wingnut1 Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 can anyone help me please. first i need to know what type of system is used on the 300TDI with EDC . my OBD reader will not read anything on that system. can i either download or buy the software to load onto my laptop so i can read the system. as of yet i can only find software for TD5s onwards. any info would be greatly received. thanks neil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Testbook or equivalent will be required. I don't know if any of the cheapo systems will do it - maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally V8 Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 As Boggy says,you need Testbook or similar,none of the cheapo's will talk to it anyway.Probably be better to get the codes read at an independant. The EDC on 300TDI's is about as reliable as you will get,so many places dont know much about it,but the fault codes are usually pretty accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnut1 Posted April 2, 2010 Author Share Posted April 2, 2010 thanks for the info, do you know if you can get the software to load onto a laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niamh Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 My Rovocom lite from Blackbox solutions with the SM007 module reads the EDC on our 300TDi Auto fine. Mind I guess one wouldn't call their kit "cheapo" Niamh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnut1 Posted April 5, 2010 Author Share Posted April 5, 2010 My Rovocom lite from Blackbox solutions with the SM007 module reads the EDC on our 300TDi Auto fine. Mind I guess one wouldn't call their kit "cheapo" Niamh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnut1 Posted April 5, 2010 Author Share Posted April 5, 2010 how much does that unit cost as i was wondering wether to buy one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niamh Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 See https://www.blackbox-solutions.com/shop/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Range-Stormer Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 I have the same motor and have a fault that only happens when accelerating hard. Would the new Hawk Eye product work as it claims to work for D1's Cheers Julian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vougese39 Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 i have testbook £8k but i was dealer trained on it so easy to use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally V8 Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 I have the same motor and have a fault that only happens when accelerating hard. Would the new Hawk Eye product work as it claims to work for D1's Cheers Julian Yes it would as long as you buy the correct software bits to go with it.The system is just a rehash of the old handheld tester that was sold with Testbook T4 by Omitec.But if anyone can recommend a decent local indy with Testbook I'd just use them,EDC faults are few and far between,once your car is fixed you may end up with a very expensive tool that you will never use again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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