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ouroboros

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What do ya'll think of the Edge Insight CTS2? I've been going back and forth on buying the pillar pods to run some extra gauges for trans temp and oil pressure, but lately I've been thinking of just dropping the money on this.

https://edgeproducts.com/products/insight-cts2-84130/

I'm NOT looking for a tuner or something stupid like that, I simply want something that allows me to monitor the vitals of my Lib accurately since I don't exactly trust the dummy gauges on the dash. BTW, it goes for less on Amazon for around $330.

The biggest upside to the Insight vs getting some pod gauges is the amount of vitals you can monitor in a minimalist package. It comes with everything necessary to install as well. To me, it seems well worth the money. The only two others I've seen that are similar are from Jet (Which seems just plain old outdated) and the Bully Dog Watch Dog (Which is similar but with less features).
 

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I followed the link and then tried to see if it would work on a Liberty, but Jeep products were not listed. You might have pick a Dodge product with a 3.7L close to your Liberty's age.

I was planning to get a couple extra gauges to monitor oil pressure and transmission oil temp. What I don't like is you still have to run a small tube from the gauge to some place to tap into your oil/trans. That means hot oil through the firewall into the crew compartment :thumbsdown:

With electronics the way they are you should be able to put a sensor directly where you want to monitor and send an electrical signal back to a readout.
 

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I followed the link and then tried to see if it would work on a Liberty, but Jeep products were not listed. You might have pick a Dodge product with a 3.7L close to your Liberty's age.

I was planning to get a couple extra gauges to monitor oil pressure and transmission oil temp. What I don't like is you still have to run a small tube from the gauge to some place to tap into your oil/trans. That means hot oil through the firewall into the crew compartment :thumbsdown:

With electronics the way they are you should be able to put a sensor directly where you want to monitor and send an electrical signal back to a readout.

From what I've been reading it should work, I'd need to call the manufacturer to be for sure, though. Like I said, it's not a tuner, just a monitor.

IIRC, there was only one manufacturer for pillar pods for the Lib. On top of that you could only add in two gauges. Also the fact that you'd have to route wires, tap into certain things I don't want to, etc. The Insight CTS2 goes beyond that into a simpler package with what seems to be more capability. Route the provided wire to the OBD II, plug it in, mount with the supplied windshield bracket and go. Operates as a code reader also.
 

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If you find that it works, let us know as I bet several Liberty owners would like to have the extra information available.

I remember when cars had several gauges, including a voltage gauge instead of just an idiot battery light.
 

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Have you considered the apps? Torque for android or dashcommand for ios? anybody using these? That edge insight does look good though, just pricey! I've been looking to get a gauge app for some time, just never pulled the trigger, always something more in the priority line for me to get, even though the apps are cheap,along with the ELM cable.

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Scanguage II works for me and clears codes
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^^yup, I have a scangauge in mine too and it works good.


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Rocking a couple different ones. I use my Samsung S5 Active with Torque Pro and use mirrorlink to display on my avh-x4700bhs double din. Also use my Lenovo x201 laptop/tablet with various different software(including drbiii).

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scangauge mounted on the dash, reads 99% of what I need it to
This was in the Kilimanjaro Edition, have one mounted same place in the Low Down 03
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Looking for someone here that has ANY sort of monitor for knock. Does anyone here monitor knock?
 
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Ya reminds me of a joke....Knock Knock ..who's there....
Knock Sensor....Knock Sensor who.. ..

Lovemyliberty if you got knocking going on you better tell us....like ASAP! :gr_grin:
 

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Have you considered the apps? Torque for android or dashcommand for ios? anybody using these? That edge insight does look good though, just pricey! I've been looking to get a gauge app for some time, just never pulled the trigger, always something more in the priority line for me to get, even though the apps are cheap,along with the ELM cable.

Bert

I agree with boboborino. Find a decent bluetooth ODB adapter and use Torque. The light version of Torque is ok for basic info and code clearing (with a decent widget style layout) and the full version is about $5 (if you feel you need it)
 

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Ya reminds me of a joke....Knock Knock ..who's there....
Knock Sensor....Knock Sensor who.. ..

Lovemyliberty if you got knocking going on you better tell us....like ASAP! :gr_grin:

This is funny lol. Ok. If I'm asking for a gauge that monitors knock, tell me how I'd already know it's knocking lol. And I don't do bluetooth or 700 dollar cell phones. I need a real, permanently mounted gauge. Something's that's always there and always monitoring. This gauge will mostly be for coolant temps and hopefully long term fuel trim monitoring, but I want to verify every once and a while that she's knock free. That's spark knock for you guys that's never heard of this.
 

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This is funny lol. Ok. If I'm asking for a gauge that monitors knock, tell me how I'd already know it's knocking lol. And I don't do bluetooth or 700 dollar cell phones. I need a real, permanently mounted gauge. Something's that's always there and always monitoring. This gauge will mostly be for coolant temps and hopefully long term fuel trim monitoring, but I want to verify every once and a while that she's knock free. That's spark knock for you guys that's never heard of this.


We know what you're referring too it's just not common to hear of a gauge that "monitors" knock. By a snap on verus or autel and mount it in the dash then [emoji1] there's your permanent solution and you can monitor all the knocking and fuel trim you want


2002 Jeep Liberty 3.7L with brand new engine ;)
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I wonder if my old AeroForce ScanGauge (from my SRT-4) would work in the libby. do libby's use the NGC3 computer?
 

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