Hi
Would you say for value that the hawkeye is currently the best unit on the market
Yes, sort of, for the price. There is options from Black Box Solutions but know one has put a demo on nthe web to view so I don't know what their kit can do. They do have a helpful web link to info about the Freelander 1's computers (and other LR products too).
If when bying a unit do they also come with the car specific codes in order that if a fault comes up it will tell you what the codes means
It comes with 1 code when bought new and you email the peeps with the code and choose which vehicle you want licensed. A Freelander 1, Freelander 2, D3 or D4 etc are all treated as different vehicles. Hence 1 code will only do one vehicle. My Hawkeye will read info from the different computers in my Freelander 1. It can display and remove fault codes. Once you have a fault code read it then go back to the main menu and go into a different menu and type in the code and it tells you the meaning in english. Or search for it on the web and not only find out the meaning, see what others discussed when they had the same fault code.
I've had alook around and the hawkeye is around the 300 mark
Yep. The price is annoying but there int many other options that can do the same amount. I don't know how much the BBS option would cost (or any info about what it is) so don't have a comparison.
Also belive that as mine is pre obd2 complaint that the haweye will work with no problems
It should work with all Freelander 1's if you choose to have it licensed for a Freelander 1. Freelanders talk a different language which the Hawkeye can talk. Hence pre odbii complience Freelander 1's int a problem if you have a Hawkeye.
How effective are they, can they tell if the injectors are worn, if the maf is working correctly
No. It can't tell you this directly. The Hawkeye displays info from your Freelanders computers so you can see it. From here you have to understand it and make your own judgement. If the pressure was nnn and it's now nn then the pressure has dropped. Therefore you have low pressure etc... you have to hope that some helpful person has uploaded video's of Hawkeyes in action to you tube with variuos results for you to compare against. Or find another Freelander 1 to compare against yours.
I've got a synergy box fitted and would of course turn if off in ordwr to get a true reading of what the engine is doing
Hawkeye will still work if a synergy is fitted. It can see the pressure rise when the synergy is doing it's stuff.
May I ask a daft question how does the unit know your gearbox etc is working correctly etc
If it'a a manual gearbox then it don't. If you have an auto gearbox on your Freelander 1 then a Hawkeye licensed to Freelander 1 can talk to your auto's computer. It can read fault codes, data signals and display info. Sadly this part of the Hawkeye's software isn't written as well as I would hope, as when I used it on my auto it displays obvious mistakes. :doh: 
Thks again
No problem.
Gary
