Whats the best OBD software for a Ford,
a desiel to be exact,

i was looking at one of the OBD compliant discs with leads on fleebay

regards

Steve

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Originally posted by steve m
Whats the best OBD software for a Ford,
a desiel to be exact,

i was looking at one of the OBD compliant discs with leads on fleebay

regards

Steve

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only a ford's ids will allow any changes to any software but even then it wont adjust fuel etc,it may download an ecu update depending on current software level.There are items that can be changed in its central car cofiquration but wont alter any running concerns.
The best thing to do is just plug up a fault code reader and post up the codes,is the mondeo still not starting steve ?.which engine has it got ? and whats it doing ?

Make sure you do not touch the injectors... they are configured in the ECU and even the smallest fleck of dust can destroy them.

Its tempting to pull them and have a look if it will not run, avoid this temptation as you could be looking at a cleaning cost of £££ once disturbed.

Diesels are not what they used to be for the home mechanic all that technology making them run clean and powerfully makes them nigh on impossible to fault correctly at home.

If you have a google for issues such as High pressure pump failing this puts fragments of metal into the injectors and the resultant cost of sorting is usually more than a complete low mileage second hand engine.

Regards Mark

Its a 2.0 tdci that does not start, it did, and not now !!

I will pull out the fuel filter, to see whats in there

Petrol ??????????????

I have put a OBD reader on it, and no error codes have come up

We suspect the imobiliser has kicked in

Steve

[Edited on 28/3/10 by steve m]

does it crank or try to fire ?and what does the immobilizer light do ie flash/ not flash.
if its a high series model you would get a warning message in the instrument cluster and if it cranks then i doubt its that.We had some early ones that suffered with stuck egr valves(you can get your had under it and get the plastic cover off and feel the cam slider that operates it to give it a flick back).Other than that you need to look at live data an see if you have the correct fuel pressure at cranking and sync between cam and crank sensors.