service reset tool

[howdy quattro]

hi lads, its come time for me to service my b6 a4, and i was just about to look on ebay to buy a reset tool to do the job, and a friend of mine wants their b5 servicing and resetting too, are the ports the same or will i need 2 seperate tools? i dont know anything about audi diagnostics but i work on mercedes trucks and i know that older trucks and vans have different diagnostic ports to the newer ones. so any help would be much appreciated!!

[bearthebruce]

The B5 and the B6 both have the 16 pin DLC required to meet the OBD-II specs. You should be able to use the same tool for both.

[howdy quattro]

brilliant, thanks alot mate, was wonderin what that obd-2 thing was all about!!

[Sebastian]

Of course that requires the tool in question actually supporting both models, the design of the port isn't much of a problem usually. FWIW, VCDS does support resetting both of course - in case of the 8E it also supports flexible service intervals while many hand held scanners do not.