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 Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:04 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2011
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Location: South Wales
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Had my 206 less than a week and the Engine Management light is on the dash!
can anyone recommend a fault code reader to buy, seen a few on ebay for sale. Am thinking it will be best in the long run to buy one rather than pay a garage to do it for me everytime this light comes on.
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:11 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Bury St Edmunds
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Wouldn't it make sence to get a garage to check first? Would work out cheaper rather than paying out for a reader if it's only needed once.
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| 4th 206 but finally a 180 | |
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:13 am |
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Location: Salisbury / New Forest
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| dan_206 wrote: |
| Wouldn't it make sence to get a garage to check first? Would work out cheaper rather than paying out for a reader if it's only needed once. |
No.
OBDII readers are about £25.
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:15 am |
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Are they that cheap? How much do garages charge for diag check?
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:16 am |
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Location: England
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The £25 one will only read basic powertrain codes and will not go into any detail
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:23 am |
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Location: South Wales
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i think garages charge about 40 quid to diagnose.
ive seen a reader on ebay for 16 quid that you plug into your laptop, gives you the fault code and its meaning. and some for 70 quid that have a display and other options like language selection.
may be a good investment i think.
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:31 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Carmarthen - WALES
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come down to carmarthen and pop in to G-tec tunning he charges resnoable prices, i constantly get my car mods or fixed there
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 5:14 pm |
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Location: South Wales
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UPDATE:
the light has gone off on its own..
is this normal? i thought that once it came on it had to be reset with a code reader to get it off again.
or does it reset itself for minor faults once the fault had cleared?
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 7:37 pm |
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Joined: Jan 17, 2011
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Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland
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my light came on like a week after a got mine but went off an hour or two later. then last week i decided to fly through a big ass puddle then later on once i turned the engine off then bk on like 20 mins later it came on but went out on its own a couple days l8er, could just be a sensor thats got knocked about or something wouldnt really worry about it just check oil and all the normal stuff to make sure there topped up thats wat i do lol
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