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Old 07-05-2014, 11:10 AM
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Re: Good Code Scanner for 1998 Explorer?

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Originally Posted by DeltaP View Post
Someone told me:
"I was told to go to otctools.com, select support and then downloads. When you get there you will find a drop down menu and you will want to select 3111 and down load it. Its a big file about 321 mega bytes. I ran the program with my actron cp9580 hooked up to my pc. I selected to update the Otc suite and It recognized my actron and updated to the 4.0 scanning suite found on actron.com. The whole otc program converted to the 4.0 scanning suite found on actron.com." HTH
"Parameter IDs, (PID's), are codes used to request data from a vehicle, used as a diagnostic tool".
Thanks for that.
I edited my last post. Could you re-read it to see if it makes any difference to you?
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