greenelephant 
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A very quick question. Is the ECU diagnostics for a vauxhall corsa b model 1.4 16V sport compatible with an universal OBDII fault reader. 
 
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barneykarl 
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No, mine is a 2000 has to be a 2001 onwards for a obd2, it will connect up ok but you will not get any readings , corsa C will be ok.
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Cheese Man Chris 
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Id say its 50/50, Try it!
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barneykarl 
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100%  no,  not even close to 50/50  
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John 
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Afaik they do work on corsa B's.
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barneykarl 
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This will work a standard obd2 will not work on x14xe, x16xe. http://my.frooition.com/070323/car-diagnostic-equipment/vauxhall-opel-car-diagnostic-scanner-tech-2-code-reader-p-277.html
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John 
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That says it works on corsa B's? 
 
Wee brother is a vaux mechanic and he says he's had one of the fault readers working in an old corsa b.
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barneykarl 
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yes that one should work but it is a pc based type , the standard universal obd2 will not work on mine x16xe year 2000 as mine is not obd2 compatible like I said has to be 2001 onwards, anyway my mate uses a sykes on mine with no problem as he is a auto electrician, if some one wants to try and connect up a standard universal obd2 not pc based to my motor and get a signal from the ecu I will give say I,m wrong but I,m not.  
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Olsrey 
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As far as I know all post 97 Corsas have OBD2 ports and before that they are OBD1 ports.
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wozza51 
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if it has OBD 1 then OBD to will read p codes iirc  
 
as i use the same scanner on 58Plate Pugs to what i used on my corsa 
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barneykarl 
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What scanner was you using and what engine and year corsa did you scan ? 
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wozza51 
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a 1995 corsa sport 1400 16v with the peugeot plannet system gets out p codes.. 
 
and the snap on fault scanners also worked on both cars  
 
and my cheapy 60 pound one off ebay done a 97 1400 sport and various new VAG's
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barneykarl 
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The more expensive garage spec will work have them used on mine, but the budget 35 quid non pc ones do not as I have tried two on mine,out of interest what make is your cheap one thats a good price to be compatible with non obd2 compliant motors.
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Cheese Man Chris 
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Im sure all corsas are OBD2 as OBD 1 is a totally differnt socket. There is just differnt standards of OBD2. I have two cheap OBD2 scanners, and if one doesnt work the other does.....same for most cars
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greenelephant 
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OK do you know what protocol the OBD for the corsa 1.4 16v b model is (eg ISO 9141/KWP2000) 
 
A list of them can be found here 
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-Board_Diagnostics
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barneykarl 
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an example of a obd11 that is cheap but will not work on my car, there are lots like this available, have tried two and did not work , had to use a better spec one sykes , anyway paperclips are cheap. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-CAR-FAULT-DIAGNOSTIC-CODE-READER-OBD2-EOBD_W0QQitemZ110343907309QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Diagnostic_Tools_Equipment?hash=item110343907309&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14
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