What test computer can i use?

I tried to connect my OBDll tuning pc to my freelander!!! to check the engine. and I find Landrover do not use OBD at all, and the program and pc i need is over £400 to do this job. Does anyone know something cheaper? or is the plug under the dash for making tea?

Land rover do use OBD, there was a recall on all petrol freelanders to add an earth wire to the diag socket to allow generic scan tools to work on them, check to see if yours is in the chassis range and has been done (if its petrol!)

Chances are though, your software is no good for land rovers.

sorry mine is a diesel type...

graham862 said:

sorry mine is a diesel type...

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The diesels are not fully OBD2 compatible prior to 2004. But you can still use the generic types to view sensor data but not fault codes.

(Pin 4 and 5 may need to be linked in the scantool or its plug.)

Sykes Pickavant ACR4 and appropriate pod and cable are needed to be able to read fault codes and turn off the MIL. You can often pick them up on Ebay. The Rover V4 pod & cable should work as its essentially the same engine setup as in the 75/ZT.

There is some more info on my webpage here:

On-board diagnostics

Ron

is this OBD2 program free? I do a search on the net and it comes up few of them.

dearot said:

is this OBD2 program free? I do a search on the net and it comes up few of them.

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There are quite a few free or shareware ones such as
ScanTool.net - Software - ScanTool.net

OBD2 Software

OBD II logger Win

This one logs the data in Excel format as well so you can produce your own charts.
http://tuning-diesels.com/Eobd/obdm.gif

The ISO interface is available from Gendan.co.uk for £65

Diagnostics interface package (serial) for European and Asian cars (ISO) - For most 2001+ cars :: Gendan Automotive Products for a serial one
Diagnostics interface package (USB) for European and Asian cars (ISO) - For most 2001+ cars :: Gendan Automotive Products for a usb one

Alternatively, you might want to consider a multi protocol one which will work with a wider range of vehicles. Such as:

ELM327 OBDII / EOBD Car Scan Tool diagnostics interface (USB cable) ELM5 - For most 2001+ cars :: Gendan Automotive Products

I would avoid the Myobdic interfaces - I have just bought one with Digimoto software and it is very slow and temperamental at connecting to the ecu. There seems to be less free software for it as well.

Go for the ones using an ELM 323 chip or preferably, the newer Elm 327 multi protocol chip.

Have fun!

Ron

Hi guys,

I've just borrowed an ELM327 USB lead off a friend of mine, but can anyone reccomend the best (freebie) software to use to talk to my W reg Freelander (1.8 K series)?

Ta
Pete