My neighbors 98 12 valve quit charging, all idiot lights are on and none of the gauges work. When the batteries died the engine quit. Put in new batteries and starts right up but no alternator charge. He put in a new alternator and still no charge. Went to advanced auto to get this verified and yup alternator not charging. Tried to read the codes with his scanner and it wouldn't connect. He said the batteries were too discharged.

My question: Can Smarty S-03 read the DTC codes on a 98 12 valve once the batteries are recharged?

Any seen this problem with a 12v before?

Thanks,

PK

 

I dont know about the smarty but I would bet the cps (crank sensor) is bad

 

Had that happen to me as well and I replaced the CPS as said above and all worked fine

 

My question: Can Smarty S-03 read the DTC codes on a 98 12 valve once the batteries are recharged?

NO, been there done that

 

Thanks for all your input. Looks like the answer to: "Can Smarty S-03 read the DTC codes on a 98 12 valve once the batteries are recharged?" is NO

It isn't clear to me that a 12v engine would have a cps... Can someone please verify that?

 

trust me they do. part # is abs211 or als100 at advanced auto parts brand is BWD

 

i know if you turn the key off and on a bunch of times it will give the codes on the odometer but they arent in plain english. they are in numerical format. but this is on my '02

 

We finally received the part from Cummins, put it in and all is good! Thanks for the trouble shooting help.

Cummins was out of those engine speed sensors and their machine that made them was broken. They had a new machine on order, but it took over a month to get the machine up and running...

LBR