how to hook scanner up to car

[b16acivic96]

hey guys im new to the honda world. just recently bought a 96 honda civic ex coupe. i did research and found out that there is a b16a from a 89-91 honda with a 94-95 acura gsr ecu... how would i hook up my scanner to this and get codes?

 

[Briansol]

With that set up, you probably aren't going to get anything from an obd2 car/bus with obd1 ecu and obd0 motor.

 

[josh_crewdson@y]

U can with a $4000 professional scanner through the obd2 port...
An off the shelf scanner won't help you though..
Try to find a obd2a gsr ecu, or a 99-00 si ecu with a obd2b to obd2a jumper harness if you really want to be able to scan it.

 

[b16acivic96]

i do have a snap-on scanner with every kind of adapter to hook up to any car. but for the obd1 ecu i need to hook up the hon-1 adapter to the 3pin plug but all i see is the cars original obd2 plug. idk if the person before ever put this in? this seems like a headache. im about to just pull a motor and ecu from another car that matches instead of mix matching... would i still need that adapter harness for the ecu if i but in a si motor and ecu from a 99-00 civic?

 

[josh_crewdson@y]

Yes, 96-98 is obd2a, 99-00 is obd2b.

 

[josh_crewdson@y]

The adapter harness can be found for $35 on eBay.

 

[b16acivic96]

ok thanks for your help

 

[b16acivic96]

lol so maybe you can find this on ebay and post the link to me bc all i found was obd2a to obd1 adapters for $20 and the only obd2a to obd2b is for $105

 

[josh_crewdson@y]

Wow, you sir are correct...
I saw one a while back on there, but no more I guess..
Another option would be a obd2a p30 from a del sol vtec b16. a lil bit more expensive, but that would be plug and play for your car.

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