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ArchivesFirst Time Using Autel MaxiSys MS906Like a kid in a candy store, I had to test it out. Being that the Autel MS906 is able to do everything the dealer-specific scanners can, I decided to check out a customer’s engine light on their Ford Escape. Like any professional grade scan tool, you have to connect the cable just like a computer cable with those little screws before you can use it. But once it was connected, I plugged the scan tool in. Nothing happened!! Unlike most OBD2 scan tools, you have to power up the MS906 on your own. I pressed the button and the screen lit up. It was only a few seconds until the main screen displayed. And it really didn’t take long at all to figure out how to check the code. I scrolled through to the Ford button, pressed it, and pressed the “EOBD” or engine light icon. It literally walks you through the process to read the codes. And I found out the Escape needed an upstream oxygen sensor. Out of curiosity, while I was checking the scanner out, I looked at the MaxiFix tab and was astonished to see that there was diagnostic and repair information for virtually every make and model out there. Just because I was curious, I looked up the upstream oxygen sensor procedure for my customer’s Ford Escape, and it looks to be correct. Definitely, this information will come in handy. More Tool Than I Expected It’s both a good thing and a bad thing, but there is way more to the Autel MS906 thank I expected. While there are intuitive functions, you can miss out on so much if you don’t spend a couple of hours reading over the manual. That in itself is a problem – the owner’s manual is 104 pages long! I don’t know a single tech that’s going to take the time to learn the tool that well. You can use it as a shop manager as well. But that’s something every shop owner already has, and one you won’t be switching just because you got a new scan tool. Another thing is your unlikely to use most of the adapters that come with it in the case. It’s just needless. They should probably sell those separately
http://obd2tools.zohosites.com/blogs/post/Autel-MaxiSys-MS906 by obd2tools on 2018-05-11 09:38:32 |
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