The ever-present Question for GM Truck and SUV Owners without their having either a GM OEM Bosch Vetronix Tech 2 Scan Tool in their Kit Bag (...or a “GYMKO” General Motors Knock Off version) will be:
Will an inexpensive Blue Tooth Scan Tool do everything that a Tech 2 is capable of ?
Generally… No.
However, there ARE a few Scan Tools that WILL perform an astonishing number of Bi-Directional Tests and a bewildering array of Vehicle and Module Activation and Diagnostics that for all of those features being present… that are really NOT that expensive.
http://www.xtooltech.com/EN/ProductView/D8.html
The XTools D7 sports an Android Cell Phone Size Screen (Using a DLC Cable Connection NOT Blue Tooth Adapter) and is available on Amazon for under $500.00. (Note that it does NOT use a typical Oscilloscope Graphing of Voltage Over Time feature for Sensor and Component Live Diagnostics).
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098L8FWGN/?tag=gmtnation-20
This Video covers a Side-By-Side Comparison of the XTools D7 to the latest 2021 Model XTools D8:
As you can see, the XTools D8 sports a LARGER Touch Screen Scan Tool has, among its additional features, the ability to display Oscilloscope Graphed Data for Wave Form Analysis:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098L7ZD4K/?tag=gmtnation-20
Here is a GM-GMC Vehicle Owner sitting in his Truck and doing a basic walk through of this XTools D8 Unit… available from Amazon for Just Under $700.00:
...and here is another Owner of a 2016 GMC Sierra 5.3L Truck showing what this Xtools D8 can do for him:
The XTools D8 also works with an Optional USB Endoscope (Boro-Scope) available for $60.00 on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09CZ6YYGK/?tag=gmtnation-20
Will an inexpensive Blue Tooth Scan Tool do everything that a Tech 2 is capable of ?
Generally… No.
However, there ARE a few Scan Tools that WILL perform an astonishing number of Bi-Directional Tests and a bewildering array of Vehicle and Module Activation and Diagnostics that for all of those features being present… that are really NOT that expensive.
http://www.xtooltech.com/EN/ProductView/D8.html
The XTools D7 sports an Android Cell Phone Size Screen (Using a DLC Cable Connection NOT Blue Tooth Adapter) and is available on Amazon for under $500.00. (Note that it does NOT use a typical Oscilloscope Graphing of Voltage Over Time feature for Sensor and Component Live Diagnostics).
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098L8FWGN/?tag=gmtnation-20
This Video covers a Side-By-Side Comparison of the XTools D7 to the latest 2021 Model XTools D8:
As you can see, the XTools D8 sports a LARGER Touch Screen Scan Tool has, among its additional features, the ability to display Oscilloscope Graphed Data for Wave Form Analysis:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098L7ZD4K/?tag=gmtnation-20
Here is a GM-GMC Vehicle Owner sitting in his Truck and doing a basic walk through of this XTools D8 Unit… available from Amazon for Just Under $700.00:
...and here is another Owner of a 2016 GMC Sierra 5.3L Truck showing what this Xtools D8 can do for him:
The XTools D8 also works with an Optional USB Endoscope (Boro-Scope) available for $60.00 on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09CZ6YYGK/?tag=gmtnation-20