve codes.
Here you have a couple of the most common choices;
1) If you want to do Everything you'll ever need to, then look at the AutoEnginuity + the Ford Enhanced Package (@ $350 - you add an old computer of some sort to run it with)
2) To retrieve most of the codes you'll need to help and even do some testing look at the FORscan Lite (you add an Android device and Blue Tooth Adapter for @ $30) OR the Windoze version with a USB adapter.
Just a few years ago you needed to buy a professional scan tool because our trucks need to have a scanner with a Library containing both the Ford Proprietary AND the Diesel Specific codes in it. Add to that, our trucks are Not, specifically, OBD-II so the Generic scanners the Auto Parts Stores have are of little use to us. But today there are some very good App based tools, that are close to what the pro tools do, for fraction of the cost.
http://www.powerstroke.org/forum/99...forum/99-03-7-3l-general-discussion/1044057-ford-superduty-diagnosis-cheap.html
Here you have a couple of the most common choices;
1) If you want to do Everything you'll ever need to, then look at the AutoEnginuity + the Ford Enhanced Package (@ $350 - you add an old computer of some sort to run it with)
2) To retrieve most of the codes you'll need to help and even do some testing look at the FORscan Lite (you add an Android device and Blue Tooth Adapter for @ $30) OR the Windoze version with a USB adapter.
Just a few years ago you needed to buy a professional scan tool because our trucks need to have a scanner with a Library containing both the Ford Proprietary AND the Diesel Specific codes in it. Add to that, our trucks are Not, specifically, OBD-II so the Generic scanners the Auto Parts Stores have are of little use to us. But today there are some very good App based tools, that are close to what the pro tools do, for fraction of the cost.
http://www.powerstroke.org/forum/99...forum/99-03-7-3l-general-discussion/1044057-ford-superduty-diagnosis-cheap.html
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