andyfreelandy

andyfreelandy

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Am massively confused about all the different types of reader, some £20 some £3000. I also see that some say 2004 later for diesels???

Anyone recommend one that is affordable, reads codes from a 2002 TD4 and would help with basic diagnostics and reading stored engine faults etc.

Many thanks, Andrew
 
affordable,
reads codes from a 2002 TD4
would help with basic diagnostics
read stored engine faults
etc.

No!
 
Hi
Have Hawkeye, where's your location? if not too far will be willing to run diagnostics.
 
Thanks Slim,

Very kind offer. What I am doing is identifying whether the lift fuel pump is faulty or the feed is disappearing due to another condition or sensor (e.g. low fuel pressure). I have temp fitted an indicator lamp to monitor the feed to the pump so that when I can't hear it running and the engine won't start I can see if I have a feed.

I will get in touch when results known. Would be interested in your views on the Hawkeye as it is pricey, but cheaper than paying for a few repair jobs.

Also - has anyone managed to read a 2002 diesel with an adaptor and laptop software??

Cheers, Andrew

I am near jcn 10 M4.
 
i have a 2001 td4 and i have a elm cable tomorrow i will go out and see just what it can and can not read
 
To be honest I'm not that impressed with it as I have diagnostic software and relevant cables on/with my laptop which I have found to be more than good enough, however as I was having problems with the abs and my diagnostic equipment could not/would not read the abs system I bought the abs adapter with the Hawkeye as it is the only way to check for any abs faults on Land Rovers.
For what you get I found it to be VERY OVERPRICED:mad:
 
Thanks, I see an ELM cable and software on Ebay for £17. Says it is OBD and OBD II compatible. Be great if there was a solution for Land Rovers.

I'll watch this space with interest.

Cheers, Andrew
 
andyfreelandy said:
Thanks, I see an ELM cable and software on Ebay for £17. Says it is OBD and OBD II compatible. Be great if there was a solution for Land Rovers.

I'll watch this space with interest.

Cheers, Andrew
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I've used an elm before and it doesn't do much. Good if you want engine codes but little else. There's posts about it on ere.
 
The key with "code readers" is to find out what ECU your Freelander has. Thus depending on the specific ECU you have, it will determine if you can use a basic ODB2 reader to read simple error codes.

From:
http://blackbox-solutions.com/downl...le_Software_Modules_for_Freelander_I_(SV).pdf



Code: 
ODB2 Compatible		ECU Name		Engine
No			Lucas MEMS EMS 1.9	All 4 Cyl Petrol up to 2000
Yes			Lucas MEMS 3 EMS 	All 4 Cyl Petrol 2001 Onwards
No			BOSCH EDC		All Diesel up to 2001
Yes			BOSCH DDE4		TD4 Diesel 2001 Onwards
Yes			SIEMENS EMS 2000	All V6 Petrol excl. NAS Spec
Yes			SIEMENS EMS MS43	V6 Petrol NAS Spec Only
 
I use an elm327 wifi dongle with dashcmd on my iphone. I have seen other use elm327 bluetooth and torque on their android phone. Those are about the lowest cost odb2 readers you can have.

I find that most elm327 software for pc lacking compared to the phone apps.


Of course that are a plethora of ODB2 hand held unit.
 
slimboy said:
To be honest I'm not that impressed with it as I have diagnostic software and relevant cables on/with my laptop which I have found to be more than good enough, however as I was having problems with the abs and my diagnostic equipment could not/would not read the abs system I bought the abs adapter with the Hawkeye as it is the only way to check for any abs faults on Land Rovers.

For what you get I found it to be VERY OVERPRICED:mad:
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What software and cables do you have for your laptop?

I found that the elm327 doesn't read codes at all, will tell me that my eml is on but won't read or clear!
 
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