obd-2 compliance

[jimyboyle]

Can anyone tell me if the UK 1997 2.5 Boxster is obd-2 compatable.

Sellers of the code readers in the UK say it only works with US cars from 1996,

UK cars from 2001, but no specific information on a Boxster

[Loren]

I think so - but Richard Hamilton should be able to tell you for sure.

[Richard Hamilton]

I don't think it is on UK (or RoW) cars. My car is a '98 996C2 which uses the same DME version as the '97 Boxster (v5.2.2). I have a mOByDic OBD2 interface and Digimoto Lite which will not communicate with my car, but is fine on my brother's C4 (1999 - DME v7.2). I used to have an AutoXray (OBD1&2) scanner, which would read fault codes that triggered the CEL, but not the codes which didn't. For example, I had a P1123/5 fault for quite a while (MAF problem) which wouldn't show on the scanner, but showed up on a PST2.

My advice would be to get the Durametric software. It may cost you a bit more than a hand scanner, but it WILL work, and will do a lot more besides.

[jimyboyle]

Thanks Richard

Jim Boyle