You can see the engine is turning 975 rpm, which is probably right around 1000 rpm on the tach. The screen shot above is from Nissan Datascan. With a Consult cable, and a program, you can look at engine parameters, datalog, and even do some diagnostic testing. However there is another way to get similar results.
#Nissan scan tool software plus
The Consult III plus is many thousands of dollars, and not generally realistic for most enthusiasts to have. The Consult III plus is laptop based, and has cards that allow a dealership or tech to diagnose a car. Nissan's factory tool is now called a Consult III (3) plus. That is the Consult port.įrom the Consult port in an R32 you can read the ECU, Hicas, and power steering. If you pull that cover off, and look in the upper left hand area above the fuse block, you will see a grey connector. Approximately above where your right knee is located.
#Nissan scan tool software drivers
In the R32 the Consult port is located in the fusebox area, drivers side. The 1989-2002 Nissan Skyline GT-R all have a Nissan diagnostic connector called a Consult connector, or Consult port. The catalytic converter overtemp light, doubles as a check engine light There are still cars sold in some parts of the world- in 2019 that don't have OBD II.Ĭonsult port location on an R32. The rest of the world, may have had cars with OBD II connectors around the same time, but generally in Japan, you didn't see them till around 2002. Still most do, but the generic OBD II has become universal in the USA. Prior to OBD II each manufacturer had their own tool, their own connector. That was a more universal type engine computer scan tool/system/language/connector. In the USA, cars 1996 and up had OBD II, or on board diagnostics II. This is something some of us old folk have to repeat to ourselves, when some new Nissan Skyline owner asks where they can plug an OBD II scanner into their car.