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Re: Fault Code Reader Posted by Larry West [Email] ![]() ![]() ![]() In Reply to: Fault Code Reader, Mikhail, Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:37:00 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
There are only two devices that will read codes from a Saab that old (maybe three...). Those are:
1) Saab's ISAT (Intelligent SAab Tester) - proprietary; only works with Saabs; hard to find.
2) GM Tech 2 with the Saab software card - GM standard tool. The tool is easy enough to find (if expensive), but you need the Saab software card, AND the adapter to work on a Saab that old.
Both of these tools are expensive to obtain when you can find them. The Tech 2 will cost anywhere between US$1,500.00 and $2,500.00. And those prices are for second-hand units.
There used to be a tool called the "LH System Tester", but I do not know if it works on LH systems that "new". This tool - if it works on your car - would only work with a Bosch system. There were a limited number of 16v 900s that got a Lucas system, but I believe they were only sold in the UK.
The only systems that can be "read" on a 1993 900 with ISAT or Tech 2 are the LH system, the EZK ignition (non-turbos), and the SRS (Airbag - but only with an adapter harness, and only with a Tech 2).
There may be a way to read the LH codes by making a wiring harness with a switch, and using the "Check Engine" light to flash the codes. But I'd have to dig up that information.
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