Nanocom "rental" (= short term loan)

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P38 Monkey

P38 Monkey

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P38 4.0SE 1997.
I know this has been a somewhat heated subject in the past with people saying if you have a Nanocom you should lend it free to your brother Landy owners etc...
~£500 is a bit too much for me to buy one but I would like to delete / disable all Immobiliser EKA features etc as part of my project to de-complicate my P38. I would like to instruct my P38, not have it instruct me.
I think a reasonable approach would be to pay say £40 to borrow a suitable Nanocom for a couple of days, and post each way, never mind the "free" bit as someone has had to shell out for one in the first place.
If anyone is willing to lend me a Nanocom on that basis, perhaps best to message me.
Yes I am skilled enough to use it and obsessive enough to look after it.
 
Personally I would not lend anyone an electronic tool, what do you do if it breaks as you the borrower are using it?
So many negatives for the lender, and no risks for the borrower.
 
P38 Monkey said:
P38 4.0SE 1997.
I know this has been a somewhat heated subject in the past with people saying if you have a Nanocom you should lend it free to your brother Landy owners etc...
~£500 is a bit too much for me to buy one but I would like to delete / disable all Immobiliser EKA features etc as part of my project to de-complicate my P38. I would like to instruct my P38, not have it instruct me.
I think a reasonable approach would be to pay say £40 to borrow a suitable Nanocom for a couple of days, and post each way, never mind the "free" bit as someone has had to shell out for one in the first place.
If anyone is willing to lend me a Nanocom on that basis, perhaps best to message me.
Yes I am skilled enough to use it and obsessive enough to look after it.
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Plenty of members with nanocoms who live local often wiling to travel locally for rewards. Some even travel further afield.
I'm lucky 3 of us have got the use of one and all live within a mile of each other
 
P38 Monkey said:
P38 4.0SE 1997.
I know this has been a somewhat heated subject in the past with people saying if you have a Nanocom you should lend it free to your brother Landy owners etc...
~£500 is a bit too much for me to buy one but I would like to delete / disable all Immobiliser EKA features etc as part of my project to de-complicate my P38. I would like to instruct my P38, not have it instruct me.
I think a reasonable approach would be to pay say £40 to borrow a suitable Nanocom for a couple of days, and post each way, never mind the "free" bit as someone has had to shell out for one in the first place.
If anyone is willing to lend me a Nanocom on that basis, perhaps best to message me.
Yes I am skilled enough to use it and obsessive enough to look after it.
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Academic question, as I don't have one.

What are you going to do if you send it back, and more codes appear a few days later?

At £40+ postage x 2 each time you "borrow" it, you are soon going to have spent enough to buy one.
 
Nanocom is necessary for diesel models as not many diagnostics will talk to the EDC. petrols aren’t quite so bad as they don’t use EDC so others may be okay for you

There is a guy here leases Nanocoms on a professional basis with a deposit.
Really, you need someone that has one and the experience of using it. Someone you have seen use it properly. To whom which you can pop over get it done, pay up and **** off. Even if you get your own learning to use it will be a bit of a curve and you can guess what happens if you cock up.....

Likewise if you get your own don’t lend it to any old Dick and ‘arry. All it takes is for some idiot to plug it in then turn the engine over or drive off and it’s fried.
 
myfirstl322 said:
Was it @Grrrrrr @biketeacherdave who fell foul of lending?

Timing kit iirc.

Distasteful abuse of trust.
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Tbh not sure, but it would pee me off big time.
With a timing kit you can look at it and say great yep its all there, with an elec tool who knows what surprises the future might hold ?

I quite happily lend neighbours stuff at home/down the club, but at work they earn as much as me so spend some of it on tools!
 
On the Nanocom:
Select R-Rover P38 > select your engine > BECM > Settings > Alarm > tab on over to Key Warning / EKA screen > select Disabled for EKA > X out of screen > select Write Settings (to BECM) > Done.
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OP can play around with the Nanocom emulator for free online: https://nanoint.nanocom-diagnostics.com/index.html?rand=735#
 
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RangeRoller dt said:
All it takes is for some idiot to plug it in then turn the engine over or drive off and it’s fried.
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Wow! It must be different on a P38 EDC.
I have my Nanocom connected to my Disco 2 while I drive to monitor various V8 engine systems like coolant temps, O2 sensor readings and engine misfires.
I know a person who blew the Nanocom’s internal fuse when they first connected the cable to the OBD port and then connected the Nanocom unit. The cable has to be connected to the Nanocom unit FIRST, and then connected to the OBD port.
 
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JUKE179r said:
Wow! It must be different on a P38 EDC.
I have my Nanocom connected to my Disco 2 while I drive to monitor various V8 engine systems like coolant temps, O2 sensor readings and engine misfires.
I know a person who blew the Nanocom’s internal fuse when they first connected the cable to the OBD port and then connected the Nanocom unit. The cable has to be connected to the Nanocom unit FIRST, and then connected to the OBD port.
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I plug mine in while running too, useful for live data.
I've heard about which end of the cable to plug first, but i can't see what difference it makes, it how you could blow a fuse! I always plug into the obd port first
 
JUKE179r said:
On the Nanocom:
Select R-Rover P38 > select your engine > BECM > Alarm > tab on over to Key Warning / EKA screen > select Disabled for EKA > X out of screen > select Write Settings (to BECM) > Done.
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OP can play around with the Nanocom emulator for free online: https://nanoint.nanocom-diagnostics.com/index.html?rand=735#
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That is a really useful demo page.
Interestingly, the "Instruments" button seems to be giving live running info on the engine, so presumably you can have the engine running with the Nanocom connected?
I need to read the manual while using it, but presumably a user manual is available online.
Thanks for the link...
 
I would look for a suitable local Nanocom user with a version that covers what you need and invite them along for coffe and a petrol voucher.
If you want a long return drive to me, you can use mine (A P38 Thor licensed Version) on my driveway to remove your EKA settings. :)
 
Lending out electronic stuff is a gamble.
As others have said, it's all to easy to knacker a Nanocom by starting the engine with it plugged in or unplugging the device when it's doing something.
For live data from the engine, you plug in AFTER starting the engine.
Any version of Nanocom for the P38 will talk to the BECM to turn of EKA and the immobiliser petrol or diesel as far as I'm aware.
 
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