Question about star tester.

[jyarosz]

I recently bought a 96 Mark 8.The car only has 44k miles and has no issues.I plan on keeping this car for a long time.A local resale shop has a star tester for sale but they know nothing about it.I feel in the future I may need one.If I plug it into the obd2 port will that tell me if it functions properly?

 

[beerdog]

Buy it. You can easily sell it. If it turn on it will work. It has likely rarely been used.

 

[Lvnmarks]

I'm glad I have one, used it for diagnosing my air ride last week. Worth $100 easily.

 

[beerdog]

I don't think it is for plugging into the OBD2. I may be wrong.

 

[jyarosz]

Ok,I bought it.My car being a 96 has obd1 for the air ride,and obd2 for the rest of the car.I hooked it to the air ride and ran a test,it worked.Now I just need to get a list of the sequence.

 

[beerdog]

Tehre are a few people on here with the Star Tester.

 

[Lvnmarks]

96 is obd II. The Star II plugs in to another port on the right bank, just behind the air box.

 

[jyarosz]

Yes lvn 1996 and newer vehicles are obd11 among all brands.Previous to 1996 Ford vehicles from 1979 to 1995 used obd1.The 96 mark 8 carried over obd 1 for the air ride system only.The Star tester does plug into the plug behind the air box mounted on the strut tower.When hooked up it runs a test cycle of all the systems of the air ride.I need the order of the test cycle.

 

[driller]

I need the order of the test cycle.

I've seen it posted long ago.

Searching...

Here's one that shows the test sequence for getting codes.

And here's a thread that has the test cycle.