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Jul 27, 2011 | 10:01 PM

j2007

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Unable to read OBD II codes

I have a 2006 F-350 with the V-10 and six speed manual transmission. Recently the service engine soon light came on. I was debating on purchasing a Bully dog Watch dog before, but since this code appeared I decided to pull the trigger on the watch dog and purchased it. I used it to read a code on one of my chevy's and worked good. I hooked up the watchdog to the ford and set it up and it read the guage functions but I could not read any obd codes. I have been told the OBD computer is seperate from the vehicle computer. Anyone ever experience any problem like this?

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Jul 28, 2011 | 07:36 AM

GUNNERDOG

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Make sure the ODB port has power. Could be a blown fuse. I believe (someone will correct me if i am wrong) that the cigarette lighter power port and the ODB port are on the same fuse...

Jul 28, 2011 | 08:20 AM

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It's weird that it read a Chevy... I thought you couldn't use a "tuner" to read codes except for the same brand it is supposed to be used on? (unless Bully Dog says it can).

Likewise on the cigarette lighter fuse.

Shoulda-woulda-coulda, but you should visit the V10 forum, 5-star and SCT X3's are the way to go with the V10...

Jul 28, 2011 | 08:59 AM

j2007

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the watch dog is not actually a tuner, just a "performance monitor", and is supposed to work with any obd II (96 or newer) vehicle. I looked through the fuses I will double check again today. The guages and performance monitor work on the watch dog it just is not recieveing a signal from the obd computer. Also If I do duy a tuner it will definitly be from 5 star!

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Jul 28, 2011 | 09:23 AM

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Ah, did not know Bully Dog made anything like that

thanks for the correction.

Jul 28, 2011 | 09:24 AM

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Also, the SCT X3 does a great job of datalogging and code-reading on Ford vehicles. Used it on a few different vehicles already...

Jul 28, 2011 | 12:16 PM

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I tried 12 port and had power so, I thought I would unhook the battery. Came back a few hours later reconnected and started the truck and the watchdog read the codes. One was P0141 o2 sensor and the other was p019E and shows up unknown, now just to figure that out

thanks for the help