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 Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 1:42 am |
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Joined: Aug 26, 2013
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My GTI is a 1999 model so I know it doesn't have the CAN-BUS but does it still have OBDII and if so what can I do with it? Is there any advantage for me to get hold of one of the (rather expensive) interfaces to connect it up to my laptop?
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Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 6:04 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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Question is what do you want to do with it?
You can do nearly everything essentially, it just means spending much more to get it all working.
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Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 6:52 am |
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£35 will get you a diagnostic read that will bring back live data (coolant temp, rpm, throttle position etc)...what more do you want to see?
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| 2001 GTi 138, Bilstein Sprint dampers, H&R springs, 21mm Peugeot Sport torsion bars, 22mm rear ARB, Peugeot Sport Group A wishbones, 283mm discs, Goodridge stainless hoses, Maniflow 304 grade 4-2-1 2.5" manifold and system, 200 cell cat, Richard Longman head, 45mm Jenvey throttle bodies, 9.5mm TB spacers, 90mm air horns, Jenvey throttle linkage, Jenvey fuel rail, Aeromotive and Goodridge fuel fittings and braided hose, ITG sausage filter, Radtec custom radiator, Piper Ultimate Road cams, Piper vernier pulleys, Omex 600 ECU. Saxo electric PAS pump, Vibra Technics engine mounts. Samco coolant hoses, TTV steel flywheel, 4.76 final drive ratio, 307 CC 180 ratios. 2019 BMW 530i. 2017 Mercedes C300 convertible. | |
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Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 9:30 am |
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If it does fault codes as well that's probably enough. What should I be looking out for when buying the reader? There seem to be a wide range of things on Ebay from about a tenner up to several hundred.
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Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 2:07 pm |
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I bought an Autel Maxiscan MS509 which is fine. Rated highly by Car Mechanics Magazine.
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| 2001 GTi 138, Bilstein Sprint dampers, H&R springs, 21mm Peugeot Sport torsion bars, 22mm rear ARB, Peugeot Sport Group A wishbones, 283mm discs, Goodridge stainless hoses, Maniflow 304 grade 4-2-1 2.5" manifold and system, 200 cell cat, Richard Longman head, 45mm Jenvey throttle bodies, 9.5mm TB spacers, 90mm air horns, Jenvey throttle linkage, Jenvey fuel rail, Aeromotive and Goodridge fuel fittings and braided hose, ITG sausage filter, Radtec custom radiator, Piper Ultimate Road cams, Piper vernier pulleys, Omex 600 ECU. Saxo electric PAS pump, Vibra Technics engine mounts. Samco coolant hoses, TTV steel flywheel, 4.76 final drive ratio, 307 CC 180 ratios. 2019 BMW 530i. 2017 Mercedes C300 convertible. | |
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