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>From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] 
>Sent: 10 August 2006 00:25
>To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
>Subject: Re: [OT]milage computer
>
>
>On Wed, 2006-08-09 at 14:55 -0700, Vitaliy wrote:
>> > Elsewhere is a different story, as the article you mentioned 
>> > indicates. It says that all diesel vehicles after 2004 in the EU 
>> > must be OBDII, yet the 2006 Skoda Fabia diesel I rented last month 
>> > in Austria certainly didn't have the OBDII connector (it had a 
>> > connector, but looked different). Does anyone know if 
>perhaps in the 
>> > EU OBDII is required now, but the connector is still non standard? 
>> > Or is it just the EU connector standard is different from North 
>> > America?
>> 
>> Have you checked everywhere -- under the driver's seat, behind the 
>> ashtray,
>> etc? Some vehicles have two connectors: one proprietary, and 
>one OBDII. The 
>> EU connector standard is identical to the US standard: it's the same 
>> D-shaped 16-pin connector.
>
>Well, I'm now 6000kms away from the rental agency, so my 
>checking time has passed. That said, I was very thorough and 
>could not find any other connector. In fact the connector I 
>DID find was hidden behind a storage box, it took a while to find.
>
>It's entirely possible I missed the "standard" connector. TTYL


Did it look like this? http://en.openobd.org/locations/skoda_fabia_6y.jpg

Regards

Mike

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