rovacom lite wanted for a 4.0 gems v8,i am on the isle of wight does anyone know of a garage here that has one,getting very little responce
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Datatek
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Why not look for a Nanocom?
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Rovacom was replaced by nanocom 10-15 years ago?
thank you for your reply,thats what i was told works. Its a morgan plus 8 2003 with the 4,0 gems
Datatek
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If it's just for the engine, I believe you can use a cheap ELM device but Nanocom does everything that the Rovercom does. Others with more knowledge of the V8 will know for sure about ELM.
thank you for your reply, its been a stiff learning curve i have only had the car 7 weeks its been dead for 3 .i have bought 2 cheapish code readers but are limited in use, on the morgan website a lot of American owners have rovacom lite which does everything, i have sent scores of e mails re the scanner and replacement sensors but get very little back. Getting the car trailered off the island to a morgan specialist is mega expensive and most of them have a 6-8 week waiting list for service. A lot of spares are straightforward range or landrover but parts companies say they dont fit as they are not recognised on their systems its driving me nuts
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If you are dead set on a Rovacom Lite then Black Box appear to still sell them.
https://blackbox-solutions.com/shop/product/bbhw021 c.£47+ shipping.
https://blackbox-solutions.com/shop/product/bbhw021 c.£47+ shipping.
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Although I do have Nanocom which is the best for P38 GEMS, Thor or Diseasel, I often use Car Scanner app on iPhone, with a bluetooth dongle (Vgate or similar on Amazon). This works faster on my GEMS when I need real-time engine data.
Never tried resetting adaptive values with the Car Scanner, so use Nanocom when I need to do that. Otherwise the app reads everything on the engine. Obviously the scanner will not talk to any other P38 ECU, but you only need the engine.
You might find the attached PDF useful as well.
Never tried resetting adaptive values with the Car Scanner, so use Nanocom when I need to do that. Otherwise the app reads everything on the engine. Obviously the scanner will not talk to any other P38 ECU, but you only need the engine.
You might find the attached PDF useful as well.
thank you for your help,i did try black box a couple of weeks ago ,who are based in cyprus.its an old advert and they didn't have any ,but thank you
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Do the basics first, i.e. fuel pressure, compression check, sparks, crank sensor.
just contacted them again ,the link you sent looks ideal,.....they are closed due to a holiday, but i left my details,they come up on the morgan site a few times mostly from American owners who have little support .i am trying to get ahead of the game in at least fault finding but so far have gone backwards
good on you, will sit down with my stepson and go through it all, modern day tech is alien to me.the pooles article is very good thank you
thank you, replaced two lambda sensors as that came up when codes were read at morgan main dealer but car went stone dead 150 miles later,i suspect its an earthing issue that is intermittent ,cant find it so far some of it is very difficult to get at
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Also does your Morgan also have the Lucas AS10 alarm system ? If so, you also need to check that it's properly syncedto the GEMS ECU, or the engine will be immobilised.
oh dear, limited knowledge lack of proper diagnostic equipment and a garage who sold me the car uninterested ,it gets worse
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This may be so right now. But it may very well get an awful lot better, in the blink of an eye.
thats what i like dan a positive attitude
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If you have not had the car long, throw it back to the garage as not fit for purpose use the small claims court if necessary.
