I have an emissions warning light on my 2005 xc90 that I could do with plugging in a fault diagnostic tools, does anyone local to me have one that I could please borrow?? I livr in ellesmere port. Alternatively any recommendations on which one i should buy?
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Originally posted by 001Ben
I have an emissions warning light on my 2005 xc90 that I could do with plugging in a fault diagnostic tools, does anyone local to me have one that I could please borrow?? I livr in ellesmere port. Alternatively any recommendations on which one i should buy?
Bought an Autel Maxiscan MS509 on the recommendation of Britishtrident and it has worked on everything i have tried it on so far.
Does live data. Sensor outputs, Graphing facility etc
Even has a recording function that you can play back to help fine intermitant faults.
Bought mine from the UK Autel agent as i wanted a pukka one with a warranty (cost about £70)
Brilliant, thanks for the info guys. I was thinking that It would be a lot more expensive than that. A friend has offered to lend me one for the
weekend for now but I will definitely get one on order.
The first scanner I bought was a Memocan U480 -- basic but a good quality little tool but it cost me nearly £90, a year later upgraded to
Memoscan U585 which reads live data and sold the U480 via the forum for istr £40 it now sells on ebay for about £15.
These days I have accumulated a variety of scanners and dongles
Reading live data is a great help particularly when looking for sensor problems that don't always throw up a fault code that points
directly to the cause of the problem.
[Edited on 2/6/13 by britishtrident]
Have you tried using your DIM to see if there's any errors (DTC's - Diagnostic Trouble Codes) logged?
DTC readout:
* Press and hold "READ" on the indicator stalk
* Press rear fog light button twice, in rapid succession
* DIM-screen will list a readout of DTC codes (skip through by pressing READ)
Some of the categories will show "Checking" but may never update, this is not necessarily indicative of a problem.
This works on most modern Volvos with a DIM ( Driver Information Module)
Cheers
I have the memoscan that BritishTrident mentioned £15 off eBay does the job fine!
I have tried the one my friend has lent me and it doesn't work, anyone else local have one that I could borrow today for a few hours?
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Originally posted by britishtrident
The first scanner I bought was a Memocan U480 -- basic but a good quality little tool but it cost me nearly £90, a year later upgraded to Memoscan U585 which reads live data and sold the U480 via the forum for istr £40 it now sells on ebay for about £15.
These days I have accumulated a variety of scanners and dongles
Reading live data is a great help particularly when looking for sensor problems that don't always throw up a fault code that points directly to the cause of the problem.
[Edited on 2/6/13 by britishtrident]
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Originally posted by McLannahan
Have you tried using your DIM to see if there's any errors (DTC's - Diagnostic Trouble Codes) logged?
DTC readout:
* Press and hold "READ" on the indicator stalk
* Press rear fog light button twice, in rapid succession
* DIM-screen will list a readout of DTC codes (skip through by pressing READ)
Some of the categories will show "Checking" but may never update, this is not necessarily indicative of a problem.
This works on most modern Volvos with a DIM ( Driver Information Module)
Cheers
i bought the u480 off BT...lol
we did use it , to interrogate the canbus of a few bus/trucks at work , with mixed success ...
it works fine on my s70 tho...