Landshandy
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Hi,
Was interested in getting one of these and was wondering if anyone can recommend one?
Was interested in getting one of these and was wondering if anyone can recommend one?
Best ODBII wifi diagnostics for TD5
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brian47
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Wireless OBDII readers might work on the Disco 2 Td5, but only might.
The Disco 2 diesel is not fully OBDII compliant, some functions might work, but some might give you totally nonsense results. Land Rover diesel Discoverys didn't become fully compliant until the middle of 2004. The petrol Disco's were compliant at an earlier date.
It's because of this compatability problem that many members say that only Nanocom, Hawkeye, Lynx and Testbook will produce reasonable and trustworthy results. Obviously none are wireless.
In my mind it would be a waste of money seeing as there's a possibility (probability) that it won't work, but if you are lucky enough to find on that does produce the results you're looking for then go for it.
The Disco 2 diesel is not fully OBDII compliant, some functions might work, but some might give you totally nonsense results. Land Rover diesel Discoverys didn't become fully compliant until the middle of 2004. The petrol Disco's were compliant at an earlier date.
It's because of this compatability problem that many members say that only Nanocom, Hawkeye, Lynx and Testbook will produce reasonable and trustworthy results. Obviously none are wireless.
In my mind it would be a waste of money seeing as there's a possibility (probability) that it won't work, but if you are lucky enough to find on that does produce the results you're looking for then go for it.
Landshandy
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Cheers Brian, I wonder why they don't provide a wireless real time version? I'll have a goose online but fear you may be right
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Well, because the diagnostics are specific to that model and OBD hand't been fully adopted at that point it is a bit of a niche market. I'm surprised there's so much choice - there's three major bits of kit for the home user market, whereas garages tend to use Autologic and Testbook.
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Possibly Lynx as well. I haven't explored it fully, merely looked over someone else's shoulder. But it seems to work.
The main point is that because it would be such a small market, nobody's created a wireless version. As the usual (wired) home mechanic options are around the £200-300 mark, I doubt if it would be viable if you included the added expense of a wireless device. You'd never sell enough to make a go of it.
The main point is that because it would be such a small market, nobody's created a wireless version. As the usual (wired) home mechanic options are around the £200-300 mark, I doubt if it would be viable if you included the added expense of a wireless device. You'd never sell enough to make a go of it.
