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Title: Torque app odb2 compatible?
Post by: drc12369 on 14 January 2013, 12:27

Been told theres a phone app called Torque which is £3 and it uses odb2, the bluetooth adaptors about £15 off ebay and it supposedly gives you everything and more a vag.com would do. Firstly is my 97 8v gti odb2 compatible? And if so anybody got any experience with this app?

Title: Re: Torque app odb2 compatible?
Post by: tweed on 14 January 2013, 13:26

Your car is obd2

That's all I know x

Title: Re: Torque app odb2 compatible?
Post by: itavaltalainen on 14 January 2013, 17:28

no don't work....

our mk3 only have obd2 socket, however are not obd2..... protocols are different

obd2 readers for torque don't support the required protocol.

Title: Re: Torque app odb2 compatible?
Post by: benjy_b on 14 January 2013, 22:43

I tried my Scangauge on my '96 TDI... It didn't work  :sad:

On the Scangauge website it says it will work with all TDI models except those with "black ecu" (what ever that means?!)

As far as I know OBDII wasn't standardised until around 2001 on petrol cars.

Title: Re: Torque app odb2 compatible?
Post by: boneybradley on 14 January 2013, 23:01

Quote from: benjy_b on 14 January 2013, 22:43

As far as I know OBDII wasn't standardised until around 2001 on petrol cars.

obd2 came law in 1996 for usa sold vehicles and euro 2 euro emission reg's in the same year, early systems were more limited.

1999 seems to be the big change year (for example you can flash remap vw's from mid 99)

Title: Re: Torque app odb2 compatible?
Post by: drc12369 on 15 January 2013, 05:29

Bugger  :sad:

Title: Re: Torque app odb2 compatible?
Post by: thai-wronghorse on 16 January 2013, 22:14

Im glad ive seen this before i ordered a Bluetooth adapter  for the Torque app i downloaded last week.  :lipsrsealed:

Title: Re: Torque app odb2 compatible?
Post by: gazpowells on 16 January 2013, 23:05

was thinking about ordering one myself, glad I seen this  :smiley:

Title: Re: Torque app odb2 compatible?
Post by: Bandit127 on 19 January 2013, 13:20

Quote from: thai-wronghorse on 16 January 2013, 22:14

Im glad ive seen this before i ordered a Bluetooth adapter  for the Torque app i downloaded last week.  :lipsrsealed:

I thought the petrol went to OBDII in '96 but the "ebay" bluetooth adapter didn't work on my '98.

A shame - I was looking forward to using it...  :sad:

Title: Re: Torque app odb2 compatible?
Post by: itavaltalainen on 19 January 2013, 14:37

As I said above OBD2 shaped socket only on mk3 not actual OBD2, the protocol behind is still the same as it was on the OBD1 2x2 port.