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Hello,
I have about 500 miles on my new conversion, 1996 2.2 legacy.I am loving it, keeping up with traffic is great.

The only problem i am having is i cannot get my scanguage II to work well.
It updates slow, regardless of the setting and will not stay on for more then 10 seconds. It is van related b/c in my wifes car it works perfect.

I used small car directions and have checked the wiring and cant seem to find the problem. Has anyone else had this problem before? Let me know, or please help point me in the right direction.

thanks

Hi Red,

No a lot to offer here except that my Scanguage worked great for a
couple of years (installed by SC when they did the conversion), then
I jump-started a truck stranded at a trail-head, and after that it
pretty much stopped working...though of course, I can't be sure they
are related. I thought it might have been burned out due to a voltage
surge. Or, that I might have messed up one of the connections under
the rear seat when I dug out the jumper cables.

It did blink on sporadically for a while, and actually came all the
way on once during a drive in pouring-down rain...adding to the
hypothesis that it's an electrical connection issue

I ended up sending the gauge unit back to Scanguage for testing. They
say it's fine, so now I have test the cables/connections. (My
mechanic also tested the OBD connector and that's fine.) Scanguage
sent me a new cable. The interesting thing is that the longest cable
Scanguage sells is 6 ft. I think it's a longer routing than that from
under the rear seat to the dash. So maybe there is a coupling
connector somewhere along the way that is the culprit. I just need to
try to trace it.

Maybe I'll use you as inspiration to dig back into this project.

Ben

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On Apr 3, 2012, at 12:15 PM, Benjamin Root wrote:

The interesting thing is that the longest cable
Scanguage sells is 6 ft. I think it's a longer routing than that from
under the rear seat to the dash. So maybe there is a coupling
connector somewhere along the way that is the culprit. I just need to
try to trace it.

I mounted my SG on top of the steering column plastic cover Ben, so I
had to route the cable from the ECU under the rear bench as well. I
"connected" the end of that cable to another 6' cable just outside and
under the driver seat, up inside the frame near the front wheel, and
covered the connection with black electrical tape to "seal" it from the
elements, then drilled a hole there and ran the cable up to the SG.
A lot of extra cable zip tied together down near the footwell where
the steering rod is.

Everything has been working perfectly. I have also jumped others
and my own van (main bat to aux bat) with no troubles, so you may
be onto something with your assumption that you may have "jiggled"
a wire under the bench at the ECU. By the way, I drilled a hole up
on the sloping "firewall" section of the metal under the bench to
run the SG cable through, then just sealed it with Loctite black
adhesive. That stuff dries to a VERY hard finish and is excellent
for that kind of application. No runs, no drips, no errors. ;-)
It is more lubricous than silicone adhesive/sealer, but dries to a
MUCH harder finish.

bob

TOR90

My ScanGuageII had a similar "ShortRunTime" issue when I 1st got it a couple of years ago & a call to the ScanGuage folks + some settings changes as per their advise solved it ~ don't remember just what it was ~ give them a call they are very helpful.

ORR ~ DeanB

Thanks for the help.
After reading the post about settings I went in and changed each setting until it stayed on and updated. I should of written which setting it was b/c i don't remember already. Now to run it under the van and mount it - tomorrows project.
thanks again